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Closing Date:
31/01/2025 Location/Division:
Aylestone We are looking for a Senior Housing Support Worker to take a lead role in the provision of a comprehensive housing related support and development service to YMCA Leicestershire residents to enable them to build firm foundations for a positive future. Interviews will take place for this role as suitable applications are received and the role may close before the closing date upon a successful candidate being appointed. Benefits include:
A generous 33 days of annual leave, including bank holidays, Birthday Leave, Service Leave, Pension, Health Cash Plan, Company Sick Pay Scheme, Free On Site Parking, Blue Light Discount Card, Free YMCA Gym Access and Complimentary Y theatre tickets. About the role:
As a Senior Housing Support Worker, you will have excellent interpersonal skills, with evidence of establishing and maintaining good working relationships with team members, young adults, and multi-agency teams. You will also have excellent written and oral communication skills as well as a high level of honesty, integrity, and confidentiality. You will be a pro-active team player and have experience of working with disengaged young adults with complex needs and challenging behaviour. Key responsibilities will include:
Taking a lead role in the provision of a comprehensive housing related support and development service to YMCA Leicestershire residents to enable them to build firm foundations for a positive future as part of a person-centered approach tailored to individual needs. Holding a support caseload working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to help young people identify and meet their personal, social, health, learning, and employment needs as identified in their support and re-settlement plans. Carrying out weekly Health & Safety Room checks of the accommodation in which young people are living. Proactively managing and leading a team of support workers. Developing and implementing strategies to manage challenging behaviour in a professional manner. Understanding and advising the team on the principles of relevant legislative frameworks. To succeed in the role of Senior Support Worker, your key skills will include:
A recognised formal qualification in Social Work/ Youth & Community Development, Housing, Criminology, or relevant Social Science to degree level or equivalent. Proven experience at a comparable senior level. Experience of working with disengaged young adults with complex needs and challenging behaviour. Experience of working with a range of multi-agency partners at delivery level. About the organisation:
YMCA Leicestershire is a multi-faceted organisation that has been providing community services within the City and County for over 139 years. It is one of 83 YMCAs within England and Wales and is part of a federated model. As a charity, registered social landlord, housing association, and limited company, we have continuously striven to meet the needs of the community of Leicestershire. Our community services consist of supported accommodation for young adults within the city (104 beds over six sites), a registered children’s home for 3 young people aged 7-17, a homeless day centre, and a 320-seat professional theatre (the oldest in Leicester); providing a varied programme of music, dance, comedy, drama, and spoken word. We believe in fairness and opportunity. There are essential building blocks for a full and rewarding life: a safe home; acceptance; guidance; friendship; physical and mental health; academic support; employment skills; and access to real opportunities. Many young people have never known these things; other people have lost one or more as they grew up, but we all need them. Here at YMCA, we provide these critical foundations for a fresh, strong start for young people and a better quality of life in the community. Our vision is for every young person to have a safe place to call home and the support they need to create lasting change in their lives. Our mission is to create supportive and inspiring places where young people and communities can belong, contribute, and thrive. We do this through accommodation, care, support, advice, skills for life, theatre, and cultural activities. We believe that everyone should have a fair chance to discover who they are and what they can become. We are committed to reflecting the multi-cultural/religious nature of our City and County and providing services. As such, we welcome applications from all communities regardless of belief, gender, ability, sexuality, race, or economic circumstances.
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31/01/2025 Location/Division:
Aylestone We are looking for a Senior Housing Support Worker to take a lead role in the provision of a comprehensive housing related support and development service to YMCA Leicestershire residents to enable them to build firm foundations for a positive future. Interviews will take place for this role as suitable applications are received and the role may close before the closing date upon a successful candidate being appointed. Benefits include:
A generous 33 days of annual leave, including bank holidays, Birthday Leave, Service Leave, Pension, Health Cash Plan, Company Sick Pay Scheme, Free On Site Parking, Blue Light Discount Card, Free YMCA Gym Access and Complimentary Y theatre tickets. About the role:
As a Senior Housing Support Worker, you will have excellent interpersonal skills, with evidence of establishing and maintaining good working relationships with team members, young adults, and multi-agency teams. You will also have excellent written and oral communication skills as well as a high level of honesty, integrity, and confidentiality. You will be a pro-active team player and have experience of working with disengaged young adults with complex needs and challenging behaviour. Key responsibilities will include:
Taking a lead role in the provision of a comprehensive housing related support and development service to YMCA Leicestershire residents to enable them to build firm foundations for a positive future as part of a person-centered approach tailored to individual needs. Holding a support caseload working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to help young people identify and meet their personal, social, health, learning, and employment needs as identified in their support and re-settlement plans. Carrying out weekly Health & Safety Room checks of the accommodation in which young people are living. Proactively managing and leading a team of support workers. Developing and implementing strategies to manage challenging behaviour in a professional manner. Understanding and advising the team on the principles of relevant legislative frameworks. To succeed in the role of Senior Support Worker, your key skills will include:
A recognised formal qualification in Social Work/ Youth & Community Development, Housing, Criminology, or relevant Social Science to degree level or equivalent. Proven experience at a comparable senior level. Experience of working with disengaged young adults with complex needs and challenging behaviour. Experience of working with a range of multi-agency partners at delivery level. About the organisation:
YMCA Leicestershire is a multi-faceted organisation that has been providing community services within the City and County for over 139 years. It is one of 83 YMCAs within England and Wales and is part of a federated model. As a charity, registered social landlord, housing association, and limited company, we have continuously striven to meet the needs of the community of Leicestershire. Our community services consist of supported accommodation for young adults within the city (104 beds over six sites), a registered children’s home for 3 young people aged 7-17, a homeless day centre, and a 320-seat professional theatre (the oldest in Leicester); providing a varied programme of music, dance, comedy, drama, and spoken word. We believe in fairness and opportunity. There are essential building blocks for a full and rewarding life: a safe home; acceptance; guidance; friendship; physical and mental health; academic support; employment skills; and access to real opportunities. Many young people have never known these things; other people have lost one or more as they grew up, but we all need them. Here at YMCA, we provide these critical foundations for a fresh, strong start for young people and a better quality of life in the community. Our vision is for every young person to have a safe place to call home and the support they need to create lasting change in their lives. Our mission is to create supportive and inspiring places where young people and communities can belong, contribute, and thrive. We do this through accommodation, care, support, advice, skills for life, theatre, and cultural activities. We believe that everyone should have a fair chance to discover who they are and what they can become. We are committed to reflecting the multi-cultural/religious nature of our City and County and providing services. As such, we welcome applications from all communities regardless of belief, gender, ability, sexuality, race, or economic circumstances.
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