Dynamic Peripatetic Youth Housing & Support Worker

Changing Lives; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Maternity leave

Paternity leave

Adoption leave

Annual leave 25 days

Wellbeing days

Birthday off

Pension

Life cover

Private health insurance

Job summary

Changing Lives seeks a Peripatetic Project Worker to provide flexible, responsive support across seven young people’s accommodation services. You will ensure continuity of service during leave or vacancies, deliver person-centred support, and help clients maintain accommodation and improve wellbeing.

You will travel to other services in the North East when needed, working to safeguarding and quality assurance standards to support young people at risk of homelessness.

Responsibilities

• Provide flexible, responsive support across seven young people’s supported accommodation services.
• Deliver high-quality, person-centred support to young people with low to medium support needs, helping them maintain accommodation and improve wellbeing.
• Support services to meet Ofsted requirements by contributing to safeguarding, quality assurance and inspection readiness.
• Travel across the North East, County Durham and Teesside when required; driving licence and access to a car preferred.

Job description

Changing Lives seeks a Peripatetic Project Worker to provide flexible, responsive support across seven young people’s accommodation services. You will ensure continuity of service during leave or vacancies, deliver person-centred support, and help clients maintain accommodation and improve wellbeing.

You will travel to other services in the North East when needed, working to safeguarding and quality assurance standards to support young people at risk of homelessness.