Group Living Key Worker -Night

Roundabout Ltd; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Roundabout Ltd in Sheffield seeks a Group Living Key Worker - Night to support homeless young people aged 16-25. You will work within a 24/7 residential service, safeguarding residents and delivering trauma‑informed, person‑centred keywork.

You will help with budgeting, education access, tenancy readiness, and wellbeing. Night shifts four nights on/off on a rolling rota; you will complete welfare checks, maintain safe accommodation, and ensure clear handovers and compliance with safeguarding and

Qualifications

• Experience in social care or safeguarding preferred.
• Ability to work night shifts within a 24/7 residential setting.
• Understanding of Looked After Children and care leavers.

Responsibilities

• Safeguard residents overnight and provide out-of-hours support.
• Deliver trauma-informed, person-centred keywork sessions.
• Follow safety plans and risk management as directed.
• Maintain safe, hygienic, and compliant accommodation.
• Complete night registers and welfare checks.
• Ensure clear handovers and communication between shifts.
• Collaborate with the team and work independently when needed.
• Participate in staff meetings and supervision.
• Keep inspection-ready records at all times.

Skills

Safeguarding

Trauma-informed

Night welfare checks

Teamwork

Independent working

Job description

Are you passionate about making a tangible impact locally and changing the lives of vulnerable young people? Roundabout is looking for a Group Living Key Worker -Night, to support homeless young people aged 16-25 in Sheffield.

At Group Living we support young people aged 16-18 who are Looked After Children and Care Leavers. We are a residential service, with each of our projects housing up to 6 young people. We are a 24/7 staffed service, enabling us to build a safe and homely environment and provide the security and understanding that our residents need. During their time at group living, we support our residents to develop their living skills to work towards moving on to their own property.

This role is central to ensuring the safety, wellbeing, and development of young people, while maintaining a safe, compliant, and well-managed environment. It requires vigilance, professionalism, teamwork, and the ability to provide remote out-of-hours support, all underpinned by Social Care guidance and organisational standards.

You will be playing a vital role, key working our residents to develop life skills, make safe choices, manage their mental wellbeing and build up a community network. You could be supporting our residents to manage complex issues, such as family breakdown, substance misuse, navigating the asylum process, amongst many others. This is in addition to helping them with more day-to-day challenges such as budgeting, accessing education and employment, preparing for adulthood, and maintaining a tenancy.

Regulatory Context and Accountability

This role operates within the Supported Accommodation (England) Regulations and Quality Standards 2023, statutory safeguarding guidance, and local authority placement requirements for Looked After Children and Care Leavers.

The Group Living Support Worker -Night is responsible throughout their waking shift:

• Safeguarding young people overnight and out-of-hours support to other Roundabout services.
• Delivering person centred and Trauma-informed keywork sessions
• Following Social Care safety plans and agreed risk management strategies
• Maintaining safe, hygienic, and compliant accommodation
• Completing night registers and regular welfare checks
• Ensuring clear handovers and communication between shifts
• Working collaboratively within the team and independently when lone working
• Participating in staff meetings and supervision.
• Maintaining inspection-ready records at all times
• The post reports operationally to the Service Manager and works under the leadership and regulatory accountability of the Ofsted Registered Manager.

Night key workers, work four nights on and four nights off on a rolling rota. The Group Living service currently has three 24/7 staffed projects in Sheffield, and together we provide a community for our young people.

The closing date for receipt of completed applications will be Wednesday 7 October 2026 at 3.00pm. Interviews will be held Wednesday 21 October 2026.Roundabout Ltd is committed to actively valuing diversity and encouraging equal opportunities for all and welcomes applications from all sections of the community, particularly those currently underrepresented.

Roundabout is a Company Limited by Guarantee No: 3313253 and a Registered Charity No 1061313.