House Project Support Worker

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Bedworth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Warwickshire County Council seeks a House Project Support Worker for its Homes for Children Service. The role involves building trusting relationships and providing support to young people transitioning to independent living. Join a supportive team dedicated to empowering youth and making a difference in their lives.

Benefits

Generous annual leave including extra day at Christmas

Volunteering & Wellbeing Day

Pension scheme with employer contribution

Access to benefits and discounts platform

Qualifications

• To provide advice and support for independent living.
• To contribute to assessing young people's needs.
• To advocate for young people's best interests.

Responsibilities

• Build supportive relationships with young people.
• Deliver weekly group work sessions.
• Assist in moving young people towards independent living.

Skills

Relationship Building

Advocacy

Assessment

Job description

WARWICKSHIRE HOUSE PROJECT: Empowering, Innovation and Interdependence

About the Team:

The House Project brings a fresh and energetic approach to providing top quality services for young people. Our role is to build sustainable homes with young people leaving care and create a solution focused, trauma responsive and restorative project.

Offering a new and exciting opportunity to develop a collaborative model where our support workers and young people leaving care work together to find a house, manage their personal development, create a place to call home, and achieve successful interdependence towards adulthood.

Now is an exciting time to be a part of our team as Warwickshire has been chosen as one of the seven areas to deliver the Families First for Children Pathfinder Programme. Join us to help shape and influence the future of children's social care together. Find out why we are good Ofsted.

If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service. Click here to find out more about Warwickshire County Council’s Children and Families Service.

Our Offer to you includes:

• • Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focussed on wellbeing and workload.
  • A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas
  • We also offer a Refer a Friend package scheme for some roles, Terms & Conditions apply

About the Role:

We are recruiting for the role of House Project Support Worker in our Homes for Children Service covering Countywide (permanent).

Grade H - Point 14-17 - (£30,060 - £32,654)

House Project Support Workers build supporting, trusting relationships with young people they work with. The Staff Team deliver weekly group work session and young people complete the National House Project Programme. This programme is delivered to provide the skills knowledge and experiences to prepare them to move into their own homes. House Project Support Workers continue to work 1:1, challenge and advocate for young people as they move towards adulthood and the Care Leaving services. The House Project continues its support for young people over 18yrs with drop-in sessions and alumni activities.

Click here to download our Why work for Us Brochure

Key Requirements:

• To provide advice and support including practical help to prepare young people for successful independent living and a sustainable housing solution.
• To contribute to the assessment of young people’s needs and make suggestions about their future.
• To liaise with the responsible authority and develop constructive professional relationships with a range of relevant services
• To keep an accurate written record of involvement with the young person and contact with other agencies.
• To advocate for a young person’s views but balance this with their best interests.

If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service.

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification below;

House Project Support Worker

Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make:

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund.

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

Click here to view the benefits at Warwickshire County Council.

Additional Information:

Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

To discuss the role please contact Matt Smith – [e-mail]

Closing Date: 18^th June 2025
Interview Date: 30^th June 2025

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact [e-mail] and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. Seemore