Housing Support Worker (23585)

Barnardo's; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Barnardo's Glasgow-based 16+ Housing Support Service is seeking a Housing Support Worker to provide person-centred support to young people aged 16 and over as they move towards independence. You will help with housing, education, employment, training, health and wellbeing, building trusting relationships and coordinating with partner agencies.

This role involves managing live-in/tenancy units, lone work with young people in the community, and designing flexible individual programmes to meet

Qualifications

• Provide person-centred support to young people aged 16+.
• Work with partner agencies to ensure access to housing, education, employment and health services.
• Foster safe, supportive living environments and promote independence.

Responsibilities

• To be responsible for managing the work associated with young people accommodated in the core units, ‘satellite' flats, and in their own tenancies.
• To be responsible when on shift for the running of the core units; maintain standards of housekeeping and ‘home care' by encouraging and participating in teamwork and house-sharing with other staff and young people.
• To lone work with young people on a one to one basis in the community to assist and encourage them to maintain standards of housekeeping, develop positive neighbour relations, and access locally available mainstream services.
• To contribute to the management of the transitions young people negotiate between the various living arrangements provided by the project.
• To design and facilitate flexible individual programmes with young people which define their needs, wishes and aspirations; identify goals and methods through which these will be met/achieved; and review, assess and change those goals as the young person's life develops.

Job description

Barnardo's 16+ Housing Support Service works alongside young people aged 16 and over who require support to develop the skills, confidence and resilience needed to live independently.

As a Housing Support Worker, you will provide person-centred support to young people, helping them to achieve positive outcomes in areas such as housing, education, employment, training, health and wellbeing. You will build trusting relationships and work collaboratively with partner agencies to ensure young people receive the support they need to thrive.

This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable young people as they move towards greater independence and stability.

A few of our Key Task for this role include:

• To be responsible for managing the work associated with young people accommodated in the core units, ‘satellite' flats, and in their own tenancies.


• To be responsible when on shift for the running of the core units; maintain standards of housekeeping and ‘home care' by encouraging and participating in ‘teamwork' and ‘house-sharing' with other staff and young people.


• To lone work with young people on a one to one basis in the community to, assist and encourage them to maintain standards of housekeeping, develop positive neighbour relations, and access locally available mainstream services.


• To contribute to the management of the transitions young people negotiate between the various living arrangements provided by the project.


• To design and facilitate flexible individual programmes with young people which,


• Define their needs, wishes and aspirations;


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  • identify goals and methods through which these will be met/achieved; and
  
  
  • to review, assess and change those goals as the young person's life develops.