Key Worker - Lister Project

South Yorkshire Housing; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

5% pension

Flexi time

Condensed hours

Part time

Job sharing

SYLA Rewards

Westfield Health

Counselling

Gym discount

Cycle to work

Training and development programs

Job summary

South Yorkshire Housing Association invites applications for a Key Worker at Lister Project in Sheffield. The role focuses on supporting adults with daily living skills, activities to build independence, and personal care including medication. A comprehensive training package is provided.

The position is permanent, 37 hours per week, with a rota including evenings, weekends and bank holidays. Benefits include generous holiday, pension contributions and flexible working options to suit a range of

Qualifications

• Have previous experience of supporting vulnerable people
• Understand individual supports needs and how to positively manage risk while supporting recovery
• Be a great communicator both verbally and in writing
• Have good problem-solving skills
• Capability to use a wide range of digital software
• Great organisational and observational skills

Responsibilities

• Show enthusiasm for helping others and be approachable to support customers in achieving goals
• Support customers to gain the individual skills required to live more independently
• Support with personal care where needed including administration of medication

Skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Digital literacy

Organisational skills

Observational skills

Customer service

Job description

Key Worker - Lister Project

Sheffield

£25,977 per annum

Permanent – 37 Hours per week

Closing Date: Sunday 18th October at midnight

Interview Date: Wednesday 21st October 2026

Lister Project is a CQC registered recovery residential mental health service for 25 adults, split over 5 separate houses in the Base green area of Sheffield.

The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, positive and innovative individual to join our dedicated team at our registered mental health service in Sheffield.

The role of a Key Worker includes supporting our customers to develop the skills necessary to maximise their independence. We are a service with a real commitment to supporting our customers to achieve their aspirations, goals and help them maximise their full potential. The role can be challenging and is highly rewarding.

The Key Worker role at Lister includes supporting people with daily living skills, providing activities which support people to achieve their goals, build confidence and enhance social skills. It also includes supporting some customers with their personal care, including medication. A comprehensive training package is given to all new staff members.

For our perfect candidate, we are offering a great package of benefits, working in a caring and friendly team.

Our wider benefits

• Salary – £25,997 per annum (pro rata part time)


• Working hours – 37 hours per week on a rota basis, variable shifts including evenings, weekends and bank holidays


• Generous holiday entitlement – 27 days annual leave, statutory bank holidays plus an additional 4 SYHA days, pro rata


• 5% pension contribution


• Excellent flexible working options including Flexi Time, Condensed Hours, Part Time, and Job Share


• Excellent benefits including:
  
  
  
  • SYLA Rewards - employee discount scheme, which offers cash back and shopping discounts. Plus, advice and resources on health eating, financial wellbeing, exercise and mastering your mental health
  
  
  • Westfield Health (employer paid)
  
  
  • Counselling
  
  
  • Discounted Gym membership
  
  
  • Cycle to work scheme
  
  
  
  


• Access to a wide range of programmes to train and develop you

More about the role

The role of a Key Worker is to:

• Show enthusiasm for helping others, be approachable and encouraging with customers to support them in achieving their goals and aspirations


• Support our customers to gain the individual skills required to live more independent lives


• Support with customer’s personal care where needed including administration of medication

Who you are

You will be passionate about customer service and have a real commitment to supporting our customers to achieve their aspirations, goals and help them maximise their full potential. The successful candidate would need to:

• Have previous experience of supporting vulnerable people


• Demonstrate an understanding of individual supports needs and how to positively manage risk, whilst supporting our customers on their recovery journey


• Be a great communicator both verbally and in writing


• Have good problem-solving skills


• Capability to use a wide range of digital software


• Great organisational and observational skills

Who we are

At South Yorkshire Housing Association, our purpose is for our customers to settle at home, live well and realise their potential.

Feeling settled and living well means different things to the people and families that live across South Yorkshire. So, we work with people in different ways – from our extra-care housing, to providing services and opportunities that individuals can access in their home, workplace and community, to creating houses for affordable rent.

Our employees enable us to create the best services, support, and experiences for our customers. We believe that difference makes us better, and that our services are made stronger by having a diverse workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

At SYHA, we value the incredible contribution and talent that people with disabilities can and do bring to our workplace and we are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. As part of our commitments, we will ensure that disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role will be guaranteed the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.

To be considered under the scheme, disabled applicants must disclose their disability (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) on the Equal Opportunities section of the job application.

SYHA does not hold a sponsorship license and are unable to provide visa sponsorship.

For the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 this is an excluded job