Young People Services Night Support Worker

LLOYD'S REGISTER INTERNATIONAL; Chichester; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical cashback scheme

Pension 5% employer contribution

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Job summary

Stonepillow is recruiting for a Night Support Worker to join our Young People Service in Chichester. This permanent, full-time role offers a 42.11-hour week with a 4 nights on / 4 nights off rota (8pm–8am).

You will support homeless young people in a trauma-informed, kind manner, and follow safeguarding, whistleblowing and health & safety requirements. You will manage your own caseload, provide risk assessments, ensure the young person’s voice is heard, and collaborate with partners to support

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of safeguarding and child/young person protection procedures.
• Able to work in challenging situations and maintain professional boundaries.
• Excellent communication and listening skills with a wide range of people.

Responsibilities

• Provide support in a person-centred way.
• Model a kind, positive, and proactive approach to engage young people and secure meaningful outcomes.
• Manage your own caseload and ensure processes are maintained.
• Produce an individual support and risk assessment with input from the young people.
• Ensure the voice of the young person is heard in case management and with partners.
• Support the team leader with case file audits and documented decision-making.
• Facilitate quarterly case reviews with the line manager, the young person, and professionals.
• Support the line manager in coordinating referrals.
• Encourage life skills development to promote independence.
• Be a proponent of unconditional positive regard for the young people.

Skills

Trauma-informed

Safeguarding

Health & Safety

Active listening

Confidentiality

Motivate and inspire

Communication

Job description

Young People Services Night Support Worker

• Salary: £27,832 per annum
• Location: Chichester
• Contract: Permanent
• Hours: Full Time - 42.11 hours per week, 4 night on, 4 night off working rota (8pm to 8am shifts)
• Closing: 15 September 2026

We are recruiting for Night Support Workers.

Are you looking to improve the lives of homeless young people in our community and to develop, and work within a dynamic team?

We are looking for individuals to join our young people services for Stonepillow as a night support worker. We are looking for someone who is inspiring and passionate about young people’s rights and building them a positive future.

We want to engage the successful candidate into how we work in a trauma-informed approach and with kindness.

You will be working with 16+ Older Looked After Young People and Care Leavers that are in the care of West Sussex. You will be required to become familiar with legislation regarding young people in the care of local authority, and the robust Safeguarding, Whistleblowing and Health & Safety requirements.

The Young People Service is Ofsted registered.
This role is lone working.

Your duties will include:

• Providing support in a person-centred way.
• Model a kind, positive, persistent, proactive manner to secure meaningful engagement with young people to bring about sustained outcomes for them; ensuring the team you work with are safe and the young people have a trusted safe adult in their life.
• To manage your own caseload, to ensure the following processes are maintain :

• Produce an individual support and risk assessment, in line with our support model, incorporating the views of the young people.
• Ensure that the voice of the YP is heard in all aspects of the case management process and is articulated to all partners involved.
• To support the team leader to maintain detailed case file audits with properly documented correspondence and evidence of decision-making processes and statutory safeguarding actions.
• Facilitate case reviews quarterly with your line manager, your YP and all professionals linked to their support.
• Support your line manager in managing and coordinating all referrals
• Ensure the YP are invested and working on their Life Skills Programme to gain independence.
• Role model and be a proponent of ‘Unconditional Positive Regard” to our YP and have a ‘never give up approach’ to supporting our YP

In order to be successful in this role you will need:

• Have a kind and ‘never give up attitude’. To have the passion to support YP in achieving positive futures.
• Able to work in challenging situations
• Good knowledge of Health and Safety, Safeguarding and Confidentiality and Ofsted
• The ability to motivate and inspire YP to make positive life change
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of people using excellent active listening skills to form healthy and constructive relationships
• To update paper and computerised systems and ensure all occurrences throughout the shift are recorded.

The benefits of working at Stonepillow:

• Actively supporting those in need in your local community
• A medical cashback scheme and retail discounts
• Stakeholder pension, employer contribution of 5%
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

A bit about us

Stonepillow support and empower homeless and at-risk people to achieve sustainable independence and wellbeing working across Arun and Chichester area.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications have been received.

Early applications are encouraged, interviews will commence before the closing date if suitable candidates are identified

Stonepillow is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

• Please view the YP Services Night Support Worker Job Descriptiondocument