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Youth Support Worker
Horizon Care & Education
Birmingham
On-site
GBP 23,000 - 28,000
Full time
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Job summary
An established industry player is seeking a passionate Support Worker to join their dedicated team. This role involves providing essential support to young people, including unaccompanied asylum seekers, helping them transition to independent living. Ideal candidates will possess practical skills and a flexible approach, ready to tackle diverse challenges. The organization is committed to fostering personal growth and offers a supportive environment with numerous professional development opportunities. If you are driven to make a positive impact in the lives of young individuals, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Ability to respond to a variety of situations.
- Experience in roles supporting young people is beneficial.
Responsibilities
- Support unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and care leavers.
- Help young people live independently and fulfil their potential.
Skills
Education
Job description
Role: Support Worker
Salary: £23,400 plus £900 car allowance, mileage and on-call allowance
Hours: Full time/part time flexible working available across 7 days with on-call and occasional weekends/sleep-ins.
Location: Birmingham and West Midlands
Please note you will need a Full UK driving licence for the role.
Horizon Care have an opportunity for a Support Worker to join our fantastic team. Our Supported Accommodation division provides support to Young People from the age of 16 to get ready to live independently. If you think you have transferable skills and the drive to help young people fulfil their potential, then we would love to hear from you.
About the role:
As a Support Worker, you will be working with unaccompanied asylum seeking children and care leavers to live independently. Support workers come from different backgrounds and often have experience and skills gained in a variety of roles and environments. You must be practical, flexible, and able to respond to a variety of situations.
If you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people and enabling them to shape their own future, then we want you to be part of our team.
How you'll be rewarded:
- Real Living Wage employer
- Competitive pay rates
- Christmas bonus
- Blue Light Card
- Colleague referral scheme with cash rewards - earn up to £2500 per referral!
- Financial wellbeing service
- Life Assurance
- Tastecard - spectacular savings on dining, pizza, cinema tickets, supermarkets, and UK attractions!
- Opportunity to progress in your career through our Education Academy, and ongoing training and professional development.
- Comprehensive and tailored induction programme including face-to-face training, online modules, shadowing, and local induction period.
- Face-to-face therapeutic training and support for all colleagues via our SHINE programme.
- Access to a wide range of free online courses for all colleagues on a variety of topics.
- Employee assistance programme
- Community and wellbeing - Your wellbeing matters to us, and we are committed to ensuring you get all the support you need to feel good about what you do. We're in this together.
- Supportive management and senior leaders.
- High quality CPD opportunities.
- Free eye checks.
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