Youth Support Worker

Yolk Recruitment; Colwyn Bay; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Youth Support Worker role in Colwyn Bay for a charity and housing association, promoted by Yolk Recruitment. This four-month temporary position requires empathy, compassion, and strong people skills to support young people, including those in employment and college.

Evening and weekend cover is required to meet residents' needs. The ideal candidate has an enhanced DBS, driving licence with a car, and good IT literacy.

Qualifications

• Experience working with young people.
• Enhanced DBS Check.
• Ability to adapt to varying hours including evenings and weekends.
• Good IT literacy and driving licence with car.

Responsibilities

• Support young people including those in employment and college.
• Engage residents and encourage independence through various means.
• Provide techniques to live independently including cooking classes.
• Cover evenings and occasional weekends as needed.
• Assess clients' needs regularly and work with SMART targets aligned to housing guidelines.
• Support clients to maintain tenure agreements and understand housing obligations.
• Assist clients in identifying and addressing issues related to children and promote positive parenting and welfare of children/young people.

Skills

People skills

Flexibility

IT literacy

Driving licence

Education

Enhanced DBS

Job description

Youth Support Worker - Temporary - Until the end of March - £13.45 per hour - Colwyn Bay - Immediate start

Yolk Recruitment have proudly teamed up with a charity and housing association who are looking for a Youth Support worker for a 4 month role where empathy and compassion and key and your people skills will be essential. This is a great opportunity to make a real difference to individuals lives.

What you will be doing:

• Supporting young people including those in employment and college
• Engaging residents and ultimately encourage independence through various means
• Providing techniques to live independently including cooking classes
• There will be a need to cover evening's and occasional weekends
• To ensure that clients' needs are assessed regularly, adhering to an Individual support plans with SMART targets in line with Housing Support Grant, regulatory requirements and timescales, enabling individuals to learn and achieve their potential.
• To support clients to maintain tenure agreements ensuring they fully understand their obligations and empowering them to deal with issues relating to housing management, maintenance and repairs.
• To support clients in identifying and addressing key issues relating to their children and promote positive parenting and the welfare of children/young people.

What you will bring to the role:

• A background working with young people
• An enhanced DBS
• Great people skills
• Flexibility when it comes to working hours
• A background in charity or youth work would be advantageous
• Driving licence with car
• Good level of IT literacy

What you will get in return:

• 37 hour working week
• £13.45 per hour
• A great sense of satisfaction