Youth Support Worker

Horizon Care and Education; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A community support organization in the East Midlands is seeking a Youth Support Worker to help young people transition to independent living. The role involves providing emotional and practical support, developing independence, and managing support plans. Ideal candidates should have experience working with youth and possess strong communication skills. The position offers competitive pay rates, various shift patterns, and a range of employee benefits including training and support.

Benefits

Access to Tastecard

Bluelight card

MyGym discounts

Real Living Wage employer

Generous Refer a Friend Scheme

Financial wellbeing service

Life Assurance

Ongoing training and professional development

Qualifications

• A driving license and access to a vehicle is desirable but not essential.
• Experience working with young people.
• Ability to be resilient and empathetic when working with our young people.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving abilities and ability to manage your own workload.

Responsibilities

• Provide emotional and practical support, including out-of-hours on-call.
• Involvement in support plans and risk assessments.
• Help young people access education, training, and employment.
• Manage properties and liaise with other professionals.
• Support our young people to develop independent living skills.

Skills

Experience working with young people

Excellent communication

Problem-solving abilities

Ability to manage own workload

Resilience

Empathy

Job description

Bright Futures, Inspired By You.

There’s nothing more rewarding than helping someone believe in themselves and have the confidence to celebrate their own uniqueness and achieve success that is personal to them.

Horizon Care and Education have an opportunity for a Youth Support Worker to join our team.

As a Youth Support Worker you will be helping young people transition to independent living, duties include :

• Provide emotional and practical support, including out-of-hours on-call.
• Involvement in support plans and risk assessments.
• Help young people access education, training, and employment.
• Manage properties and liaise with other professionals.
• Support our young people to develop independent living skills to prepare them to live fully independently.

If you're 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.

What we’re looking for from you :

• A driving license and access to a vehicle is desirable but not essential.
• Experience working with young people.
• Ability to be resilient and empathetic when working with our young people.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving abilities and ability to manage your own workload.
• We can offer an array of different shift patterns to suit you and the service.

Why work for us?

• Access to Tastecard, Bluelight card and MyGym discounts.
• Real Living Wage employer
• Competitive pay rates
• Generous Refer a Friend Scheme
• Financial wellbeing service
• Life Assurance
• Ongoing training and professional development plus high quality CPD opportunities
• Comprehensive 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.
• Employee assistance programme – free, confidential support.
• Looking after your wellbeing - supporting you need to feel good about what you do. We’re in this together.
• Supportive management and senior leaders.

Youth Support Worker - Apply now