Young Persons Housing Support Worker
- West Yorkshire
- £16.00 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
You will act as a keyworker to young people resident in the provision and carry out group or individual sessions with a focus on domestic abuse and healthy relationships to enable positive future outcomes for young people.DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
- Act as a keyworker and if necessary ‘Lead Professional’ to a number of young people staying in safe accommodation or Calderdale Foyer.
- Undertake comprehensive assessments of young people moving into Calderdale’s accommodation provision in order to identify their aspirations and support needs and develop and implement detailed support plans based on a holistic and multi-disciplinary approach.
- Complete comprehensive risk/safety management assessments and plans in line with relevant Calderdale Safeguarding policies and procedures including the Calderdale DASH risk assessment.
- Advise and assist clients to obtain the benefits payments, health and social care to which they may be entitled. This may include attending appointments with clients when needed.
- Participate in the Young Person’s Housing Team’s telephone rota, responding to requests for assistance from potentially homeless care leavers aged 18-20 and young people aged 16/17. Provide homelessness prevention interventions to support clients to remain in their home/with families if safe to do so.
- Ensure that residents comply with licence agreements and accommodation payments are collected, initiating relevant action when arrears accrue or a breach of the agreement occurs.
- Attend relevant meetings including MARAC, as well as plan and arrange specific case meetings and reviews eg MDT’s (Multi-Disciplinary Team Meetings) as necessary, and ensure that all methods of working contribute to successful outcomes for young people leading to a smooth transition into adulthood.
- Undertake statutory homelessness assessments for care leavers aged 18-20 and homeless 16/17 year olds when it is appropriate to do so and end the main housing duty appropriately when suitable settled accommodation is secured.
- Assist clients to secure and move into settled accommodation and where necessary ensure that continued support is in place.
- Develop and deliver group or individual activities with a focus on domestic abuse that will assist their understanding of healthy relationships and improve their overall wellbeing and enable a strong working relationship between client and support worker. Be creative in approach to alternative ways of delivering sessions for young people both face to face and remotely.
- Work with other services and agencies providing support and accommodation to your people to further joint working and to develop new initiatives to help respond to and prevent youth homelessness.
- Must hold a full UK driving licence and have the use of a vehicle for work purpose
- Level 3 qualification in Youth Work, Social Care, Housing, Criminal Justice, other Level 3 qualification together or proven relevant experience
- Experience of working with young people aged 16-25
- Experience of working with young people who are experiencing multiple disadvantage
- Experience of organising and leading activities to improve wellbeing
- Knowledge of the welfare benefits available to young people
- Knowledge of domestic abuse and the services available to young
- Enhanced DBS check