Location: Alt Bank House
Salary: £25,290.72
Hours: 37.5 hours per week – early and late shifts, 5 days a week, 5 week rota, will include 2 weekends out of 5
Job Type: Permanent/Fixed Term
Shortlisting: 15th September
Interview: 29th September

THE SKILLS WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• EXPERIENCE– Ideally you will have a background of working within a charity, community project and may have previous involvement in the homelessness sector. You will have knowledge around supporting people with challenging and complex behaviours including substance misuse and Mental Health within a 24 hour residential support service
• KNOWLEDGE – A basic understanding of relevant and appropriate legislation, including welfare benefits and housing law. An understanding of health and safety requirements in the workplace
• COMMUNICATION – Excellent communication, fostering a respectful, collaborative and professional approach to the people who you work alongside ensuring confidentiality at all times
• EMPATHY and RESPECT – The ability to empower people to make positive changes, showing empathy whilst maintaining professional boundaries
• COMMITMENT – The ability to work in an innovative and solutions focused way, including reflecting and learning as you go, and a willingness to flex and adapt approaches as needed
• ORGANISATION – Strong time management and the ability to manage to prioritise tasks
• COMPUTER LITERACY – You will be IT literate and have experience of working with multiple software programs such as Microsoft Office and Outlook.

As a Trainee Support Worker at YMCA Together you will naturally be an empathetic and caring person wanting to provide unconditional support for those experiencing homelessness and may have addiction issues / mental ill health and other issues. Your role as a Support Worker will be to create a safe environment that empowers residents to make positive changes in their lives.