Support Worker - Supported Accommodation

Job Location: Shire Hall, Stroud

Salary: £30,024 - £35,597 per annum

Hours per Week: 37.00 | Contract Type: Permanent

About The Role

As a Support Worker, you will provide practical and emotional support to young people living within the service, helping them to develop independence while ensuring their safety and wellbeing.

• Build positive, trusting and professional relationships with young people
• Support young people to develop independent living skills, including budgeting, cooking, cleaning, self-care and managing appointments
• Encourage engagement with education, employment, training and community opportunities
• Promote wellbeing, resilience and positive decision-making through a trauma-informed and strengths-based approach
• Support young people to understand their tenancy responsibilities and maintain their accommodation
• Identify and respond appropriately to safeguarding concerns and risks
• Work collaboratively with social workers, personal advisers and partner agencies to achieve positive outcomes
• Maintain accurate records, reports and support plans
• Contribute to creating a safe, welcoming and supportive environment

About The Service

The service comprises 19 self-contained studio flats designed to promote independence within a supportive environment. Young people will be supported to develop the practical, emotional and social skills required for successful independent living while receiving guidance from an experienced and dedicated team.

Requirements

• Experience supporting young people who may have experienced trauma, emotional vulnerability or challenging circumstances
• Experience of building positive relationships based on trust, respect and professional boundaries
• Experience managing conflict and supporting individuals who may be distressed or struggling emotionally
• An understanding of safeguarding and the challenges facing vulnerable young people
• Strong communication, organisational and record-keeping skills
• A commitment to equality, inclusion and positive outcomes for young people
• Willingness to work a shift pattern including mornings, evenings, waking nights, weekends and bank holidays
• Commitment to ongoing learning and professional development
• Enhanced DBS clearance
• Aged 21 years or above (Genuine Occupational Requirement under the Equality Act 2010)

Schedule

This role operates on a rotating shift pattern covering mornings, afternoons, waking nights, weekends and bank holidays. Flexibility is essential to meet the needs of the service.

Important Information – Service Development

This Supported Accommodation service is currently progressing through its registration process and is not yet operational. As part of your induction, training and preparation, you will work within existing children’s homes across the Children’s Residential Service. This will provide valuable experience, strengthen your practice, and help you integrate into the wider service, ensuring you are fully prepared once the Stroud home becomes operational.

Under the terms of our Safer Recruitment Policy, if you are invited to interview, we will take up safeguarding references prior to your interview to understand your suitability to work with vulnerable children. These references will then be discussed in your interview. Please give details of at least two referees, one of whom must be your present and/or last employer and the other from a previous employer(s). These will need to cover the last three years of employment/education.

To ensure we process your application in a speedy and efficient way, we will contact your referees by DocuSign. Where appropriate, please inform them of your application.

This position is subject to a DBS check. The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have the right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.