Key Worker
Sheffield, S1 4EB
£23,582 per annum
Permanent, Full Time (37 hours per week)
Includes evenings and weekend working on a rota basis
Could you inspire someone with multiple support needs to achieve their aspirations, goals and help them maximise their full potential?
We are seeking an enthusiastic and innovative Key Worker to join our dedicated team in our mental health supported housing service. The role can be challenging and is highly rewarding, the teams work closely together, and the service is busy with each day being different and varied.
We have a legacy that spans over 50 years of providing great quality housing and a broad range of services to communities in the Sheffield City Region. Our purpose is for our customers to settle at home, live well and realise their potential, and believe that the need for the innovative services we provide alongside our homes is as strong as ever. We are proud of the great work that happens across SYHA, and of our people’s talent, commitment and values.
Our wider benefits:
• Salary – £23,582 per annum, pro rata
• Working hours – 37 hours
• Generous holiday entitlement – 27 days annual leave, statutory bank holidays plus an additional 4 SYHA days, pro rata.
• 5% pension contribution
• Excellent flexible working options including Flexi Time, Condensed Hours, Part Time, and Job Share.
• Excellent benefits including:
o SYHA Rewards - employee discount scheme, which offers cash back and shopping discounts. Plus advice and resources on health eating, financial wellbeing, exercise and mastering your mental health
o Westfield Health (employer paid)
o Counselling
o Discounted Gym membership
o Cycle to work scheme
• Access to a wide range of programmes to train and develop you.
For more information about our range of benefits, please visit the Your Wellbeing and Feeling at Home on our website.
More about the role:
You will be able to demonstrate a real focus on working with customers on their journey to independence by using a strength-based trauma informed approach.
You will have some knowledge of mental health recovery and understand the importance of people being encouraged to identify their own strengths. You will work with people to positively develop strategies to enable them to better manage their mental health and sustain their housing.
Who you are:
You will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the needs and risks our customers experience and be committed to helping customers develop and identify their recovery goals.
You are approachable, have enthusiasm to helping others and are able to encourage customers to achieve their goals.
You possess a positive "Can Do" solution focused attitude to fit in with a team to help our customers identify their strengths and build on them.
Who we are:
At South Yorkshire Housing Association, our purpose is for our customers to settle at home, live well and realise their potential.
Feeling settled and living well means different things to the people and families that live across South Yorkshire. So, we work with people in different ways – from our extra-care housing, to providing services and opportunities that individuals can access in their home, workplace and community, to creating houses for affordable rent.
Our employees enable us to create the best services, support, and experiences for our customers. We believe that difference makes us better, and that our services are made stronger by having a diverse workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
Please note that we may remove this advert prior to the advertised date, dependent on the level of response received. Please apply at your earliest convenience.
At SYHA, we value the incredible contribution and talent that people with disabilities can and do bring to our workplace and we are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. As part of our commitments, we will ensure that disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role will be guaranteed the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.
To be considered under the scheme, disabled applicants must disclose their disability (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) on the Equal Opportunities section of the job application.
SYHA does not hold a sponsorship license and are unable to provide visa sponsorship.
For the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 this is an excluded job.
For more information about our application and interview process, plus answers to our frequently asked questions, please visit our Candidate Toolkit.
Closing Date: 19th October 2025 at midnight
Interview Date: Friday 24th October 2025