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Why this role would be great for you As a Community Housing Support Worker at YMCA Together you will naturally be an empathetic and caring person wanting to provide unconditional support for those experiencing mental health issues. Your role as a Community Housing Support Worker will be to create a safe environment that empowers residents to make positive changes in their lives. This service will provide support to vulnerable young people (age 18-25) who are experiencing or are at risk of homelessness or rough sleeping with medium to high support needs. As a support worker you will be focused around facilitating recovery, self-development and preparing for independent living. The aim of the support is to ensure that young people are supported and empowered to make positive choices about their life and to develop the tools required to live a life free from homelessness. As a support worker you be expected to have specific skills and experience of working with young people and engage them using range of tools, language and platforms that are familiar to young people technology, social media etc. As a support worker you will recognise that the people that we support have often experienced trauma and will work in a way which understands this. You will work alongside our Assistant Psychologist for people that require it. You will manage a caseload of 5 people with the emphasis being on intense 121 support that will enable everyone to meet their goals date 17/07/2025hours Hours: 16 hours per week – 9 – 5:30pm Job Type: Permanent/Fixed Term