Overview
You will be lone working with young people (aged 16-25) who have a range of support and housing needs. Providing a holistic service assisting with accessing benefits, managing finances, health and wellbeing, maintaining accommodation, accessing education, employment or training. In addition to this you will sometimes give further support and sign-posting for additional needs. You will need to take a creative approach to support, adapting your style of communication with each individual to provide a person-centred approach to help the young people establish and work towards their goals and aspirations.
You will also take an active role in the management and oversight of the buildings undertaking health and safety checks.
Responsibilities
* Provide a holistic service assisting with accessing benefits, managing finances, health and wellbeing, maintaining accommodation, accessing education, employment or training.
* Provide further support and sign-posting for additional needs as required.
* Adopt a creative, person-centred approach; adapt communication style to each individual to help them establish and work towards their goals and aspirations.
* Take an active role in the management and oversight of the buildings, undertaking health and safety checks.
Qualifications / Attributes
* Motivated, conscientious person to join our Supported Housing team.
Employment and Diversity
Disability Confident
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Benefits and Workplace Culture
Young Devon provides generous holiday entitlement from day one, and a welcoming, kind and passionate workplace culture. We are not able to offer sponsorship for overseas candidates.
Safeguarding and Equality
Young Devon is a youth work charity (1057949) committed to creating an inclusive workplace and embracing diversity. We are committed to Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable groups and all applicants who will or could have unsupervised access to these groups will complete the required checks through the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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