About us
Unity Support Services is a trauma-informed service for young people (aged in West Sussex who are looked after by the local authority. Our aim is to support our young people to become independent, build resilience and lead fulfilling lives during their time with us and in the future. At Unity, we have a child-focused approach and work through a trauma-informed lense. We are passionate about meeting their needs, increasing capacity for happiness, building effective relationships, and empowering them to achieve good outcomes.
Our house is situated in Bognor Regis and it houses 5 young people. We are currently looking to build up our bank team to further support our service.
Our Values
Strive to keep young people physically and emotionally safe
Place the utmost importance on listening and communicating effectively
Treat everyone fairly without discrimination or oppression
Always show kindness, empathy, and compassion
Operate with integrity and in an honest, trustworthy way
Work in collaboration with the young people's networks
Are you an empathetic, positive, and diligent person looking for a meaningful role in Bognor Regis?
£12.50/hour + £50/sleep in
Being a support worker in our service is a rewarding role where you will have an impact on young people's lives and make a real difference.
The Role:
* Providing daily support to the young people to enable them to become independent successful adults.
* Building positive, trusting relationships with young people, building on their self-esteem, and empowering them to take control of their lives.
-Overseeing the young people's support/ pathway plans and completing actions set out by professionals and the young person. This includes attending meetings and raising any concerns regarding their welfare.
* Engaging young people in productive key working sessions such as independent skills, finding jobs, keeping themselves safe, mental health, housing, education etc. This will include following our programme to Independence.
* Providing emotional support to young people in a non-judgmental, kind way.
About you
* An empathic, kind, reliable, passionate, and organised individual with a great work ethic, a sense of humour and happy to go the extra mile to help a young person.
* Able to build effective and trusting relationships with young people.
* Good knowledge of safeguarding and competent to lone work
* An effective communicator (written and verbal) and listener
* Experience or demonstrable interest of working in a care or support setting
* An enhanced DBS on the update service or willing to get one
Job Type: Zero hours contract
Pay: £12.50 per hour
Benefits:
* Flexitime
* On-site parking
Work Location: In person