Contract: Permanent
Location: Warrington
Weekly Hours: 35hrs per week on a 4 weekly rota, including 1 weekend shift in 4
What will my working week look like?
Our Project Officers in Young People Services work on a 4 weekly rolling rota – Week A: 8am‑4pm / Week B: 10am‑6pm / Week C: 11am‑7pm / Week D: 12pm‑8pm, including 1 weekend shift in 4. The role includes some element of lone working and scheme cover. Every day is different; you could be delivering 1‑2‑1 support sessions on life skills, reviewing an action plan, supporting a young person to a medical appointment, contributing to a multi‑agency meeting or facilitating group activities as part of the learning programme.
What will I be responsible for doing?
First and foremost, you will be providing key‑worker support to our young people. Working through bespoke support and action plans, tailored to their specific needs, to help them develop the life skills necessary to move on, live independently and thrive in the community.
One of the great things about this role is being able to bring your own personality to the role. Our young people come from a wide range of backgrounds, and we try to mirror that in our team.
And what would make me stand out from the crowd?
To be successful as a Project Officer, here at YHG, you will ….
* Have the ability to relate well to young and vulnerable people from a variety of backgrounds
* Demonstrate empathy to young people, and be passionate about providing them with a safe, supportive and welcoming environment
* Be resilient, flexible and enthusiastic
* Be Innovative and creative in your ways of working
* Be confident managing your own diary and caseload
This role is really suited to someone who enjoys a role that provides social value and purpose, keen to make a difference and positively impact Young People’s lives. This role really does offer an opportunity to shape real change for the people you support!
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What’s in it for me?
In return we offer £23,216 for a 35 hour week, and 25 days annual leave (holidays also increase with time served) plus Bank Holidays, but our employee deal offering provides much more than just a competitive salary and holiday allowance.
Although you are based at Verve Place you will also have access to Youggle House – our wellbeing, social, collaboration and meeting space in Birchwood, Warrington – you may be asked to travel to Youggle House to meet up with your wider team for meetings and training when required.
On top of this, we’ll provide you with a great benefits package, including a contributory pension where we match whatever you choose to contribute (up to 8%), an advanced level healthcare cash plan, that doesn’t just provide dental and optician cashback but also health and wellbeing benefits (such as 24/7 GP Access, money back from prescriptions and alternative therapy treatments) and an amazing discount scheme that gives you access to half price cinema tickets, subsidised gym memberships and a huge range of discounts with some of the biggest high street and online names.
Your Housing Group is a registered social landlord helping people at every stage of life to live in quality homes they can afford. As one of the North’s sector‑leading landlords, we are proud to play our role in tackling the UK's housing crisis by continually reinvesting in our 29,000 properties and tailoring our services to meet the diverse needs of our customers. We also build over 1,000 new homes each year. We’re an employer of choice, over 88% of colleagues here recommend us as a "great place to work".
Additions
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 and will require the post holder to carry out ‘Regulated Activity’ as defined under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006. Therefore, as part of Your Housing Group’s pre‑employment checks, successful applicants will be required to complete a satisfactory Enhanced DBS with barred list(s) check.
Closing Date
Thursday 27th November 2025
We review applications as they’re received and reserve the right to close this advert early; if you’re interested, please apply ASAP to avoid disappointment.
Your Housing Group values diversity and encourages applications from all communities. Your Housing Group operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for any applicants who declare they have a disability, if these applicants meet the minimum requirements for the role (as set out in the role profile and/or person specification) they will be guaranteed an interview. Your Housing Group welcomes applications from our customers, however, access to confidential information and probity will be explored to determine whether there is a potential conflict of interest or security issue present which may prevent the Group from being able to proceed with the application.
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