Young People Support Worker - Birmingham - Job - iPeople SC Solutions Limited

iPeople SC Solutions is recruiting Young People Support Workers to work for our client based in Birmingham and the Wolverhampton area.

The successful candidate can make a real difference to the lives of young people by providing advice and guidance that can improve their longer-term prospects in life.

The successful candidate will support young people aged 16-25 who have a wide range of support needs, including mental health issues, problems associated with substance misuse, issues relating to family breakdown and support geared towards helping first-time young mothers and their babies.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support young people to find, establish and maintain their homes and tenancies and preventing homelessness
• Provide intensive, high-level practical support in response to crisis/relapse in partnership with other agencies.
• Provide short-term, focused practical support that enables young people to sustain/maintain their current home
• Developing their independent living skills and opportunities to learn, work and take part in health-promoting and social activities
• Supporting them to stay safe and secure in their homes and in their communities
• Supporting them to access relevant health and social care services
• Promoting young people’s financial inclusion and take-up of benefits

Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm, and roles that require flexibility to work across shift patterns, including days, nights & weekends.

Requirements

• Experience working within a Care environment
• 1 year of experience supporting vulnerable people within a housing or community setting
• Knowledge of:
  • Disadvantaged vulnerable user groups
  • Social welfare and health systems
  • Housing and Homelessness
  • Debt
  • Welfare benefits
  • Safeguarding
• The ability to offer advice and guidance
• The ability to provide practical support that meets customers’ needs
• The ability to respond to a crisis whilst remaining calm
• The ability to develop knowledge, skills, and role in a work-related environment

If you wish to apply for this role, please apply with an up-to-date CV.

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