Youth Support Worker DAYS (16-17 years), Lambeth

Your typical day, as a Youth Support Worker DAYS (16-17-year-olds), would be busy and will involve balancing hands-on support for residents, administrative tasks along with collaborating with external services. The support you provide would include regular welfare checks on the residents you help, whilst considering their support plans and any safety assessments which will require ongoing updating. You will be responsible for checking our resident’s accommodation to see if any necessary repairs are needed or whether there could be any safety issues you may need to manage. There could be safeguarding issues which you will need to address to protect our residents from harm, abuse, or neglect. You will provide practical support helping our residents with their benefit applications or even co-ordinating group or a one-to-one activity. Your goal, as our Youth Support Worker DAYS (16-17 year olds) is to guide our young residents towards securing a place on the housing register or finding appropriate rental properties. You will manage a group of young residents with complex needs, offering them the practical and emotional support necessary to regain their independence. Given the complexity of their needs, it’s crucial to establish consistent, trusting relationships, ensuring they feel secure and supported. This role needs empathy, excellent listening skills, a non-judgmental attitude, and the ability to recognise and respond to potential issues. You must be capable of working autonomously, navigating, and defusing difficult situations to prevent escalation.

What we’re looking for:

• Experience of working with teenagers between the ages of 16-17 years
• Experience of managing challenging behaviour
• Knowledge or experience of safeguarding and trauma informed principles

If so, this role is perfect for you! Here at Peabody, we have several opportunities for a Youth Support Worker DAYS (16-17 years), Lambeth on a Permanent basis at our new schemes in Lambeth. This role will require an Enhanced DBS check and subscription to the update service (you will be reimbursed for this fee each year). You must be able to work shifts between the hours of 8AM and 10PM (7.5 hours in total each day), 37.5 hours per week and will include some weekend and bank holiday working. Please note if appointed your job title will be Housing Support Worker.

A bit about us: It started over 160 years ago with one man’s desire to improve the lives of poverty-stricken Londoners. Today, we have 107,000 homes and 220,000 residents across London and the Home Counties and around 20,000 care and support customers. But the desire remains the same – to create homes and communities where people can flourish.

Here just a few of the benefits for working at Peabody:

• Flexible benefits scheme, including options for Healthcare, Dental care, Critical illness cover, vouchers, technology scheme and access to a discount portal.
• 4 x Life Assurance
• Professional development by access to "paid for" apprenticeship programs and qualifications
• Two additional paid volunteering days each year
• Family friendly policies
• Up to 10% pension contribution matched 1:1