Support Workers
Support Workers-Manchester, Rochdale & Oldham
37.5 hours per week
Depaul UK is one of the UK’s leading national youth homelessness charities. We help over 3,000 young people each year who are homeless, vulnerable and disadvantaged.
· We protect young people by finding them a place to call home.
· We prevent young people becoming homeless by rebuilding family relationships
· We provide young people with opportunities to progress beyond homelessness and fulfill their potential.
We are a values based organisation and passionate about what we do.
This an exciting, innovative and challenging new service focussing on helping young homeless people with multiple barriers to secure stable accommodation, meaningful employment and training/ education. The service will operate for three years in several local authorities in Greater Manchester and will deliver a range of support interventions across several local authority areas. The new team will have plenty of opportunities to work in new ways with partners on a service that is funded through payment by results.
To be a success in this role you/The ideal candidate will have experience of:
· Working with young and vulnerable people with multiple and complex needs.
· Have an understanding of challenges and barriers faced by young people in securing accommodation and sustainable education and training.
· An understanding and an ability to implement risk management.
· Ability to us IT systems, including inputting data and running reports
We are a values based organisation and passionate about what we do.
In return we can offer a range of employee benefits including; competitive salary, 5 weeks annual holiday plus bank holidays (rising to 6 weeks plus bank holidays), contributory pension scheme, life assurance and childcare voucher scheme.
Depaul UK strives to be equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community
An enhanced DBS disclosure is a requirement for the above posts. Our recruitment checks reflect our commitment to safeguarding our clients.
Closing date: 10/11/2014 at midday
Interview dates: 21/11/2014
Please note we do not accept CVs and we kindly request no contact from recruitment agencies.