<div data-v-0e62ab25="" class="flex xs12"><div data-v-0e62ab25=""><p id="isPasted" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Are you interested in a new career in Supported Housing, working with and supporting Young People to create a positive, nurturing and trusted environment for them to live and thrive?</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">As part of our dedicate Housing Provision, you can expect your role as a Youth Support Worker to include:&nbsp;</span></p><ul type="disc"><li style="font-size: 16px;">Starting your day at the YMCA offices, checking emails, and liaising with overnight staff regarding any incidents or events that require your attention.</li><li style="font-size: 16px;">Engaging with residents individually and in small groups to identify their strengths and interests, crafting constructive activities that promote new skills, confidence, and self-esteem.</li><li style="font-size: 16px;">Exploring pathways with local providers to create opportunities for volunteering, education, or employment.</li><li style="font-size: 16px;">Following your schedule to ensure regular sessions with each resident on a 1-2-1 or small group basis, maintaining consistent support.</li><li style="font-size: 16px;">Organising and facilitating sessions that build essential life skills for residents.</li></ul><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">If you seek a dynamic role where no two days are the same, where you are actively engaged rather than confined to a desk, and where you can make a tangible difference in young people’s lives, this position is ideal for you!</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>About You:</strong></span></p><ul type="disc"><li style="font-size: 16px;">This demanding yet rewarding role requires experience in supporting vulnerable or challenging individuals with diverse needs.</li><li style="font-size: 16px;">Your communication skills will be pivotal; you will need to build rapport and trust with residents effectively.</li><li style="font-size: 16px;">Previous experience in Supported Housing or an understanding of the challenges faced by vulnerable individuals will be advantageous.</li><li style="font-size: 16px;">You must be proactive and passionate about supporting people, sharing our belief that everyone deserves a fair chance to discover their potential.</li><li style="font-size: 16px;">You will creating a positive, nurturing and trusted environment for them to live and thrive.</li><li style="font-size: 16px;">You will providing unconditional positive support, whilst maintaining boundaries with calm and consistent professional practice.</li><li style="font-size: 16px;">Act as a role model for them to model their behaviours against.</li><li style="font-size: 16px;">Confidence to lone working and manage your own schedule, alongside collaborating with your team to achieve results, is necessary.</li><li style="font-size: 16px;">This role primarily operates Monday to Friday, but occasional early mornings, evenings, or weekend shifts may be required to support the team.</li></ul><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>Why You’ll Love This Role:</strong></span></p><ul type="disc"><li style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>Impactful Work:&nbsp;</strong>Be part of meaningful changes in young people’s lives every day, witnessing their successful transitions to independence.</li><li style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>Career Growth:</strong> Enhance your understanding and gain qualifications and experience in housing support and working with vulnerable individuals or those experiencing homelessness.</li><li style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>Supportive Environment:</strong> Collaborate within dedicated teams across Nottinghamshire that value teamwork, continuous learning, and compassion.</li></ul><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check (paid for by YMCA) and registration with the DBS Update Service. We reserve the right to withdraw this role before the closing date should we be able to appoint to the role.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><br></p></div></div>