Young Person's Support Worker

Young Person's Support Worker 

Retford 

£23,151 - £23,428 per annum

Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of young people? Do you have the energy, empathy, and enthusiasm to help guide them towards a brighter future? If so, we are looking for you!

Here at NCHA we have a fantastic opportunity for the right person to join our friendly and supportive team as a Support Worker at our Young Person’s Service in Retford. At Branching Out Retford, we’re on a mission to provide a safe space, a listening ear and life changing support for young people. Every day, you’ll place a key role in helping them to rebuild their lives and achieve their goals.

This busy and dynamic service provides support to encourage our young people to be the best version of themselves. Our Retford project offers a strengths-based support service which aims to build the skills, confidence and independence of the young people who come through our doors.

Our team play a critical role in advocating for our tenants. From liaising with agencies to help them access permanent accommodation to supporting them to access education or employment training.

The Support Worker role

Every day is different, and you will face many new challenges so we need colleagues that come with a built in can-do attitude! You must be willing to go above and beyond for our young people help better their lives, promoting independence, being a role model and achieving a successful home environment for them to live, in line with local authority care plan.

What you will be doing:

• Supporting our young people with housing, education, and employment needs.


• Empowering them to develop life skills and confidence.


• Connecting them to vital services and opportunities.


• Being their champion during life’s toughest moments.

This isn’t a typical support worker position. Communication and understanding is key to help grow and mentor our young people. This role heavily requires you to listen and communicate with the young people, so a good understanding of written and verbal English is a must.

What we are looking for: 

• A compassionate, proactive, and non-judgemental attitude.


• Experience in support work or a related field (or a passion to learn!)


• The ability top build trust and rapport with young people


• A drive to make a difference, one life at a time.

Over to you – click apply and show us why you are suitable!

Due to the location of the role, having a driving licence and access to a vehicle would be highly desirable.

This is a permanent role working 37 hours a week.

We work 7 days a week, 365 days a year. You must be able to be flexible and work on a rota. Typical shift patterns are 07:00 – 14:30 and 14:30 – 22:00.

Please note that we are not currently offering visa sponsorship.

As an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident Employer, NCHA welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates including those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and disabled candidates. As part of our LGBT Allies Programme, we also welcome applications from members of the LGBT community and encourage inclusivity in the workplace. Male Support Workers are currently under-represented in this area and we particularly welcome suitable applications.