Description

INTENSIVE NEED NIGHT SUPPORT WORKER

Hours – 36 hours per week
Hourly rate - £11.34 per hour
Salary – £19,179.00
Location – Lincoln based

Shift Pattern - 4 on 4 off, 10.00pm-8.15am

This role is working with a maximum of 2 young people in their living environment.

The desired candidate for this challenging and rewarding role will meet the following requirements:
- Effective communicator who can work as an advocate for individuals and empower them to lead a fulfilled life
- Be able to support young people in a 1-2-1 environment to support them to learn all necessary independent living skills to enable a positive move onto more independent living
- Be passionate, energetic and inspirational individuals who can work creatively with the young people to provoke positive change
- Have a high level of empathy which allows them to support the individual in a person centered way
- Evidenced knowledge of working with complex learning difficulties, challenging behaviour and mental health disorders
- An understanding of positive behavioural Support and Safeguarding procedures
- Be accustomed to working night shifts
- The ability to work individually (all shifts are lone working) but also to be able to work with others to build a safe and effective team around the individual as and when required
- Have access to their own transport as they will be required to travel to other areas of Lincolnshire in order to meet the service demands

Who are we?
We are a national social justice charity with more than 50 years’ experience of changing lives, building stronger communities and reducing crime. Last year alone we helped support, house, educate, advise and speak out for 38,000 disadvantaged young people and adults - and you could now help us make an even bigger impact going forward.

Our Youth Housing service in Lincolnshire supports 16-17 year olds and care leavers including Young Parents up to 21 years who are homeless or are threatened with homelessness, to live independently. Our aim is to inspire the young people we accommodate to be ambitious and embrace new opportunities. Through devising a person centred support package we enable the young people we work with to have new experiences and develop skills to become independent in order to make a positive contribution to society. We offer transparent and positive environments that foster inclusive working cultures and encourage creativity and an engaging mind-set. We offer employment within an established team that employs a non-judgemental approach, sensitivity and understanding.

A DBS check will be required for this role.

Post source:jobs.theguardian.com

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