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Housing Support Worker

Job Summary
Contract Type:
Permanent
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
13/02/2025
Advert End Date:
27/02/2025 23:59
Salary:
Grade 5 £30,060-£32,654
Job Category:
Social Care - Children Service
Vacancy ID:
276289
Employment Location:
Sunderland
Number of posts:
1
Closing date:
27 Feb
Further Information
Housing Support Worker
Grade 5 £30,060-£32,654pa
Permanent 37 Hours per week


This is your opportunity to join our ‘Outstanding’ Company and make a difference!

We are proud that Together for Children Sunderland is rated ‘outstanding’ in a judgement by Ofsted in 2021, in recognition of the stability of our very well supported and talented workforce who deliver an ongoing commitment to improving children’s outcomes. Join us and help us in continuing our outstanding journey!

Please note that Together for Children is unable to provide Skilled Worker visa sponsorship for this position.
 
Please note that Together for Children is unable to provide Skilled Worker visa sponsorship for this position. 

We are recruiting to our Support to Independence Team and are looking for a suitably skilled, experienced and enthusiastic individual to join the Support to Independence team, working alongside a team of Housing support workers within Together for Children’s internal supported accommodation provisions. To work as part of a team. Working rota, Providing direct day to day supportive tasks and duties to young people, such as advice and guidance on benefit claims and employment/training opportunities. To undertake the role of link worker and develop risk assessments, undertake planned formal one to one work to ensure that individualised independent living skills of young people are progressed, to be able to live independently and maintain their own tenancy. To encourage, coach and mentor young people to engage in the support offered and learn skills that will assist them with independent living. See Job description for further details. The role requires flexible working hours, including some weekends.

This post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore will  be subject to a DBS check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. 
 
Together for Children is committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse local communities that we support across Sunderland. We’re striving to build an inclusive workplace culture where all employees feel valued and diversity is celebrated by everyone.

As part of this commitment, we work collaboratively with our established employee networks:

Accessibility Network
LGBTQ+ Network
Racial Equality Network
Armed Forces Network

We welcome and encourage job applications from candidates regardless of their age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race, and background.

If you have a disability please do reach out to our Accessibility Network Chair to hear how we can support you during the recruitment process and if you are successful, in the workplace peoplesupport@togetherforchildren.org.uk
 
For further information on Together for Children, please take a look at our website:
https://www.togetherforchildren.org.uk

Nearly 40 per cent of foster carers combine fostering with other work. Those who do say that a supportive employer can make all the difference, enabling them to balance employment with caring for children.

Together for Children have a fostering friendly People policy for all foster carers in their employment (regardless of their fostering service). This includes offering foster carers flexible working and paid time off for training and settling a new child into their home.

As a Fostering Friendly employer, Together for Children also help promote Foster Care Fortnight™, our annual campaign to raise the profile of fostering and encourage people to consider becoming foster carers and offer children the care they need - Foster with North East - Foster with North East
 



 



 
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