Housing Night Worker

Full-time (37.5 hours per week) / Permanent / Working on four nights on, four nights off rota including working over weekends and bank holidays. Although these are long shifts, you will get four days off after, which can provide a great work life balance.

Our mission is to help children and young people have a fair chance to be who they want to be. We do this by providing a safe home, increasing life skills and self-confidence, and improving emotional wellbeing and mental health.

Are you looking for a challenging and rewarding role where you are able to support young people by providing a safe environment for them to feel safe and comfortable?

You will be working as part of the Older Looked-after Young People (OLYP) team in Horsham looking after young people aged 16 -17 in a warm and homely environment. Young people come to us from a variety of backgrounds and have various and often complex needs. The team is made up of passionate and caring individuals, who work together to provide holistic support to the young people in our care, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our specialist supported accommodation is a safe and secure environment where young people are supported to acquire the necessary skills in preparation for living independently and can safely explore their increased freedom and choice and develop the responsibilities associated with adulthood. Your primary role will be to keep our service and young people, safe. You will help to contribute to a great working environment, with a calm, yet assertive manner, being able to handle potentially difficult situations. In addition, you will complete health and safety
checks, ensuring the service is clean and tidy and reporting any repairs. You will be lone working as part of the role, so you will need to be comfortable with decision making and following procedures.

Ideally you will have experience working with young people, those considered vulnerable or with multiple and complex needs along with being able to demonstrate a real passion for wanting to work with young people. You will have an understanding of the needs of single homeless clients aged 16-25 and the ability to engage, motivate and inspire, with a strong commitment to changing the life of others for the better. You will already have clear verbal and written communication skills, good IT and keyboard skills and the ability to self-motivate. You will be an effective communicator who is able to deliver robust, clear handovers and build strong relationships with other members of your team. In addition, you will have the ability to de-escalate volatile situations and manage challenging behaviour appropriately.

We help children and young people have a fair chance to be who they want to be. We do this by providing a safe home, increasing life skills and self-confidence, and improving emotional wellbeing and mental health. Each year, we support thousands of children and young people up to the age of 25 across Sussex and Surrey. We offer support in three service areas:

• Housing provision and sustaining accommodation


• Specialist information, advice and support


• Emotional wellbeing and mental health


We are a member of the YMCA Federation of England & Wales and are guided by their vision of 'transforming communities, so all young people can belong, contribute & thrive'. This vision reflects the original Christian foundation of the YMCA movement, but with a clear emphasis on being an inclusive organisation. Our values - we welcome all, we inspire, we support, and we speak out - guide us in all our actions.

Why work for us?

Our Benefits

Health and Wellbeing

• Health Cash Plan with Health shield

Claim money back for dental, optical, physio costs, alongside access to mental health support, remote GP appointments and counsellors.
Employee Assistance Programme with Health Assured
Range of confidential support services available to you and your immediate family:
- Telephone helplines available 24/7
- Formal counselling, either in person or telephone sessions
- Online video counselling and online CBT
Occupational Health
We work with Apollo Direct who offer occupational health assessments to support staff with their health/wellbeing., In the event of your death, your nominated individual(s) will receive a one-off payment equivalent to x2 of your annual salary.
Flexible Working patterns
(role and service needs dependant)
- Flexible working hours
- Opportunities to work from home
Maternity leave
(Enhanced package - dependant

Annual leave
Incremental annual leave
27 days a year + bank holidays (pro-rated for part-time)
After 5 years' service, increases by 2 days (pro-rated for part-time)

Pension
- A contributory pension scheme with Legal & General. Employees contribute a minimum of 4% of salary (you can opt out) and YMCA DownsLink Group will contribute 3% + 1% tax relief from the government.
- Pension and financial advice appointments with Engage Wealth Management.

Plus
- Free Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check: You will need a DBS check to clear you to work with children and young people. We will help you with the application and cover the cost, including the Update Service subscription fee.
- Long service awards
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Blue Light Card
- Company sick pay scheme