Senior Support Worker

We have a vacancy at our Evolve Stockwell location- a young person's service made up of three sites supporting young mothers and babies in Croydon and Stockwell, and unaccompanied asylum-seeking young men. We are conveniently located a 10- minute walk from Stockwell tube station offering excellent transport links across London and beyond. Parking is available on site for colleagues. Our customers come with a range of support needs, such as those associated with asylum seeking and immigration status, mental health, complex trauma arising from migration, care leaver status, probation, ex-offending, domestic violence and learning disabilities. You will join a lively, supportive, and friendly team to work together to provide an excellent service for our young people. You will be required to support a caseload of at least 10 customers to:

• Identify their strengths as part of our asset-based approach and identify their needs, opportunities, rights, and responsibilities to enable them to move onto to independent living
• Plan and set targets to achieve and take appropriate action to meet their goals and aspirations
• Take part in activities and provide them with opportunities that generate aspiration and confidence around self-development.
• Support with sourcing legal advise around immigration status and asylum claims. A key part of the role is enabling customers to gain necessary support from other agencies. You will need to be able to network/build relationships with those in other organisations, need knowledge of safeguarding, challenges asylum seekers may face including traumatic events and PTSD. Identify any barriers customers may face around education and employment and how to overcome them. We have another opportunity for a Senior Worker role at Stockwell which supports young mothers and babies. If you are interested to please check our vacancies page to apply. Evolve Housing + Support is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including people who have experienced homelessness themselves. Equality, diversity and inclusion are key objectives for us, and we reflect this in our recruitment practices, actively seeking applications from all parts of the community regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or disability. You will need to have the correct right to work in the UK in place, as Evolve does not have a sponsorship license. Please ensure that your answers give a clear outline of how your application meets the criteria for this role using the included job description and person specification. You will need to be able to work shifts on a pre-planned rolling rota - 5 /7 days a week including mornings (from 7am), evenings (to 10pm) - these also include mid shifts and weekends.
  
  Are you looking for a new care and support opportunity? If you are passionate about making a real difference through supporting vulnerable people, we would love to hear from you! We have Senior support worker role in our supported housing service in Stockwell. The role builds on customer care, health and safety, flexibility, adaptability, developing positive parenting skills and immigration support.
  
  Evolve is a leading homelessness charity in London, providing housing and support to over 1,300 people each year. Our aim is to help children, young people and adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to become independent and resilient. We believe in building on people's strengths, aspirations and goals to help them break the cycle of homelessness.
  
  We offer a programme of support tailored to meet people's individual needs, including housing, employment and skills training, mentoring and counselling. We work with young parents and children at risk of exclusion to build the skills and resilience that can help prevent homelessness. We campaign to end street homelessness. We build affordable homes to help people move on to an independent life. £28,941 per annum