Evening and Weekend Support Worker - OWL (Young People)

Evening and Weekend Support Worker – Our Way Leeds (OWL)

Part Time - 22.5 hours per week

£14,556.70, plus weekend working enhancement

25 days pro rata, rising to 30 days pro rata after two years

North and South Leeds

Do you want the opportunity to make a difference to the lives of Young People? This could be the job for you!

Turning Lives Around is recruiting for the Our Way Leeds evening & weekend team. Our Way Leeds is a consortium service delivered by Turning Lives Around, Foundation and Gipsil, offering accommodation to empower Young People aged 16-25 to live independently.

As an OWL Evening and Weekend Support Worker, you will be part of a team of housing Support Workers that assist homeless Young People in temporary accommodation. You will be supporting Young People to develop their independent living skills and helping the team look after our properties and report repairs, turn around empty properties for reletting, and take care of housing management matters.

We would like to hear from you if:

· You have experience in housing or health and social care

· You have an understanding of tenancy support and the issues faced by Young People

· You have the ability to engage with Young People living in the service

· You are able to work on a rota basis between the hours of 4pm – 10pm Monday - Friday and 10am – 6pm on a weekend, including bank holidays (please note this could be subject to change depending on service need).

Why join the team?

The wellbeing of our colleagues is paramount at Turning Lives Around. You will benefit from:

• 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after two years
• Free 24/7 employee assistance programme, including access to counselling
• The opportunity to join employee forums, including inclusion and diversity, wellbeing and trauma-informed practice
• Mileage paid at 45p per mile
• Weekend working enhancement
• Opportunities for development and our tailored training plan
• Free eye tests
• Government pension scheme

We encourage you to apply early as your application will be reviewed when it is received. We reserve the right to close the job advert subject to finding a suitable candidate.

If you’d like to find out more about the role, please contact Grace Pegden, service manager at gpegden@ourwayleeds.org.uk or on 07548 802 410.

An application pack can be downloaded from our website at: www.turninglivesaround.co.uk/job-vacancies.

Turning Lives Around (TLA) is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all children, Young People and adults. TLA will take all reasonable steps to promote safe practice and protect children, Young People and adults from harm, abuse and exploitation.

Any appointment will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and enhanced DBS check.

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 28th May 2024 at midnight. Advert is subject to early closure if suitable applications received.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £14,556.70 per year

Expected hours: 22.5 per week

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Sick pay

Work Location: In person