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Are you a positive, enthusiastic, and engaging person who wants to support young people to achieve their goals?

If you are, then the role of Supported Housing Assistant presents the very challenge you are looking for.

A vacancy currently exists for a Supported Housing Assistant to join the Leaving Care Accommodation team. You will provide support to looked after children and care leavers aged 16-25 to promote independent living. You will be a point of contact to residents in supported accommodation, in their own dispersed accommodation and ensure that the service provides a safe and welcoming environment.

You will be a highly motivated individual and will have the ability to offer one-to-one and group support to care leavers including; planning and facilitating group activities.

The work will also involve contributing to the operation of the Leaving Care Accommodation Services and ensuring that they are maintained to a high standard. This will include ensuring good order is maintained in these services so that all residents can peacefully occupy the premises and neighbour nuisance, both internal and external to the building is minimized.

You will have some experience of working with young people through paid employment or a volunteering role, and will be able to work positively with young people and ensure that they achieve significant progress. You will enable care leavers to manage risk by providing support, guidance and information on health and safety and support them in managing their physical environment. This requires understanding and working in adherence with risk assessments and risk management plans.

This position is full time on a three week rota working one weekend in three and including evenings, and bank holidays. The working hours are from 08:00am to 21:30pm.

For further information or informal discussion, please contact Paul Gillott, Supported Housing Manager on 01709 378503 or 07827284190.

This post involves working with children/ adults and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check 

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website. 

Until 31st March 2026 employees paid at Band D and above are subject to a temporary pay reduction of 1.15% spread out by means of a monthly deduction from each pay period over the full financial year. In recognition of implementing this temporary measure, those who experience a pay reduction will be awarded three additional days leave (pro rata for part-time).

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