Support Worker, Young Adults with Complex Emotional - Biggleswade, United Kingdom - St Giles Trust

St Giles Trust

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Biggleswade, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Job Summary:

Are you a collaborative, target-driven and compassionate individual with a proven record in successfully supporting young adults into sustainable employment? Do you have strong experience of building relationships with stakeholders and multi-agency working?

If so, join St Giles as a
Support Worker, where you will provide a tailored, one-to-one high-quality service of engagement, advocacy and support to young adults with complex emotional needs.

About
St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need.

Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.

About this exciting opportunity

As our
Support Worker you will focus on supporting the internal and external promotion of our project to support young adults with complex emotional needs (YACEN) to engage in positive activities within their communities across Bedfordshire and to support the achievement of project targets for engagement and progression onto training, employment and other outcomes for the YACEN.

We will also count on you to establish and maintain effective relationships with not only all staff at St Giles Trust but local authorities, voluntary organisations, mental health services, schools/colleges and other services across Bedfordshire, plus to develop contacts and liaise with external agencies to build positive working relationships enabling effective referrals of participants.

Actively promoting gender equality and involving the people we serve and assisting in the implementation of the Trust's policies and procedures are also key duties.

What we are looking for

Experience of working on targetdriven projects and a proven ability to support others to reach targets
The ability to engage and holistically support young adults who face multiple barriers to employment
Indepth knowledge of the issues faced by the client group in accessing and sustaining employment
The ability to engage and build positive relationships with employers to support both employees and employers, and encourage improvements to the quality of employment
Impressive interpersonal, IT and communication skills, both verbal and written
A flexible, professional and collaborative approach to your work

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, season ticket loan and much more.

Closing date: 11pm, Friday 30th
June 2023.

Interviews:
Friday, 7th
July 2023.

St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.