Ref. CC874
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Calderdale Council continue to develop services which support young people to access support if they are threatened with or present as homeless. The Young Persons Housing Team supports young people 16/17 yrs, families, and agencies with interventions to prevent the need for any young person requiring emergency homeless accommodation. As part of our wider prevention strategy, we are looking to appoint a young person’s homelessness prevention worker to strengthen our existing provision.
This role will support the Young Persons Housing Team in conducting assessments, providing support to young people and their families and to engage with partner agencies to reduce the numbers of young people requiring emergency homeless accommodation.
You will primarily work with 16- and 17-year-olds and 18- to 25-year-old Calderdale care leavers. Your duties will include holding daily responsibility for the identification and homelessness assessment of young people, visiting young people and families at home, providing prevention interventions, exploring planned supported accommodation pathways, supporting young people to access accommodation, carry a caseload of young people, support partner agencies in implementing and sharing knowledge around youth homelessness, plan and arrange meetings between all parties, provide support to young people with a variety of interventions in areas such as budgeting, access to welfare benefits, accessing health services and linking in with other young people’s services.
The ideal candidate will have experience of working with young people, those with lived care experience, families, and other agencies. You will need to be organised and be able to collaborate closely with colleagues in ensuring the young person’s needs are fully met through timely interventions. You will need to be passionate about young people and have a drive and determination to ‘stick in’ with sometimes often challenging cases.
You will have a Level 3 or above in a relevant area of work. E.g., Youth Work, Social Care, Housing, and Criminal Justice, or considerable equivalent experience of working with young people and families.
You will be someone who has effective communication and negotiation skills and someone who is able to manage conflicting points of view.
The candidate will have patience and the ability to be proactive and forward thinking in their approach to working with Young People. The candidate will show a willingness to be flexible and to be well organised. Knowledge of housing legislation would be advantageous as this will underpin much of the work you will be undertaking.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. Applicants to posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act will require a DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service before the appointment is confirmed.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Haydon Coventry (Team Leader) on 01422 264321 or email
[email protected]
Closing Date: Monday 24th August 2026
Interviews: TBC
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