Evening and Weekend Support Worker – Our Way Leeds (OWL)
Part Time - 22.5 hours per week
£17075.68 plus weekend working enhancement
25 days pro rata, rising to 30 days pro rata after two years
North 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, Inspire North and Gipsil, offering accommodation to empower young people aged 16-25 to live independently.
As an OWL Evening and Weekend Support Worker you will work within an Ofsted registered service, as part of a team providing 24/7 support to 15 young people. 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 are passionate about engaging young people in activities that support their wellbeing
- You have an understanding of tenancy support and the issues faced by Young People
- You are able to work on a rota basis – please see job description for further information
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
- Weekend working enhancement and opportunities for overtime
- Opportunities for development and our tailored training plan
- Free eye tests
- Government pension scheme
We encourage you to apply early. We reserve the right to close the job advert subject to finding a suitable candidate. Please not that it is not suitable to work this role alongside a full-time role and we cannot reduce the hours for any reason.
If you’d like to find out more about the role, please contact Rob Chandler, registered service manager at [email protected] or on 07483474766.
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: Sunday 6th September at 11:59pm
Provisional interview date: Monday 14th September
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Pay: £17,075.68 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Sick pay
Work Location: In person
