Support Assistants - Caerphilly (Garth Owen)

Role overview:

• A service that is about much more than offering young people a roof over their head. It's about giving them a safe and inclusive home and help to achieve their potential, transition into independent living, and engage in employment or education
• You’ll offer day-to-day emotional and practical support to motivate and empower young people to gain independence and reach their full potential
• You’ll provide support and advice in line with support plans and as requested by the young person’s keyworker, working collaboratively as part of a team who embrace differences and creative thinking

What do you need to be considered for this role?

• The ability to engage and build strong relationships with young people while understanding the impacts of homelessness, domestic abuse and trauma
• A forward-thinking attitude to crisis response
• The ability to remain calm and collected in challenging and traumatic situations

What’s in it for you?

• We are passionate about nurturing talent, our senior leadership team includes colleagues that have progressed through the business from entry level roles
• You’ll have access to a competitive benefits package including a maximum holiday entitlement of 40 days (including bank holidays)
• Enhanced Group Pension Scheme of 10% contributions (after qualifying period)
• You’ll also have free access to an internal wellbeing and counselling team
• You’ll have opportunities to diversify your skills and widen your experience across a range of services and niche roles including domestic violence service, employment support, training and skills tutoring
• You’ll have access to an extensive online training platform, as well as the chance to enrol on specific training in substance misuse, housing law, ACEs etc.

Reference: LLAHB732853

Salary: £11,124.50 (part time) - £22,249 (full time) per annum

Contract: Part Time & Full Time positions, Permanent

Hours: 23.5 hours per week, 1 day and 1 night shift (part time); 47 hours per week, 2 nights and 2 days (full time)

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Salary: £11,124.50-£22,249.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Sick pay
• Wellness programme

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 10/04/2023
Reference ID: LLAHB732853