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Job description

Youth Housing Workers provide an accessible point of contact at night and weekends to promote the protection and safeguarding of young people living at MACS and help them to build skills and confidence to maintain their own homes. Please see employer website for full job details & person specification.

Responsibilities

• To establish a positive relationship with Young People and to support them to create a safe home environment
• To provide holistic support (on a one to one and group basis) to all young people accessing the service, ensuring the support meets their needs
• To support the Housing Worker to ensure accommodation is well maintained, and is safe for young people to live in
• To support the move in and move on process
• To support and engage young people to be a good neighbor and assist in the resolution of neighborhood disputes
• To provide a range of informal group work opportunities to young people. To encourage and support young people to be involved in participation within MACS and outside of MACS
• To liaise and build relationships with all services involved in supporting young people
• Communicating promptly and effectively with PSNI, RESWS, Emergency Services, On Call Manager/Team Leader and family/children’s homes were appropriate

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• 6 months’ experience (paid or voluntary) of supporting people in a caring role as an employee, volunteer or carer
• Understanding and knowledge of homelessness, mental health and substance use
• Ability to practice in line with MACS ethos and values

Desirable Skills

• Experience of working in a supported housing or residential environment
• A full, current driving license with access to a car, insured for business use is required to meet the requirements of the post in full
• A health and social care qualification or third level education