Staying Close Support Worker

We Are St Helens Borough Council

Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support. We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce.
Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.

Making A Difference as A Staying Close Support Worker
Are you ready to welcome a new challenge in a “BRAND NEW” purpose-built development, specifically for young people making a journey from a children’s home to independence. A staying close support worker is going to play a vital role in the development and in the promotion of independence to our care leavers. The young people will be living in “trainer flats”
You will be located on site and on hand to offer support and outreach to our young people who have reached an age where they can live independently and ready for learning new skills and gaining the experience of the adult world.
You will be required to work closely with partners from housing, education, health, community and families, this is a fantastic opportunity to start a service from new and to shape it in the way our children/young people need it to be.
You will form part of a new staff team, there will be plenty of opportunity to attend training and development, this will be an exciting journey for you and there will be plenty of scope for further development.
You will be supported by an experienced Registered Manager.
You will receive monthly supervisions and annual appraisals. The manager will be on hand to support you through your journey with us.

To be successful in this role you will need to be focused on working as a team on promoting independence. As corporate parents, you will be on hand for emotional support as well as an advice giver.

You will be required to work shifts on a rolling rota, the shift pattern is 2 on – 3 off. This role does NOT require sleep in's or waking nights. If this role is for you then we welcome your application.

Interested to Find Out More?

You can review our full job description details, and person specification information here.
You are also welcome to contact us for a chat before applying by emailing us at recruitment@sthelens.gov.uk

This post is subject to Enhanced DBS Disclosure
Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications and encourage you to apply early, to avoid disappointment.

Equality & Diversity
St Helens Borough Council respects and values the individuality that every employee brings. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. Further information about Equality & Diversity at St Helens Borough Council can be found here https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/equality
St Helens Borough Council is a Disability Confident Leader. Disability Confident Leaders lead the way in helping to take action that changes attitudes, behaviours, and cultures for the better.


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All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, and Leadership.