Senior Support Worker
Job ref: SSW30/Aug22

30 hours per week.
Located in Worthing.
27 days annual leave; additional three days at Christmas and statutory public holidays.
Salary scale: Impact Band 4, starting NJC Point 19: £25,927 per annum (pro rata) / £13.43 per hour.
Permanent employment contract.

Stopover Housing provides accommodation with support to young women across Brighton & Hove and now also in West Sussex. It aims to enable young women to successfully transition between dependence and independence.

Following Stopover’s expansion into West Sussex, we are currently looking for a Senior Support Worker to oversee this work at our new project in Worthing. Supported by both the Housing Services Manager and Project Team Leader the role will ensure that appropriate and relevant support will be provided to all young women accommodated within the housing schemes.

The role will include significant liaison with the local authority social services department and therefore we are looking for somebody willing and able to advocate on behalf of marginalised young women.

You will:

- Be committed to fostering positive professional relationships with the young women.
- Have an understanding of the effects of early trauma on young women.
- Be able to provide on-going support through the transition within the Stopover accommodation pathway.
- Support the West Sussex staff team at a senior level.

In return we offer:

- Ongoing support and training.
- Reflective practice with external facilitator.
- Restorative circles with external facilitator.
- Mindfulness, resilience and self-care with an external psychotherapist.
- Generous annual leave allowance.

To view the full job description/person specification please visit our jobs page.

If you would like to chat to someone about the role, please contact Stopover.

Closing date for applications: 9.00AM on Monday, 29th August 2022.
Interviews take place during week commencing 5th September 2022.

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