St Basils works with young people aged 16-25 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, helping over 5000 young people per year across the West Midlands region with specific services in Birmingham, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, the Wyre Forest and Coventry. This is a fantastic opportunity to offer night and weekend support to young people at risk of homelessness to enable them to develop their skills, confidence and opportunities and make a successful transition to adulthood.
Key activities and challenges specific to the role include:
- To assist young people to achieve their support plan goals by helping with life skills or other support needs.
- To organise evening and weekend activities including resident meetings.
- To support young people to keep themselves safe.
- To offer information, advice, and guidance to colleagues, and in crisis situations, provide emergency cover within your own Project.
Further information about this vacancy can be found in the attached Applicant Information Pack. The successful candidate will be required to evidence the following:
- Experience of working with young people in any of the following settings: youth work, residential or social work, probation/criminal justice, community work, education and training, housing or support work.
- A basic understanding of welfare rights.
- Able to resolve incidents quickly and calmly and provide leadership or escalate when necessary.
In return for your skills and experience, St Basils are able to offer the following benefits:
- Competitive salary of £17,952 – £19,260 per annum, pro rata
- 28 days annual leave, plus 8 Statutory Bank holidays per annum, pro rata.
- Technology, cycle to work and life assurance schemes.
Please see the applicant information pack for a list of further requirements before downloading the application form.
Download the application info pack
Please note: CVs are not accepted.
If you require any further information please contact St Basils, Human Resources Department on 0121 772 2483, or email recruitment@stbasils.org.uk.
St Basils is committed to a policy of ensuring equality of opportunity in employment for all, and to taking action to avoid discrimination.
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies.