FLOATING SUPPORT WORKER
Job reference: FSWBH20/Feb25

20 hours per week, working over a rolling 7-day rota (+ sleep-in shifts)
Located in Brighton and Hove.
27 days’ annual leave (pro rata); plus all statutory public holidays, and additional 3 days at Christmas.
Salary: Band 3, starting £26,726 p.a. pro rata (i.e. final salary will be £14,446), in addition to £30.00 per shift (sleep-in) / £15.00 per shift on-call allowances.
This is for a permanent contract

Are you looking for a new challenge and a genuinely rewarding job? We are seeking a Floating Support Worker to join our expert team.

Stopover provides Brighton & Hove and West Sussex’s only female-specific young person’s housing and support through trauma-informed care.

The role is based in our Stopover houses in Brighton and Hove, which provide a pathway through high, medium, and low-level support. The role will involve working in our low-level support projects.

The young women we work with often have a history of negative and damaging relationships including abuse and domestic violence as well as mental health issues, behavioural issues, and substance misuse. The role of the Support Worker is to provide a consistent positive professional relationship that will allow the young women to start to trust, open up, and address the issues in their past.

You will:

- Be committed to fostering positive professional relationships with the young women.
- Understand the effects of early trauma on young women.
- Be able to provide on-going support through the transition within the Stopover accommodation pathway.

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, and
- Generous annual leave allowance.

If you have queries about the job, please contact Stevie Graves via phone or email.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and the successful applicant may be subject to a DBS check.

This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Closing date: 3rd February 2025

Interviews: Week commencing 10th February 2025

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