SUPPORT WORKER
Job reference: SWWS25/Feb25
25 hours per week, over 2-week rolling rota (i.e. will include working every other weekend).
Located in Worthing.
27 days’ annual leave (pro rata); an additional 3 days at Christmas and all statutory public holidays.
Salary: Band 3, Scale Point 13 - £26,726 per annum pro rata (i.e. final salary will be £18,058).
Permanent contract.

Are you looking for a new challenge and a genuinely rewarding job? We are seeking a Support Worker to join our expert team at our supported housing service for women aged 16-25 in West Sussex.

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

This role is based at our new house in Worthing, part of the wider Stopover service, which provides a pathway through high, medium, and low-level support.

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 ongoing 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.
- Generous annual leave allowance.

If you have queries about the job, please contact Stevie Graves.

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: During the week commencing 10th February 2025

For further details and to apply, please visit our jobs page on our website.