Progression Coach Ne
Young People | 3 NE26 |£13.87 per hour (incl. of Holiday Pay) | 2-3 months | Job Ref: BD9176 | Posted: 21/03/2025
Central Recruitment is currently recruiting for a number of Progression Coaches, to work within services in the North East of England. The organisation delivers a wide range of floating support and housing services for young people at risk of homelessness.
The successful candidate will be required to work a total of 37.5 hours per week and will work various shift patterns from Monday to Sunday, including early shifts, late shifts and day shifts. Temporary cover is required for approximately 2-3 months. The pay rate is £12.38 per hour, with £1.49 holiday pay, totalling £13.87 per hour.
Please note; this role involves meeting with young people in the community and their homes in towns and cities across the North East.
In this position, you will be expected to;
- Hold a caseload of young people and conduct regular key working sessions, providing one to one support to ensure goals are identified and met
- Complete comprehensive and ongoing risk and needs assessments
- Interview and assess the suitability of referrals to the criteria and objectives of the project and provide written feedback to unsuccessful applicants
- Ensure that residents ready to move on have an appropriate network of support and resources to aid their transition to independent living and are positively involved with their own development
- Where service users have moved in to accommodation, provide support through a programme of regular visits
- Help service users to apply for benefits, complete relevant application forms, learn budgeting skills and manage money, including support to prioritise and pay bills and rent
- Liaise and advocate with outside agencies, e.g. local authorities, benefits agencies, referral agencies and other statutory and voluntary bodies as appropriate
- Manage collection of service charge and petty cash on shift
- Deal with challenging behaviour in an appropriate and sensitive manner, keeping within the boundaries of policies and procedures and recording meetings and incidents appropriately
- Ensure a safe and secure environment and maintain high standards of health and safety within the project
Please note; this role involves lone working
To apply for this role candidates must have;
- Experience working with young people
- Knowledge/understanding of the principle causes and effects of youth homelessness
- Experience working in a floating support environment
- Experience holding a caseload, conducting Support Plans, risk assessments and needs assessments
- Knowledge and experience of housing management and benefits system
- A clear understanding of safeguarding requirements and professional boundaries
- Knowledge of the support needs of young people and how they might be best met including what statutory and voluntary resources are available
- Ability to use IT to a level which will enable high quality reporting to be carried out, including Word, Excel, Outlook and Databases
- Ability to take initiative and a willingness to work
Candidates should confirm their interest as soon as possible, with in person interviews scheduled shortly after and the appointed candidate expected to start as soon as possible
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