Young Support Workers

Join Us and Help Shape Brighter Futures

At Depaul UK, we believe in people’s potential — and we take action every day to help unlock it. Whether you’re supporting young people directly or strengthening our organisation behind the scenes, your work will create real, lasting impact.

About the Role

Young People Support Workers

• £28,836 Per Annum (MLW) + Excellent Benefits | Stockport | Full Time | Permanent

• £18,455.04 Per Annum (MLW) + Excellent Benefits | Stockport | Part Time | Permanent

Are you passionate about helping young people overcome barriers, build confidence, and achieve independence? Do you want a role where you can make a meaningful difference every day? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

We're recruiting for two Young People Support Worker vacancies within our Stockport Leaving Care Accommodation (LAC) Provision, supporting young people in supported accommodation as they prepare for independent living. These services provide assessment, support, and move-on accommodation for young people, helping them develop the resilience, skills, and confidence needed to build positive futures. Our work is underpinned by Depaul UK's asset-based and psychologically informed Endeavour Model, ensuring young people are empowered to recognise their strengths, achieve their goals, and move forward with confidence.

We currently have:

• 1 Full-Time Young People Support Worker vacancy (37.5 hours per week)

• 1 Part-Time Young People Support Worker vacancy (24 hours per week, Saturdays and Sundays)

The young people we support may be experiencing:

• Homelessness and housing insecurity

• Poor mental health and emotional wellbeing challenges

• Complex support needs

• Experiences of the care system and transitioning to independence

• Social isolation and low confidence

• Barriers to education, training, employment, and volunteering opportunities

In this rewarding role, you'll manage a caseload of young people, complete risk and needs assessments, develop SMART support plans, and deliver one-to-one and group-based interventions. You'll build trusted relationships, support young people to access education, employment and training opportunities, promote safeguarding and wellbeing, and help individuals gain the skills needed to sustain accommodation and live independently. You'll also work collaboratively with partner agencies and contribute to creating a safe, welcoming environment where young people can thrive.

These vacancies are based within our Stockport Leaving Care Accommodation Provision. The role involves working on a rota that may include evenings, weekends, bank holidays, and lone working to ensure young people receive support when they need it most.

If you're motivated by purpose, thrive on building positive relationships, and want to be part of an organisation where your contribution truly matters, we'd love you to join us. In return, you'll benefit from excellent training and development opportunities, reflective practice, ongoing support, a fantastic benefits package, and the chance to help young people build lasting independence and brighter futures.

In this role (Key Deliverables):

• You will ensure the safety and wellbeing of clients in the service at all times including ensuring that Safeguarding and emergency alert procedures are followed as laid out in Depaul’s Policy and Procedures

• You will ensure the high quality of risk and needs assessments SMART outcomes based support plans and case files for all key clients

• You will ensure one-to one and group support opportunities occur within their accommodation aimed at increasing resilience in the clients we work with

• You will proactively lead on partnerships with local agencies including statutory teams, to support the well-being of Depaul clients in accordance with data protection and information sharing protocols

• You will be flexible, reflective and creative in your engagement with clients and personalised in your support to them

• You will involve clients in the decisions made about them and encourage participation in Depaul’s wider community programme of activities

• You will support all clients to participate in Education, Training, Employment and Volunteering opportunities as appropriate to the development of their skills, assets and aspirations, through facilitating the work of Depaul’s Community Programmes Team

• You will participate in a rota which may include unsocial hours and weekend working, including lone working

• You will attend training as appropriate to your development and support you in your role

• You will form an integral part of the team and as such attend team meetings when required

• You will have responsibilities as part of the team for ensuring the health and safety of the environment for clients, staff, visitors and volunteers through regular checks and reporting

• You will have responsibility as a member of the team for preparing the accommodation for new clients to move into and supporting the client to settle in

• You will support and facilitate the work of the volunteers who add value to the work that we do

• You will ensure the accurate collection and recording of rent, charges and petty cash

• You will fully understand the requirements of the contract that apply to your service

• You will undertake further duties as commensurate to the role, in line with Depaul Policies and Procedures and as identified by your line manager

About You (What we are looking for from you – Person Specification)

When completing your application form please address all the points set out below.

• Experience of working with young people or those who have experienced homelessness

• An understanding of the needs of people who have experienced homelessness, poor mental health, substance misuse or the care system

• A knowledge and understanding of Risk Assessments and Support Planning

• Good literacy, numeracy and IT skills

• Able to demonstrate clear understanding of Safeguarding requirements and procedures

• Commitment to working in a manner which promotes diversity and equality, ensuring that everyone is treated with respect and dignity and no one suffers from discrimination

• Commitment to promoting an environment, which has the highest regard for the Health and Safety of others

• Personal and professional integrity

• High level understanding of professional boundaries and ability to maintain these

• Effective collaborative working

• Ability to effectively reflect on own practices for ongoing learning and development

• Respect for the values and ethos of Depaul and its founding partners

What You’ll Receive

• Tailored training and development
• Flexible working options where suitable
• 26 days annual leave, rising with service
• Family‑friendly leave policies
• Pension scheme with employer contributions up to 7%
• Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 GP access
• Discounts across retail, travel, food, fitness and more
• Cash health plan for you and your family
• Death‑in‑service benefit
• Access to legal and practical support

Safer Recruitment

Depaul UK is committed to fair and inclusive recruitment, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. If a role requires it under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975, we will carry out the appropriate Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. We only look at information that is relevant to the role, and a criminal record will never be treated as an automatic barrier to employment. All DBS information is handled sensitively, confidentially and in line with the DBS Code of Practice, and we encourage applicants to discuss any concerns with us openly.