Young Persons Worker - Leyton
| Posting date: | 03 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £14.5 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 September 2025 |
| Location: | London, London, E11 1GB |
| Company: | Morgan Hunt UK Ltd |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | JN -092025-219184_1756914291 |
Summary
Job Opportunity Summary: Young People Support Worker (Temporary Cover)
Location: Residential setting
Pay: £14.50/hour + £1.79 holiday pay = £16.25/hour
Contract: Temporary (2-3 months)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Shifts: Rota basis (Early: 8:00-3:30 | Mid: 10:00-5:30 | Late: 3:00-10:30)
Note: Lone working involved
You'll support vulnerable young people (holding a caseload of up to 4), providing trauma-informed, person-centred support in a supported accommodation setting. You'll promote independence, manage safeguarding, assist with benefits/rent, and facilitate move-on planning.
- Conduct key work and support planning (SMART goals, safety plans, risk assessments)
- Handle new referrals and support move-on strategies
- Address safeguarding concerns and manage risk appropriately
- Assist with budgeting, rent, welfare benefits, and daily living skills
- Promote education, employment, and personal development opportunities
- Maintain accurate case notes and ensure accommodation remains safe and welcoming
- Experience: Working with young people in supported/residential settings
- Knowledge: Trauma-informed support, safeguarding, welfare benefits, Ofsted standards
- Skills: Key working, report writing, communication, risk management, numeracy
- Approach: Compassionate, proactive, organised, and resilient
- Additional: Able to work with complex mental health/attachment needs, including self-harm/emerging personality disorders
Only apply if you have the relevant experience and an Enhanced DBS (Child and Adult) on the Update Service
Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.