Link Worker
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 05 Medi 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £12,645.36 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 19 Medi 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Liverpool, Merseyside |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | YMCA Together |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: |
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Link Worker Part Time
Location: Liverpool L3
Salary: £25, 290.72 per annum (pro rata as part time role)
Hours: 19.3 hrs per Week (Average) 2 on 6 off rota
Job Type: Permanent/Fixed Term
Shortlisting: 22nd September
Interview: 29th September
Why this role would be great for you
If you’re someone who thrives on building meaningful relationships, enjoys helping others overcome challenges, and has a passion for empowering people to live independently, this role could be perfect for you.
What your week may look like:
Supporting new residents as they move in, helping them settle and complete housing benefit applications.
Building trust through one-to-one conversations and group activities that promote wellbeing, independence, and engagement.
Collaborating with support workers and external agencies to create personalised support plans and risk assessments.
Encouraging service users to take part in community activities and helping them re-engage if they’ve become withdrawn.
Keeping accurate records of interactions, updating risk assessments, and contributing to team handovers.
Responding to incidents, conducting welfare checks, and ensuring the environment is safe and welcoming for all.
Attending team meetings and contributing to service development through feedback and co-production with residents.
Intensive Housing Management and Risk Assessing
Assist the Practitioners with the induction and management of their case load taking direction as required
Update and communicate service user risk assessments in line with YMCA policy and procedure
Assist in the planning of workshops to individuals and groups that inform/ teach service users around how to manage a tenancy, manage a home and live independently.
Creatively engage service users that have a wide range of complex and challenging support needs
Encourage service users to take part in activities
Offer a creative but assertive approach in order to seek to re engagement
Assist Practitioners in the management of personalized behavior / support agreements
Provide clear, comprehensive and accurate information on handovers to the team making recommendations where appropriate
Assisting service users in the cleaning of their room
Complete void checks and get rooms ready for letting
Maintain accurate up to date electronic and written records
Post holders must be willing to support clients whose behaviors we may find challenging using our CAT /psychologically informed approach
Service User Involvement and Engagement
Encourage involvement, participation and co-production from service users in the running and development of the service
Provide a safe, welcoming environment with excellent standards and an ethos of service delivery that encourages service users to engage
Monitor positive feedback from service users and external agencies
Ensure referrals to the service are processed thoroughly and within the correct time frames.
Ensure that all interactions are logged onto appropriate systems
The post holder will be required to have contact with a variety of people. The context of this contact will vary from formal ‘Key working’ to informal networking and relationship building with the Local Authority and other relevant agencies.
It is recognised that the association is operating in a dynamic environment and as such this job description may be varied in consultation with the post holder to reflect evolving needs of the business and changing nature of the job
What can we offer you
Working with YMCA Together comes will a whole host of benefits. We hope that people will find deep personal fulfilment and purpose by working with alongside people in our services. Our teams are compassionate and supportive, fostering a strong sense of community. With opportunities for professional growth, YMCA together offers training to support your role and personal development.
For a full list of benefits see here: Careers Page | YMCA Together
The skills we are looking for
COMMUNICATION – Excellent communication, fostering a respectful, collaborative and professional approach to the people who you work alongside ensuring confidentiality at all times
EMPATHY and RESPECT – The ability to empower people to make positive changes, showing empathy whilst maintaining professional boundaries
COMMITMENT – The ability to work in an innovative and solutions focused way, including reflecting and learning as you go, and a willingness to flex and adapt approaches as needed. Ability to work within and have commitment to YMCA Together’s ethos, philosophy and SHREK values, Strength, Humility, Respect, Empathy and Kindness.
ORGANISATION – Strong time management and the ability to manage to prioritise tasks
COMPUTER LITERACY – You will be IT literate and have experience of working with multiple software programs such as Microsoft Office and Outlook.
Location: Liverpool L3
Salary: £25, 290.72 per annum (pro rata as part time role)
Hours: 19.3 hrs per Week (Average) 2 on 6 off rota
Job Type: Permanent/Fixed Term
Shortlisting: 22nd September
Interview: 29th September
Why this role would be great for you
If you’re someone who thrives on building meaningful relationships, enjoys helping others overcome challenges, and has a passion for empowering people to live independently, this role could be perfect for you.
What your week may look like:
Supporting new residents as they move in, helping them settle and complete housing benefit applications.
Building trust through one-to-one conversations and group activities that promote wellbeing, independence, and engagement.
Collaborating with support workers and external agencies to create personalised support plans and risk assessments.
Encouraging service users to take part in community activities and helping them re-engage if they’ve become withdrawn.
Keeping accurate records of interactions, updating risk assessments, and contributing to team handovers.
Responding to incidents, conducting welfare checks, and ensuring the environment is safe and welcoming for all.
Attending team meetings and contributing to service development through feedback and co-production with residents.
Intensive Housing Management and Risk Assessing
Assist the Practitioners with the induction and management of their case load taking direction as required
Update and communicate service user risk assessments in line with YMCA policy and procedure
Assist in the planning of workshops to individuals and groups that inform/ teach service users around how to manage a tenancy, manage a home and live independently.
Creatively engage service users that have a wide range of complex and challenging support needs
Encourage service users to take part in activities
Offer a creative but assertive approach in order to seek to re engagement
Assist Practitioners in the management of personalized behavior / support agreements
Provide clear, comprehensive and accurate information on handovers to the team making recommendations where appropriate
Assisting service users in the cleaning of their room
Complete void checks and get rooms ready for letting
Maintain accurate up to date electronic and written records
Post holders must be willing to support clients whose behaviors we may find challenging using our CAT /psychologically informed approach
Service User Involvement and Engagement
Encourage involvement, participation and co-production from service users in the running and development of the service
Provide a safe, welcoming environment with excellent standards and an ethos of service delivery that encourages service users to engage
Monitor positive feedback from service users and external agencies
Ensure referrals to the service are processed thoroughly and within the correct time frames.
Ensure that all interactions are logged onto appropriate systems
The post holder will be required to have contact with a variety of people. The context of this contact will vary from formal ‘Key working’ to informal networking and relationship building with the Local Authority and other relevant agencies.
It is recognised that the association is operating in a dynamic environment and as such this job description may be varied in consultation with the post holder to reflect evolving needs of the business and changing nature of the job
What can we offer you
Working with YMCA Together comes will a whole host of benefits. We hope that people will find deep personal fulfilment and purpose by working with alongside people in our services. Our teams are compassionate and supportive, fostering a strong sense of community. With opportunities for professional growth, YMCA together offers training to support your role and personal development.
For a full list of benefits see here: Careers Page | YMCA Together
The skills we are looking for
COMMUNICATION – Excellent communication, fostering a respectful, collaborative and professional approach to the people who you work alongside ensuring confidentiality at all times
EMPATHY and RESPECT – The ability to empower people to make positive changes, showing empathy whilst maintaining professional boundaries
COMMITMENT – The ability to work in an innovative and solutions focused way, including reflecting and learning as you go, and a willingness to flex and adapt approaches as needed. Ability to work within and have commitment to YMCA Together’s ethos, philosophy and SHREK values, Strength, Humility, Respect, Empathy and Kindness.
ORGANISATION – Strong time management and the ability to manage to prioritise tasks
COMPUTER LITERACY – You will be IT literate and have experience of working with multiple software programs such as Microsoft Office and Outlook.