Job Description
Location: Safe Accommodation
Salary: £30,000 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Mon – Fri, occasional weekend when required)
Job Type: Permanent/Fixed Term
Shortlisting: TBC
Interview: TBC
Why this role would be great for you
We are seeking a compassionate and motivated Children’s Worker to support children and young people living in our Safe Accommodation service, families fleeing domestic abuse. This role is central to ensuring children’s safety, emotional wellbeing, and development during a period of significant change and trauma.
You will provide trauma-informed, child-centred support — creating a safe and nurturing environment where children feel heard, valued, and supported. You will plan and deliver individual and group activities, offer emotional support, and advocate for the needs of children within the wider service.
All Children’s workers will undergo Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) Skills Training and training in Trauma-Informed Care. These approaches will equip you to understand and work effectively with children affected by Domestic abuse.
Our service is built on values of hope, empowerment, choice, and independence, and we strive to provide children with opportunities to thrive, play, and heal.
What your week may look like
Children’s workers will be skilled in delivering a range of interventions for children to build strength, enhance resilience and encourage progress. The post holder will be responsible for providing key work support to a small caseload of children and will have the primary role of providing and co-coordinating support interventions and multi-agency activity.
Working as part of the daytime Support Team
Ensuring each child will receive personalised support considering their identified risks and personal needs
Engaging with schools and other education providers to provide a safe space to complete support sessions.
Providing a safe, welcoming environment with excellent standards and an ethos of service delivery that encourages all service users to engage with support on offer
To respond to emergency referrals and/or situations.
What We Can Offer You
Working with You Matter comes will a whole host of benefits. We hope that people will find 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, You Matter offers training to support your role and personal development. For a full list of benefits see here: Careers Page | You Matter.
The skills we are looking for
EXPERIENCE –
Experience of working with children and families who have experienced domestic abuse/sexual violence
Experience of working 1-2-1 with children
Experience of Children’s Safeguarding
Experience of supporting people in a work environment
Experience of partnership working
Experience of formulating risk assessments
Working experience of maintaining up to date electronic records and calendars
KNOWLEDGE –
A working knowledge of providing support
A working knowledge of Health & Safety issues
A clear understanding of complex needs support issues such as mental health, homelessness, substance misuse and offending
Knowledge of safeguarding protocols
Understanding of how to deal with challenging and chaotic individuals
COMMUNICATION –
Excellent communication, engagement and interpersonal skills
Excellent administration skills
EMPATHY and RESPECT –
You Matter ethos, philosophy and SHREK values, Strength, Humility, Respect, Empathy and Kindness
Energetic, dynamic and self motivated
COMMITMENT –
Committed to improving the lives of people with complex needs
Committed to own personal development and CPD planning
ORGANISATION –
Creative and dynamic approach with the ability to “think outside of the box” when providing solutions
Energetic, highly motivated with a reputation of being held in high regard by peers
Excellent interpersonal/ communication skills
Excellent negotiation/ mediation skills
Committed to own career development
COMPUTER LITERACY –
Computer literate, competent in working with Microsoft word, outlook, windows
What is a nice to have
NVQ/L2 in Health and Social Care or equivalent
Experience of working within a psychologically informed working environment
Knowledge of housing management and IT databases
Awareness of benefits and how they work including Universal Credit and other welfare systems
Knowledge of the Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT)
Analytical, data collation and reporting skills
Even if you don’t feel that you have all the relevant skills and “nice to haves” we would still like to hear from you and invite you to fill out our application form.
You Matter is an equal opportunities employer, values diversity and is strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation.
