Young peoples Supported living - Pontypridd

Job Title: Supported Living / Housing Support Worker (Young People 16–25)
Location: City, County, Country
Salary: £14.24 per hour (including holiday pay)

Job Description:
Are you looking for a Supported Living / Housing Support Worker role where you can make a real difference? As a Supported Living / Housing Support Worker, you will provide practical, emotional, and developmental support to young people aged 16–25 living in supported or transitional accommodation. This Supported Living / Housing Support Worker position focuses on building life skills, promoting independence, and helping residents maintain safe, stable housing while working towards education, employment, and personal goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supported Living / Housing Support Worker duties: support young people to maintain safe, clean, and stable accommodation
• Assist with daily living tasks including cooking, cleaning, budgeting, and grocery shopping
• Support tenancy responsibilities, including rent, property care, and neighbour relations
• Help young people develop independent living skills
• Build positive, trusting relationships using a trauma-informed and strengths-based approach
• Support emotional well-being and social connection
• Encourage participation in education, training, employment, and community activities
• Support young people to set and work towards personal goals
• Work alongside case workers, youth workers, and external services
• Support residents to attend appointments (health, education, housing, legal)
• Contribute to support plans, progress notes, and incident reporting
• Identify risks and respond appropriately to challenging behaviours or crises
• Maintain a safe environment and respond to incidents in line with policies
• Promote young people’s rights, choice, and self-determination
• Follow safeguarding, child protection, and organisational procedures
• Maintain professional boundaries and confidentiality

Requirements:

• A strong value base and an empathetic approach within supported housing environments
• Ideally, some experience in a similar social care setting
• Commitment to safeguarding, confidentiality, and professional boundaries
• Ability to support young people to build independence and achieve personal goals

Vetro Recruitment acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Vetro is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merit alone.