Job Description

Closing date for this vacancy: 4 September 2025 at 3.00pm

Role Purpose

Group Living works with Looked After Children and Care Leavers aged 16-18, living in small residential homes in Sheffield. This role involves keyworking a small caseload to provide intensive and structured one to one support, using a strength-based approach enabling young people to learn life-skills and progress to moving to more independent accommodation. You will need to implement fantastic interpersonal skills to empower young people to achieve and strive for more.

In this role you will work as part of a team that is based at one of our group living projects, working together to support an array of young people with different needs. This role will also work alongside other Roundabout services and other agencies (such as Social Care, Leaving Care and health care professionals), so excellent multi-agency working and communication skills are necessary.

The role involves developing the skills and confidence of young people and empowering them to achieve identified goals and maximise independence within the timeframe for support. The role involves working with young people, some with a variety of multiple and complex needs.

As a group Living keyworker, you will support young people from diverse backgrounds who have experienced trauma, therefore you will be playing a vital role in enabling them to make safe choices, manager their mental wellbeing and building up a community network. You will be supporting young people to manage complex issues such as, family breakdown, substance misuse, navigating the asylum process and dealing with missing episodes and associated harm.

This role involves working as part of a team with some shifts lone worked, the role involved working a three week rolling rota combining a mixture of early and late shifts Mon-Fri and 12 hour shifts at weekends, over a three week period you will work one Saturday and one Sunday shift with one weekend free. The Group Living service currently has 3 24/7 staffed projects in Sheffield and together we provide a community for our young people.

As a Group Living keyworker, you will:

Provide Support

Help young people to have a voice Help young people to feel safe and provide a space to make mistakes Planning to achieve goals Recognising what's important to young people Celebrate young people's achievements Share experiences and make memories

Offer Advice

Be an advocate Help young people understand their rights now and in the future Give advice on available services Promote hobbies and interests Listen to young people Break stigma on how young people are perceived Be the role model you needed at 18

Develop Life Skills

Confidence building Share your knowledge and life skills Recognising individuality Overcoming barriers and seeing challenges as a new opportunity Explore hobbies and interests Safeguard themselves and others Treating people with respect Have fun

Key Accountabilities

To work with young people in a flexible and trauma informed way to undertake comprehensive strength-based assessments and the drawing up of person-centred goals to achieve agreed outcomes. To undertake risk assessments and manage risk effectively on a daily basis, ensuring all incidents are reported in line with guidance. To plan and deliver one to one structured keywork sessions, with a view to promoting their hobbies, interests, developing their life-skills and signpost and support young people to access other services in line with their needs and goals for the future. To support the emotional and psychological development by encouraging and empowering looked after children to achieve daily tasks and make positive changes, including preparation for independent living. To assist the young people to have a voice, including advocating for them and ensuring their voice is heard and respected both internally and with other agencies. To undertake the young people to have a voice, including advocating for them and ensuring their voice is heard and respected both internally and with other agencies. To undertake multi-agency, work and work collaboratively with professionals to support young people, including attending LAC reviews and PEP meetings. To ensure safeguarding procedures are followed at all times and all concerns are reported to safeguarding lead and relevant professionals. To offer flexible and creative ways of working to actively engage young people and ensure they fully participate in support offered. To maintain accurate records using Roundabout's case management system, e.g. support plans, case notes, ensuring clear, factual and relevant communication when handing over shifts. To professionally represent Roundabout to external agencies, building good links and promote the service across the city.

Other Duties

To adhere to Roundabout's policies and procedures at all times. To keep up to date with good practice relating to LAC and UASC, especially understanding requirements relating to Ofsted and other matters relevant to successful support of young people. To be proactive in reviewing and evaluating own performance and use supervision and appraisals to identify areas for development and improvement. To have regard for confidentiality and not disclose information to unauthorised parties, and maintain professional boundaries at all times. To recognise diversity and promote inclusion for all young people accessing Roundabout's services. To work alongside other Group Living services, including providing shift cover and undertaking group activities for the young people or to support other young people as needed. To undertake, as required, any other duties compatible with the level and nature of the post or reasonably required by managers. An expectation to undertake training and complete a minimum of a Level 3 Qualification, after completion of a successful probationary period.

Person Specification

Direct experience of face-to-face work with vulnerable young people, or a similar client group in a residential or alternative setting. Experience of undertaking strength-based risk and needs assessments, support plans and reviews with vulnerable young people, and supporting them to achieve goals and outcomes. Experience of multi-agency working, and effective liaison to ensure young people access appropriate services to meet their needs. Experience of advocating on behalf of clients, challenging external services where necessary to meet the needs of young people. Experience of undertaking accurate and thorough risk assessments and addressing safety concerns through mitigating identified risks. A working knowledge confidentiality and GDPR and experience of maintaining professional boundaries with vulnerable young people Knowledge of the safeguarding process, in relation to working with vulnerable people, especially Looked After Children. Ability to lone work and use own initiative, as well as working as a team to prioritise and deliver support. A good working knowledge of the issues faced by care experienced young people and Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. Excellent communication and IT skills, including a working knowledge of database recording systems and ability to maintain appropriate records and monitoring systems.

Personal Attributes

Ability to empathise and believe in young people, empowering them to achieve their goals and aspirations. Strong interpersonal and communication skills, to build rapport with young people and share information as needed. Ability to work as part of a team in a busy working environment and on own initiative, supporting colleagues where necessary. Ability to be emotionally resilient, adapting in the face of difficult behaviour or challenging situations. To think creatively and be flexible in response to individual needs and promote engagement. Ability to work with a diverse client group to promote equality.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 27,376.00-29,270.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Cycle to work scheme Flexitime
Language:

English (preferred)
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: GLKW - 08.25