Crisis Support Worker (Housing)

To be successful, it is essential that you have relevant experience as well as a relevant qualification in Social Care / Working with Children and Young People or recent relevant Training and Continued Professional Development. Additionally, it is essential that you have a flexible approach to your working hours as we are a 24/7 service and therefore, working hours will sometimes include evenings, weekends and bank holidays. Ideally you will have a first aid qualification and fire training, or be willing to undertake training.

Our mission is to create a community where everyone is healthy, happy and connected. We seek to champion those that have no voice and support those that need it most. Employing over 100 members of staff across various locations, we are ambitious, vibrant and visionary.

If you have experience of support work, an understanding of safeguarding and a passion to make a real difference to the lives of others in a warm and welcoming team, we’d like to hear from you. 

About YMCA North Tyneside

Located 20 minutes by Metro from Newcastle, YMCA North Tyneside, based in North Shields, is a Voluntary Sector Organisation undertaking youth and community programme work in areas of North Tyneside, South Tyneside, and Teesdale. We are part of the worldwide YMCA movement, which started in London in 1844 and now has grown to become the world’s largest and oldest youth movement. Now more 175 years later YMCA is operating in 119 countries, with 64 million people reached annually around the world.

Employee Benefits

This position comes with excellent benefits, including 25 days annual leave per annum (plus bank holidays) pro-rata for part time employees, your birthday off, a life assurance policy 2x your annual salary, free gym membership for you and a loved one, discount at our cafe, nursery and estate and access to a free and confidential employee assistance program.

If you’re interested in this post and would like an informal chat, please contact Joanne McNally joanne.mcnally@ymcanorthtyneside.org or HR at hr@ymcanorthtyneside.org and a member of our team will be happy to arrange a time for you to discuss the role and expectations in further detail.

To Apply: Please follow the link below to our online application form which will also ask for a CV to be uploaded (if you have trouble accessing the application form or require a different format, please email hr@ymcanorthtyneside.org).