Young People Support Worker

Location: Lambeth

Salary: £29,336 per annum

Closing Date: 05 May, 2026

Employment Type: Permanent

Hours per week: 37.5

About the Role

You'll play a vital part in delivering the charity's mission: tackling homelessness, widening opportunity and championing fairness. Whatever your specialism, you'll help create a safe, inclusive and empowering environment where people can thrive and move forward with confidence. As a Young People Support Worker (London), you will provide practical, emotional, and goal-focused support to young people, helping them develop the skills, confidence, and resilience needed to move towards independent living. You will manage a caseload of young people with a range of support needs, building trusted relationships and delivering structured, person-centred support plans. The role involves supporting young people through key transitions, including leaving care, sustaining accommodation, and accessing education, training, or employment. Your work will be underpinned by the Endeavour Model, an assets-based and psychologically informed approach, ensuring young people are supported to build on their strengths and achieve positive outcomes.

Provide safe, supportive accommodation and champion the wellbeing of every client.

Deliver personalised support plans that empower individuals to achieve independence.

Build positive, respectful relationships with colleagues, partners and the people supported.

Encourage participation in education, training, employment, and volunteering opportunities.

Contribute to a positive team culture and maintain a safe, welcoming environment.

Commit to continuous learning and uphold the charity's values of respect, inclusion, and action.

About You

You believe in people - their strengths, their rights and their potential. You bring empathy, energy and a solution focused mindset to your work. You communicate clearly, stay organised and adapt well in a fast moving environment. You're committed to inclusion, fairness and continuous learning, and you turn values into meaningful action, whatever your role.

What You'll Receive

Tailored training and development

Flexible working options where suitable

26 days annual leave, rising with service

Family friendly leave policies

Pension scheme with employer contributions up to 7%

Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 GP access

Discounts across retail, travel, food, fitness and more

Cash health plan for you and your family

Death in service benefit

Access to legal and practical support

Safer Recruitment

The charity is committed to fair and inclusive recruitment, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. If a role requires it under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975, we will carry out the appropriate Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. We only look at information that is relevant to the role, and a criminal record will never be treated as an automatic barrier to employment. All DBS information is handled sensitively, confidentially and in line with the DBS Code of Practice, and we encourage applicants to discuss any concerns with us openly.

About The Organisation

In the 1980s, high unemployment and steep inflation was contributing to a shocking rise in youth homelessness across London. Thousands of young people were sleeping rough every night, with many areas notoriously dubbed "cardboard cities" due to the visible rise in street homelessness. Appalled by the scenes playing out across the capital, a group of people came together to tackle the challenge head on. Led by Cardinal Basil Hume and Mark McGreevy OBE, in 1989 the charity was born. What began as a single housing project in North London soon expanded across London, Greater Manchester and the North East of England. Today, the charity provides accommodation, prevention and support services to thousands of marginalised young people across the UK each year.

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Young People Support Worker If you are the successful candidate, you will be joining a very tight-knit & supportive team that works tirelessly to ensure some of the most vulnerable individuals in the borough are well-cared for. Location - Lambeth Salary: £29,336 per annum Closing Date: 05 May, 2026 Employment Type: Permanent Hours per week: 37.5 About the Role You'll play a vital part in delivering the charity's mission: tackling homelessness, widening opportunity and championing fairness. Whatever your specialism, you'll help create a safe, inclusive and empowering environment where people can thrive and move forward with confidence. As a Young People Support Worker (London), you will provide practical, emotional, and goal-focused support to young people, helping them develop the skills, confidence, and resilience needed to move towards independent living. You will manage a caseload of young people with a range of support needs, building trusted relationships and delivering
structured, person-centred support plans. The role involves supporting young people through key transitions, including leaving care, sustaining accommodation, and accessing education, training, or employment. Your work will be underpinned by the Endeavour Model, an assets-based and psychologically informed approach, ensuring young people are supported to build on their strengths and achieve positive outcomes. In this role, you will: Provide safe, supportive accommodation and champion the wellbeing of every client.
Deliver personalised support plans that empower individuals to achieve independence.
Build positive, respectful relationships with colleagues, partners and the people supported.
Encourage participation in education, training, employment, and volunteering opportunities.
Contribute to a positive team culture and maintain a safe, welcoming environment.
Commit to continuous learning and uphold the charity's values of respect, inclusion, and action. About You You believe in people - their strengths, their rights and their potential. You bring empathy, energy and a solution focused mindset to your work. You communicate clearly, stay organised and adapt well in a fast moving environment. You're committed to inclusion, fairness and continuous learning, and you turn values into meaningful action, whatever your role. What You'll Receive Tailored training and development
Flexible working options where suitable
26 days annual leave, rising with service
Family friendly leave policies
Pension scheme with employer contributions up to 7%
Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 GP access
Discounts across retail, travel, food, fitness and more
Cash health plan for you and your family
Death in service benefit
Access to legal and practical support Safer Recruitment The charity is committed to fair and inclusive recruitment, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. If a role requires it under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975, we will carry out the appropriate Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. We only look at information that is relevant to the role, and a criminal record will never be treated as an automatic barrier to employment. All DBS information is handled sensitively, confidentially and in line with the DBS Code of Practice, and we encourage applicants to discuss any concerns with us openly. About The Organisation In the 1980s, high unemployment and steep inflation was contributing to a shocking rise in youth homelessness across London. Thousands of young people were sleeping rough every night, with many areas notoriously dubbed "cardboard cities" due to the visible rise in street homelessness. Appalled by the

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