Taff Housing
Support Assistant TAFF188
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Support Assistant - £15,047 per annum
What You'll Do...
- Assisting Support Officer colleagues to enable and empower young women who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness, aged 16-21, to make positive changes in their lives.
- Building positive relationships and taking a working-with approach to help residents achieve their goals and move on successfully into independent accommodation.
- Working a shift pattern in accordance with the service rota, covering 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- Working in line with the support plans agreed by service users and their Support Officers and following safety and risk plans designed to maintain project safety.
What You'll Bring To The Role...
- Experience of working in a care or support environment
- An understanding of the impact of trauma and working in a psychologically informed way
- The ability to respond in a calm and composed manner
- The ability to work on own initiative, as well as part of a team
- Good literacy and numeracy skills
- Ability to work shifts
- A positive approach to tackling project wide issues and responding positively to residents
- Experience of managing challenging behaviour and resolving conflict
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We welcome any questions in advance of an application, or if there is something that matters to you and we haven't covered in the job pack, then please get in touch with Kitty Bickerton at kitty.bickerton@taffhousing.co.uk
Full details of the role can be found in the job pack - [Support Assistant Job Pack](Support Assistant Job Pack)
- Closing Date: Tuesday, 1st September 2026
- Interview Date: Wednesday, 9th September 2026
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that reflects the community we serve, and we actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. To find out more about Taff and view all our current vacancies, please click here - [Jobs - Taff Housing Association](Jobs - Taff Housing Association)
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