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Do you have a passion for supporting people to rebuild their lives?
About the role
We are looking for Night Worker to join our excellent team in Hounslow. As the successful candidate you will have a passion for supporting some of the most vulnerable individuals in the borough, supporting residents around their strengths and aspirations.
The Hounslow LIFE service is a large multi-site service that has a staff team of 32 supporting 86 clients, covering specialisms such as Homelessness, Substance Use and Mental Health.
In the role of Night Worker, you will be working with our clients on their road to recovery, aiding clients to gain the necessary skills to move on from our services and into suitable accommodation. You will assist staff on site with supporting clients, completing H&S tasks, responding to and completing incident reports, and ensuring that clients within the building are safe. You will also have some housing management responsibilities as part of ensuring we deliver safe, high-quality services.
Working in our Forbes House complex needs hostel, you will be part of a team providing 24hr support to 22 clients at the start of their journey with us, supporting them towards greater independence. This role involves working night shifts between the hours of 21:30 – 08:15. This will also include some weekends and bank holidays, and the role will be service based with no home working.
About you
To succeed in this highly rewarding role you would benefit if you:
- Have an understanding of the issues faced by homeless or vulnerably housed people – you may have had personal experience of homelessness yourself.
- Have experience of helping vulnerable people.
- Be committed to our Recovery Ethos.
However, above all we are looking for inspirational, committed individuals who have a genuine desire to support people to transform their lives.
We’d always like to hear from people who want to help transform lives. Not sure if you have the skills and experience you need for the role? Apply and we’ll let you know!
St Mungo's are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage applications from all under-represented groups.
How to apply
To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the ‘document’ tab on the advert page on our website.
When you're ready to apply click the ‘Apply Now’ Button to start your online application form.
Closing date: 10am on 9th April 2024
Interview and assessments on: TBC
What we offer
- Excellent Development and Growth Opportunities
- A Diverse and Inclusive Work Place
- Great Pay and Other Benefits
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you looking to work flexibly at the times that you choose, in a variety of roles where you can make a real difference helping homeless people to rebuild their lives?
About the role:
At St Mungo’s we have a locum bank of approximately 320 casual workers who provide temporary cover, ensuring our services can continue to run smoothly when there are staffing gaps.
We are looking for people who would be interested in joining our locum bank to work across the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole area.
St Mungo’s runs a street outreach service and a number of supported accommodation projects in the region and our aim is to support people who may be affected by homelessness to recover from the effects of rough sleeping and move away from a street lifestyle permanently by providing them long term support.
Depending on your skills, expertise and preferences, you may be covering Outreach Worker shifts, where you engage with people who are on the streets sleeping rough, or Support Worker shifts in our accommodation services – this may be day or night.
What we’re looking for:
These important roles will suit people with:
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Some experience of helping vulnerable people to identify personal goals and supporting them through a process of change.
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An understanding of the issues faced by homeless or vulnerable people and the difficulties they experience in accessing services.
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Excellent communication skills and the ability to build positive relationships with a wide range of people and deal with those who may be in a difficult personal or emotional situation.
Above all we are looking for inspirational, committed individuals who have a genuine desire to support people to rebuild their lives.
What we can offer you
As a casual locum worker you work flexibly, on an ad hoc or temporary basis and can chose to work the shifts that best fit your circumstances – this can be day or night and covering different level roles, depending on your experience. In order to provide you with ongoing support you will be allocated a supervising manager and you will have access to training to ensure you have the tools to keep our clients safe. We offer enhanced pay for bank holidays and you can also accrue holiday pay.
We pay the following rates of pay:
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Project Worker: £14.16
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Outreach Worker: £16.15
How to apply
Click the ‘Apply Now’ Button at the top of the page to start your online application form.
A selection of job descriptions for the different level roles that are casual workers cover are also available to view for your information.
To download these and for guidance on completing your application form, please click on the 'Documents' tab.
Closing date: 10am, 15th April 2024
(There will be an initial sift w/c 1st April – any suitable candidates shortlisted at this time will be contacted and invited for interview. Any applications completed after this date will be reviewed after the final closing date)
First round of Interview and assessments: Thursday/Friday 11th & 12th April
Second round of Interview and assessments: 25th & 26th April.
Locum benefits include:
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Flexible working
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A supervising manager
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Access to training
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Enhanced pay for bank holidays
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Accrued holiday pay
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Access to staff diversity networks
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SmartHealth app, myLifestyle app and bereavement counselling
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Employee Assistance Programme
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.