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Help to create safety, stability and hope
Are you passionate about supporting people through difficult times? Do you believe everyone deserves dignity, compassion and the opportunity to rebuild their future?
We are looking for a caring, reliable and proactive Project Worker to join our dedicated team at The Winchester Beacon working shifts during evenings, nights and weekends. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of adults experiencing homelessness and complex challenges within a supportive community environment.
Working alongside staff and volunteers, you will help create a safe, welcoming and empowering space where residents can feel respected, supported and encouraged to move forward positively.
What you’ll be doing
As a Project Worker you will play a central role in supporting the day-to-day running of the service while building positive relationships with residents and volunteers.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Creating and maintaining a safe, inclusive and welcoming environment
- Supporting residents using a person-centred and trauma-informed approach
- Carrying out wellbeing, safety and building checks
- Managing safeguarding concerns and responding calmly to incidents
- Supporting residents with practical needs including bedding, toiletries and clothing
- Encouraging resident participation and engagement within the community
- Supporting and guiding volunteers in their roles
- Maintaining accurate records, reports and handovers
- Helping uphold health and safety, confidentiality and safeguarding procedures
- Working collaboratively with colleagues and external partners to reduce homelessness in the local community
This role requires flexibility, emotional resilience and the ability to work independently while remaining part of a supportive and compassionate team.
We’d love to hear from you if you are:
- Compassionate, empathetic and non-judgemental
- Calm under pressure and confident handling challenging situations
- Organised, reliable and able to prioritise effectively
- A strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills
- Comfortable working independently and using initiative
- Passionate about supporting vulnerable adults and promoting inclusion
Essential E=experience and skills
- Experience supporting adults experiencing homelessness, complex needs or challenging behaviour
- Strong organisational and record-keeping skills
- Good IT skills including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
- Ability to maintain professional boundaries and confidentiality
- A proactive, solution-focused mindset
Desirable
- Experience working within the charity sector
- Knowledge of safeguarding and risk assessments
- Familiarity with the Winchester/local area
What we offer
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata)
- Pension scheme
- Medicash healthcare plan
- Ongoing training and development opportunities
- A supportive and collaborative team environment
- The opportunity to make a genuine difference every day
Registered Charity
11 - 20
To help break the cycle of homelessness by enabling people to rebuild their lives.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
PRHA is a great place to work – Our award-winning teams work together to improve the lives of our residents and make a real contribution to ending homelessness. As an IIP Gold standard employer, we value our staff and commit to develop their skills and support them in their important work.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Team leader within one of our specialist services. We are looking for self-starters with a passion for sparking change in people’s lives. You will have the necessary skill set to empower people and support residents to achieve their goals.
PRHA hostels guarantee a fast-paced, challenging and dynamic environment where no two days are ever the same. We are seeking motivated and energetic individuals to join our teams and help our residents to change their lives for the better.
We are looking for:
Respnsibilities: Please see attached JD
What we offer
We offer our staff a generous benefits package, which includes:
- Pension Scheme – We offer a group stakeholder pension scheme with 3% employer's contribution, employee contribution is 5%
- Holidays - Employees receive up to 22 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with long service
- Medical – we provide a “Cash Back" Scheme for a range of services such as dental, physio, chiropody, health& wellbeing
- Training Programmes – We provide comprehensive training to our employees to enable them to grow in their career and achieve their professional aspirations.
- Season Ticket Loans – We offer interest-free season ticket loans after successful probation
- Life Assurance - Upon death whilst in service, a Death in Service payment may be made according to the scheme rules. The payment covers 3 times of the employee’s annual salary.
It is required for this post that the successful candidates will have to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure check.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
We are recruiting a Play and Events Coordinator to join our team. This role will be responsible for coordinating our commissioned Theatre in Education school tours in Scotland, London and Northern Ireland, as well as coordinating other DSMF fundraising, networking and information-sharing events.
Suitable candidates will:
- be passionate about supporting young people to make safer choices about drugs and alcohol,
- have experience of project and event coordination, with excellent organisation skills
- be a skilled and effective communicator, both in writing and orally, with a range of people and agencies
- be proactive, self-motivated and confident to take initiative
- enjoy working as part of a small and busy team
The Job description, person specification and application form are available below. Please click 'how to apply' to view the application form.
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Interviews are likely to be held on Tuesday 30th June.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.