Senior Floating Support Worker Jobs in Hammersmith, Greater London
We're seeking a dynamic and experienced individual to oversee our dedicated team of Floating Support Workers.
In this role, you will be responsible for line managing a team of Floating Support Workers and Lead Workers; Coordinating the provision of high-quality Floating Support to a wide range of individuals residing in Westminster or out of the borough in Temporary Accommodation placements
SHP Westminster Floating Support Service is funded by Westminster Borough to provide holistic, dynamic support to residents of Westminster. The aim of the service is to assist vulnerable residents to sustain their accommodation and access appropriate services to enable them to maintain independence and lead fulfilling lives.
About the role:
As the Floating Support Team Manager, you will join an experienced management team to help ensure the delivery of effective and person-centred support services.
You will support the management team to ensure the service is running effectively and the team feel well supported and empowered to undertake their roles. You will monitor quality and the effectiveness of the support services by conducting regular supervisions and supporting with the data collection for reporting purposes.
You will also develop and maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders including Clients, Community Mental Health Teams, Housing, Adult Social Care with the aim of promoting collaboration.
About you:
- An Understanding of how to provide effective staff management and demonstrable ability to manage staff performance and motivate staff members to perform effectively.
- Understanding and experience of working with the issues faced by people who experience mental ill health, substance use issues, and who have offending histories, in accessing the appropriate support from services.
- A good and current understanding of safeguarding issues and procedures
- Experience working as part of a multi-agency partnership to address complex problems and bring about positive change
- Resilience and determination to overcome obstacles and find creative solutions.
- An approach that is analytical, and person-centred, rooted in a strengths and recovery model.
About us:
Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.
We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 10,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.
We offer you more than a job; we offer you a chance to be part of a compassionate, driven team that's committed to making a real difference in people's lives. You'll have the opportunity to lead, co-create, and inspire change while enjoying a collaborative, growth-oriented environment.
Join us in creating a brighter, more hopeful future for individuals in need!
At SHP, we welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to having a workforce that is made up of diverse individuals, skills, experiences and abilities. Due to current under –representation at management level, we particularly encourage applications from individuals within our Black and Asian communities.
Important info:
Closing date: 1st May 2024 at Midnight
Interview date: 8th May 2024 via Microsoft Teams
This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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You Make It is an award-winning class and race inclusion charity dedicated to empowering young women by providing them with the skills, experiences, and support necessary to thrive in their careers.
ROLE OVERVIEW
Working closely in a small and dedicated team, this is a critical position that will ensure the recruitment, engagement and progression of women who take part in our empowerment programmes.
Location: SHED co-working space for 2 days a week or at venues in London for our core programme with women and option to work remotely 1 day a week
Salary: £22,800 for 3 days a week (£38,000 FTE) plus a 5.25% staff pension subject to employee contribution of 1.75%
Hours: Normal working hours are 9:30am-5:30pm
Holiday: 15 days per annum (FTE 25 days)
Contract: 6 months (3 months probation)
The primary purpose of this role is to ensure:
- Effective outreach for recruitment onto our programmes
- That women’s programmes run smoothly and that their participants are motivated and supported to complete them through to graduation
- That those women who require 1-1 time with you are provided with this to ensure their safety and to make any referrals to external agencies where required
- All those we work with for the benefit of women on the programmes are engaged eg. short work placement hosts, mentors and venues for activities
- That evaluation data is collected and provided to evaluators/ researchers who edit final annual reports for programmes
- All data is kept accurate, appropriate and secure
KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Timetabling online and face-to-face outreach to ensure women are recruited onto programmes in a timely way
- Being the key safeguarding lead at Friday workshops and ensuring that you make 1-1 time for any women who require it (alerting the Head of Operations and People and the CEO and wider team any issues or concerns that need addressing)
- Liaising with the Programmes Coordinator on the timely production of workshop materials and any other course content useful for participants
- Maintaining excellent relationships with workshop providers
- Ensuring that the Programmes Coordinator is across needs for any 1-1 therapy referrals between women and our float of freelance therapists
- Conducting evaluation surveys with women at the start, end and 6 months after they graduate and ensuring all evaluation data is provided to the freelancer responsible for collating the impact of our programmes annually in a final report, as well as providing any data required by the CEO for grant reports
- Signing off on mentor-mentee matches with the Partnerships Manager who recruits mentors
- Working closely with the Partnerships Manager to ensure they are across which kinds of short expenses/ paid work placements with employers women want to access
PERSON SPECIFICATION
You will be someone who is naturally warm/ a people person, compassionate and enabling, and who also has fantastic project management/ organisational skills. You may come from a senior youth worker background or other front line organisations working with young vulnerable adults.
Essential:
- Substantial senior experience working with young, including vulnerable, adults
- Proven track record of project/ programme management experience to deliver successful learning/ educational events/ activities for young people
- Creative thinker with experience of conducting successful outreach for young people
- Experience of safeguarding with vulnerable individuals
- Exceptional people and relationship-building skills with those from a range of different backgrounds eg ranging from young women for our programmes to employers and other stakeholders who engage with our work and participants
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Highly organised multi-tasker, with a personality that works calmly under pressure and with own initiative
- Proof of strategic programme leadership
Desirable:
- Trained as a First Aider
Please note we will conduct an enhanced DBS check on the successful candidate.
We are especially keen to hear from applicants that reflect the diversity of the working class, Black and Asian women that YMI supports.
To apply please provide a CV and a one-page cover letter demonstrating your previous experience and suitability linked to the person specification and job description.
The closing date for applications is Monday, 22 April, 5pm BST. However, we will be interviewing shortlisted candidates on a rolling basis before this deadline as and when applications come in and hope to appoint the successful candidate ASAP!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.