Support worker jobs

We are looking for a passionate and motivated individual that is keen on impacting lives of vulnerable young people and adults at risk of homelessness in Cheetham Hill, Manchester.  The selected candidate will be employed as Night Housing and Support Worker on a full-time (37.5 hours), permanent basis. In return, you will receive a competitive salary of £19,306 (FTE) Per Annum Plus Pension & Other Benefits.

This is an exciting time to join Depaul UK as we are rapidly expanding our organisation. Depaul UK works with some of the most disadvantaged young people in the UK.

The Night Housing and Support Worker Role: 

The selected candidate will be employed as Night Housing and Support Worker on a full-time (37.5 hours), permanent basis.

As a Night Housing and Support Worker, you will join a team of professionals delivering support service to vulnerable homeless female residents in a nine-bed residential project.

You will be responsible for maintaining a safe, supportive environment by ensuring the safety and wellbeing of clients, volunteers and staff in the service at all times.

Key responsibilities of our Night Housing and Support Worker:

• You will hold specific responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of the environment for clients, staff, visitors and volunteers through regular risk assessment, health and safety checks and reporting in accordance with the Health and Safety Policy.
• You will maintain the security of the property and by responding to any breach or identified defect as soon as practicable
• You will support occupants in the resolution of disputes relating to, for example, anti-social behaviour or other occupancy agreement breaches

What we're looking for in our Night Housing and Support Worker:

You will have excellent communication skills and be committed to the values and ethos of Depaul UK.

• Experiencing of working with young people or those who have experienced homelessness
• Experience of using Risk Assessments and Support Planning.
• Experience of facilitating workshops and client involvement meetings
• Experience of operating safeguarding requirements and procedures

 Benefits of becoming our Night Housing and Support Worker:

• Flexible working and family-friendly policies
• Access to Perkbox giving you deals and discounts for a wide range of brands
• Up to 7% contributory pension
• Paid training & personal E-Learning portal
• Sabbatical leave
• Health cash plan
• Paid DBS
• Death in service
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Working for Top 50 most diverse company

If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you and you’d like to become our Night Housing and Support Worker then please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, we’d love to hear from you!

Closing Date for applications: Tuesday 16th August at 23:59

An enhanced DBS disclosure is a requirement for this role. Our recruitment checks, induction, and ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding our clients. Depaul UK strives to be equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We kindly request no contact from Recruitment or Media Agencies.

Waking Night Support Worker, Look Ahead Care Support and Housing, Newham.

Closing date: 21/08/2022; Interview date: 01/09/2022

Our vision is to end street homelessness. At Thames Reach we are committed to helping homeless and vulnerable people to live in decent homes, build supportive relationships and lead fulfilling lives.

Our Brent Reach floating support service is supporting people to sustain their accommodation and achieve their aspirations. Brent Reach are looking for an Support Worker to join the team.

You will:

• Be interested in working with people with rough sleeping histories or at risk of homelessness sustaining their tenancies.
• Have experience of face to face or customer service work.
• Have an understanding of how to support people to manage and sustain tenancies and engage positively with their local community.
• Have experience of supporting and motivating people to engage with health services, employment, training and education.
• Be able to establish and maintain positive and effective working relationship with other agencies such as referral agencies, health services, benefit services and registered social landlords.
• Have a good understanding of how to work as team, and share their knowledge and good practice with their colleagues, students and volunteers
•  Have strong administration experience and enjoy working to support a key front line homelessness service.

To succeed as the Support Worker, you will:

• The ability to provide a flexible and responsive service to people with rough sleeper histories.
• Excellent communication, organisation and creative problem-solving skills.
• Commitment to working within the homelessness sector to support people to lead fulfilling lives.
• Creating and working through action plans and be strongly outcome focuses.
• The ability to follow instructions, manage and mitigate risk.
• The ability to use IT systems to communicate and record your work.
• Strong time management skills.
• Be confident in working autonomously as well as within a team, the role with involve office work and in the community.

We are listed in the top 100 UK Best Workplaces 2022 in the UK. As part of a commitment to our employees we offer: 

• Generous holiday allowance – 29 days per year plus 8 public holidays (pro rata).
• Pension – we contribute 6.5% to your pension when you contribute 1.5%. 
• Excellent development opportunities – career progression, regular supervision and appraisals, and learning programmes to support your career with Thames Reach. 
• Wellbeing support – our 24/7 employee assistance programme and opportunities for TOIL. 
• Life assurance – four times your annual salary with cover starting on your first day of employment.
• Critical illness – one year’s annual salary in the event you are diagnosed with a critical illness.
• Other benefits including interest free season ticket and cycle to work loans.

Thames Reach is committed to achieving a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We value, respect, and celebrate diversity. We welcome and encourage applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their history of homelessness, sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religious belief.

Recruiting for a Mental Health Support Worker to join our Service in Newham!

Female day and night time Support Workers

We believe that everyone should have a home to live in.  We believe a woman has the right to live in a safe place and should live free from violence, fear and harassment.  Their story is important and should be heard.  Within, they have the strength and personal resources to make decisions for themselves.

We believe that working together means we work better and as ordinary people we achieve the extraordinary by doing ordinary things at the right time.  No one person has all the answers but everyone has a contribution to make to the answer.  We all face challenges and by reflecting on how we deal with them, we learn and grow.  We all need support and we have a right to ask for it.

Do you believe what we believe? 

If so then perhaps working for Emmanuel House is right for you?

The workers we recruit will provide high quality support to female rough sleepers who are fleeing domestic violence or abuse, are in need of emergency housing, who have experienced trauma and severe multiple disadvantage. We provide 24 hour support to support women onto sustained accommodation.  Your experience of being a Support Worker in this project will be lively and challenging and you will know that you are making a significant positive contribution to meeting the needs of some of the most vulnerable and sometimes challenging people in Nottingham. If you have energy, enthusiasm and would like to join our highly committed team please seek more information or apply for a role.

It is an Occupational Requirement that applications are open to women only, as permitted under Schedule 9, Part 1, of the Equality Act 2010.

The successful candidate will be subject to DBS and reference checks.

Support Worker, Young People
St Helens
£19,691.11 - £21,534.81 (Depending on experience)
Full time & part time opportunities available

Our client provides residential services for young people aged 16-25 years old. The young people they care for often require a high level of support to assist with difficulties they may have from self-harming, behaviour, and emotional difficulties. Their aim is to support the young people using a therapeutic approach to help them achieve their individual goals, in preparation for transition to adult life.

Our client's homes are always a hub of activity and energy where the young people can feel safe, and their staff can enjoy coming to work. Your role will involve working with their young people to promote independence through support with education, household tasks, shopping, building positive relationships and general life skills. They always encourage their young people and staff to bring their hobbies and knowledge into the home whether this be knitting, fitness, cooking or even singing so there is never a dull moment.

Part of the role will be managing various levels of self-harm using a least restrictive approach, so you will require a high level of resilience and have a caring, compassionate nature. You will also be required to update online care records and complete medication administration. In addition, you will be responsible for the general upkeep and tidiness of the home ensuring the young people live in homely environment.

Previous care experience is not essential and full training will be provided. All their staff will be supported to achieve their Level 3 in Adult Care. You will also receive ongoing support and mentoring from their friendly residential and clinical team.

The job is highly rewarding and a great start to developing your career working with young people and mental health. This role would also suit psychology graduates looking to develop their experience working in a multi-disciplinary team or people with life experiences wanting to give something back. There are opportunities for excellent career progression, with many of their staff developing into senior residential roles.

Company Benefits

- 30 days holiday (Rising to 35 days with service including bank holidays)
- An additional day off each year for your birthday
- Excellent Learning and Development opportunities (NVQ Level 3 in Adult Health & Social Care)
- Healthcare CashPlan with costs provided towards dental and optical care and a range of other healthcare treatments and benefits including discounted gym memberships, online shopping discounts, free eye tests and various other benefits
- Paid Training & Induction
- Enhanced company pension
- Life Assurance (2 x annual salary)
- Free parking available and good direct transport links
- Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
- Paid Enhanced DBS check
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme/24-hour Counselling Service
- Regular social events and recognition schemes (Employee of the year awards, Summer & Christmas parties)

Essential requirements of a Support Worker

- Flexibility - Your role will involve working shifts including sleep ins/weekends/Bank Holidays
- Must be able to attend training throughout employment which will be held on weekdays
- Good written skills and the ability to write basic reports and record information accurately
- Basic IT skills (Your role will involve some computer work, completing forms, using an online care system, and writing emails)
- Good verbal communication skills and the ability to listen to others
- An understanding of the issues around confidentiality
- An understanding of safeguarding
- A professional working boundary between staff and service users
- Ability to remain calm in emergencies, supporting others during difficult situations

Fancy the challenge? Apply today!

Additional Information

- Please note that they do not accept CV’s and the application must be completed in full.
- Our client operates a safer recruitment process and as part of this process the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
- They are an equal opportunities employer who values diversity and positively encourages applications of all ages from all sections of the community.
- They reserve the right to close the advert early, should they appoint a suitable candidate.
- As part of their commitment to safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk, Our client operates a safer recruitment process. As part of this process the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

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#Care to join us?

We are looking for a female Support Worker to join our friendly and welcoming team here at Hft. This is your chance to make a real difference to people's lives.

Location: Newcastle Area
Salary / hourly rate: £9.90 hourly
Employment type: Various Hours
Hours per week: 15+

Closing date: 24/08/2022
Interview date: Not specified

The role is based in Ashington supporting a lady in her own home. A driver with use of their own vehicle is essential to support the lady in the community and in her daily activities. She enjoys a good laugh and really likes going to concerts.

Experience is not essential as we provide all the training you need to be a confident support worker. Whether you are an experienced professional or completely new to the world of care, we want you to be a compassionate and friendly individual, who shares our Values.

What matters most is a positive attitude to life and a desire to support people to live their life with as much independence, choice, dignity and control as possible. You will need to have good listening skills and a practical, caring approach. Basic computer literacy is a necessity, as the role requires you to retrieve and record information using a variety of IT systems.

What will you be doing?

The purpose of your role is to give the highest possible standards of support to individuals with moderate to severe learning disabilities

This can range from supporting them to discover new interests, reaching goals like travelling or holidays and working positively with their families and friends. This will help individuals to engage in different leisure, home or work-related activities, all according to their personal choice

As a support worker, your responsibilities are varied and no two days are the same. As well as providing physical and emotional support you may be needed to help with household tasks and personal care as well as supporting individuals with healthcare needs, e.g. taking medication.

Everything you do will enable people to have choices about their own lives, providing flexible services that meet people’s needs, and always looking for the best way of doing things.

What’s in it for you?

There are a range of benefits and career development opportunities at Hft. We’ll give you a comprehensive induction, full training, and support along the way.

If you do not already have a relevant qualification in Health and Social Care, Hft will fully fund and provide training for you to obtain your Diploma in a Health and Social Care within the first 18 months of your employment.

With Investors in People and Skills for Care accreditation we are committed to investing in you to ensure you have the specialist skills and expertise needed to support people to live the best life possible.

We offer

• 25 days annual leave (plus 8 days statutory Bank holidays)
• 20% bank holidays allowance with an increased rate of 50% for Christmas Day, Boxing day and New Years Day
• Apprenticeships - Earn whilst gaining a fully funded Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care with a Top 100 apprenticeship employer (ranked 11th in 2020)
• Access to the Hft Plus benefits package
• Access to award-winning training and development
• Annual staff award scheme
• A contributory pension scheme & life assurance
• Free DBS Check
• Find your place with us and change lives.

We ask all our teams to take advantage of the Covid-19 vaccination, which is offered to frontline support workers as a priority group. We strongly encourage all colleagues to remain fully vaccinated as part of our wider infection control procedures.

Want to know more about who we are and what we do as an organisation, then please check out the video below.

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive sufficient applications.

You may have experience or an interest in the following: Support Worker, Support Worker, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Learning Disabilities, Social Care, Voluntary Sector, Mental Health Worker, Healthcare Assistant, Care Staff, Community Development, Relief Care Worker, Vulnerable People, Social Worker, Not for Profit, NFP, Flexible Working etc.

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We are looking for a passionate and motivated individual that is keen on impacting lives of vulnerable young people and adults at risk of homelessness. The selected candidate will be employed as Night Support Worker on a full-time (37.5 hours), permanent basis in our Youth Hub - Camden/Islington.  In return, you will receive a competitive salary of £23,700 Per Annum (ILW) Plus Pension and Other Benefits.

We are currently developing and expanding the work that we do with young people to prevent homelessness. This includes our well-established Nightstop service, which provides a safe place to stay in the homes of volunteers, as well as working with families and delivering a programme to schools, colleges and other educational and youth settings.

This is an exciting time to join Depaul UK as we are rapidly expanding our organisation. Depaul UK works with some of the most disadvantaged young people in the UK.

The Night Support Worker Role: 

As Night Support Worker, you will join a team of professionals working alongside our clients to develop the skills and resilience to be confident and self-determining in their lives.

You will manage a small caseload of young people by taking responsibility for their well-being and day to day support in the service.

In addition, you will ensure that the accommodation is properly maintained and support the client to sustain their tenancy and participate in positive and successful move on.

What will ideally support your success in this Night Support Worker role?

You will have excellent communication skills and be committed to the values and ethos of Depaul UK.

• An understanding of the needs of people who have experienced homelessness, poor mental health, substance misuse
• Able to demonstrate clear understanding of safeguarding requirements and procedures
• Commitment to promoting an environment, which has the highest regard for the Health and Safety of others.
• High level understanding of professional boundaries and ability to maintain boundaries

 What’s it like to work at Depaul UK?

• Flexible working and family-friendly policies
• Access to Perkbox giving you deals and discounts for a wide range of brands
• Up to 7% contributory pension
• Paid training & personal E-Learning portal
• Sabbatical leave
• Health cash plan
• Paid DBS
• Death in service
• Cycle to work scheme

If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you and you’d like to become our Night Support Worker then please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, we’d love to hear from you!

Closing Date for Night Support Worker applications: Tuesday 26th July at 23:59

An enhanced DBS disclosure is a requirement for this role. Our recruitment checks, induction, and ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding our clients. Depaul UK strives to be equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We kindly request no contact from Recruitment or Media Agencies.

#Care to join us?

We are looking for Support Workers to join our friendly and welcoming team here at Hft. This is your chance to make a real difference to people's lives

Experience is not essential as we provide all the training you need to be a confident support worker. Whether you are an experienced professional or completely new to the world of care, we want you to be a compassionate and friendly individual, who shares our Values.

What matters most is a positive attitude to life and a desire to support people to live their life with as much independence, choice, dignity and control as possible. You will need to have good listening skills and a practical, caring approach. Basic computer literacy is a necessity, as the role requires you to retrieve and record information using a variety of IT systems.

Location: Burnley, Lancashire
Salary / hourly rate: £9.60 hourly rate / £55 sleep ins. 10% overtime allowance for hours worked over the full time equivalent of 37.5 hours per week
Employment type: Full Time
Hours per week: 37.5
Type of service: Supported Living
Working hours: We provide 24/7 support to some people, so you will need to have flexibility to work shifts, including sleep in nights, weekends and bank holidays.

A full UK driving licence is essential for this role.

Closing date: 18/08/2022

What will you be doing?

The purpose of your role is to give the highest possible standards of support to individuals with moderate to severe learning disabilities

This can range from supporting them to discover new interests, reaching goals like travelling or holidays and working positively with their families and friends. This will help individuals to engage in different leisure, home or work-related activities, all according to their personal choice

As a support worker, your responsibilities are varied and no two days are the same. As well as providing physical and emotional support you may be needed to help with household tasks and personal care as well as supporting individuals with healthcare needs, e.g. taking medication.

Everything you do will enable people to have choices about their own lives, providing flexible services that meet people’s needs, and always looking for the best way of doing things.

What’s in it for you?

There are a range of benefits and career development opportunities at Hft. We’ll give you a comprehensive induction, full training, and support along the way.

If you do not already have a relevant qualification in Health and Social Care, Hft will fully fund and provide training for you to obtain your Diploma in a Health and Social Care within the first 18 months of your employment.

With Investors in People and Skills for Care accreditation we are committed to investing in you to ensure you have the specialist skills and expertise needed to support people to live the best life possible.

We offer

• 25 days annual leave (plus 8 days statutory Bank holidays)
• 20% bank holidays allowance with an increased rate of 50% for Christmas Day, Boxing day and New Years Day
• Apprenticeships - Earn whilst gaining a fully funded Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care with a Top 100 apprenticeship employer (ranked 11th in 2020)
• Access to the Hft Plus benefits package
• Access to award-winning training and development
• Annual staff award scheme
• A contributory pension scheme & life assurance
• Free DBS Check

Find your place with us and change lives.

We ask all our teams to take advantage of the Covid-19 vaccination, which is offered to frontline support workers as a priority group. We strongly encourage all colleagues to remain fully vaccinated as part of our wider infection control procedures.

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive sufficient applications.

You may have experience or an interest in the following: Support Worker, Support Worker, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Learning Disabilities, Social Care, Voluntary Sector, Mental Health Worker, Healthcare Assistant, Care Staff, Community Development, Relief Care Worker, Vulnerable People, Social Worker, Not for Profit, NFP, Flexible Working etc.

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About The Role

Are you enthusiastic and motivated? Do you want to help make a positive difference in the lives of those we support and to promote independence, wellbeing and recovery? Are you able to work flexibly to include week days and weekends. If so, we want to hear from you.

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Support team in Bodmin and Newquay as a Relief Support Worker.

You will be lone working with people who have complex needs including substance misuse, mental ill-heath, fleeing domestic abuse and any other challenging issues. Providing a holistic service assisting with health and wellbeing, housing, maintaining tenancies, sign-posting and emotional support. You will need to take a creative approach to support, adapting your style of communication with each individual to provide a person centred approach and help customers establish and work towards their goals and aspirations.

You will need to be able to effectively risk assess and have a good understanding of safeguarding.

This role is being offered on a relief basis, working flexibly to include weekdays and weekends as and when cover is required.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups, and expect all colleagues to share this commitment. Appointment to the post will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

About The Candidate

To be considered for the role of Relief Support Worker, you will:

- Have experience of risk assessing and risk management
- Ideally have experience of night and lone working
- Be a great communicator with the ability to build a rapport
- Confident in lone working and be a good team player
- Have a flexible approach to work
- Be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Be resilient and adaptable
- Be able to demonstrate the skills required to support individuals
- Be able to demonstrate an understanding of adult vulnerabilities in a supported housing environment
- Have the ability to adopt a methodical, organised approach to work

If you are able to work flexibly, and have the above experience, we would love to hear from you.

About The Company

LiveWest provides over 38,000 homes to over 80,000 people throughout the South West from Gloucestershire to the Isles of Scilly. We have plans to build over 6,000 homes in the area over the next five years, developing new homes of all tenures including low-cost rent and sale, market rent and sale, and a range of supported housing and intermediate housing products, creating choice and flexibility. 
 
As well as developing new homes, we continue to invest in existing properties and communities. Through the stability of good housing, we place better living for better lives at the centre of our mission both today and for generations to come. At LiveWest we believe in a home for everyone. 

As an Inclusive Employer, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all colleagues. For further information about our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy, please visit our website.

As Family Engagement Worker, you will work as one of the Pact Family team, providing family casework support to prisoners, as well as support to the families of prisoners through advice and guidance, facilitating prison visits, and delivering family induction sessions.

About You:

To be successful in this role you will have demonstrable experience and understanding of working with families in a challenging multi-agency environment, ideally involving prisoners and/or their families. You will have the ability to advocate for families dealing with imprisonment, promoting their human rights and ensuring their needs are considered, and views are heard at all levels. You will have the ability to develop referral pathways for families, prisoners and other professionals to access the service. You may have experience of the following: Casework, Key Working, providing advice, guidance and emotional support to male service users.

You will act as a role model for volunteers and an ambassador for PACT, conducting yourself professionally at all time, with high standards of personal integrity and accountability. You need to be solutions-focused, adaptable, flexible, emotionally resilient and capable of managing multiple tasks in high stress environments.

What we offer:

Pact offers a range of benefits including a free advice, information and counselling service, contributory pension, corporate eye care scheme, cycle to work scheme and generous holiday entitlement. You will have the opportunity to attend training events to further develop yourself as a professional training and interventions worker. You will undergo a thorough induction process and be supported by a friendly and enthusiastic team.

Other information:

Pact is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all applications including those with a criminal conviction (appointment to post is subject to a risk assessment).

This post is subject to a 6-month probationary period, verification of identity and proven right to work in the UK, satisfactory references from previous employers covering a 3-year period, declaration of any unspent criminal convictions (and where appropriate a satisfactory risk assessment), Prison Vetting and a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Please note that being bankrupt or having County Court Judgements may affect your ability to be successfully vetted to work in a prison.

About Us:

Pact (the Prison Advice & Care Trust) is a pioneering national charity that provides caring and life changing services to men and women in prison, to people with convictions on release and in the community, and to their children and families.

Pact’s vision is of a society in which justice is understood as a process of restoration and healing, in which prisons are used sparingly and as places of learning and rehabilitation, and in which the innate dignity and worth of every human being is valued. We work for the common good of Society, taking a public health-based approach. We work at the intersection of criminal justice, child and family welfare, mental health, wellbeing provision and health & social care.

Our volunteers and staff can be found in courts, prisons, probation services, and in communities across England & Wales. We are a diverse, inclusive, modern, and collaborative charity. We build effective partnerships and sustainable solutions based on our well-established understanding of the systems in which we work, and on our historic values and ethos developed through our 120+ years of service delivery.

Location: HMP High Down - Sutton, Surrey
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Hours: Part Time, 22.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday (Regular weekend & evening work)
Salary: £15,000 actual per annum ( £13,200 basic + £1,800 MS)
Benefits: Cycle to Work Scheme. Life Assurance. Season Ticket Loan. EAP Scheme.

Closing Date: 30th August 2022

You may have experience of the following: Support Worker, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Social Care, Voluntary Sector, Mental Health Worker, Healthcare Assistant, Care Staff, Community Development, Care Worker, Vulnerable People, Social Worker, Rehabilitation, Family Services, Advocacy, Mentor, Mentoring, Not for Profit, NFP, etc

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Specialist Support Worker Look Ahead Care Support and Hosuing, Kensington and Fulham

Recruiting for Bank Support Workers to join our service based in West Kent.

Are you passionate about making a lasting difference to the lives of vulnerable adults?

About the role

We are looking for Project Workers and Housing Support Workers to join the Wix’s Lane Project or Lambeth Vulnerable Adults (LVA) team on a permanent, full-time basis.

Wix’s Lane

In this role you will work alongside a specialised team to create and maintain an environment of support for clients with complex needs, including substance use, mental health support and offending. We provide a client-centred recovery based approach tailored to the needs of the individual. The project is unique in its layout of 18 self-contained studios and is soon to provide on-site psychology support to clients.

Lambeth Vulnerable Adults (LVA)

Lambeth Vulnerable Adults (LVA) is a supported housing service across the London Borough of Lambeth. St Mungo’s is an established provider within the borough and you will be joining an experienced and supportive team.

The project supports clients living in shared accommodation across Lambeth providing 100 bed spaces. We provide short term accommodation for up to 24 months, all clients will be supported to identify an appropriate move-on in that time and work within a multi-agency approach to achieve this. Engagement with support in the community and move-on are key focuses for the service.

In these roles you will:

• The role will be varied and reactive.
• It will involve managing a caseload of six clients: carrying out needs assessments, key working using a strengths-based approach and support to maintain housing.
• You will help create an environment in which clients are empowered to build confidence and discover opportunities for positive change.
• Leading and coordinating the support for allocated clients.
• Ensuring referrals are managed in a timely fashion.
• Responding to emerging issues from all clients, contributing to their ongoing support and dealing with incidents.

About you

• You will have a good understanding of the needs of homeless people, an awareness of the complex needs of the Wix’s Lane/LVA client groups
• You are able to work in an empathic and boundaried way with both men and women
• You will have excellent written and oral communication skills enabling you to effectively advocate on behalf of your clients
• You will have experience of working in a lone working environment
• have a strong understanding, or desire to learn about the needs of homeless and vulnerable people, especially those with complex needs.

How to apply

To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungo’s careers page on our website. 

To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the ‘document available’ tab on the advert page on our website.

Closing date: 10am on 18th August 2022

Interview and assessments on: tbc