Assistant Support Worker

Working hours: 25 hours per week on a 3-week rota.

Interview Date: To be Confirmed

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Strathmore Lodge is a 25 Bed Direct Access Lifehouse, providing temporary accommodation for Single Homeless Adults. As a motivated Assistant Support Worker you will address clients support needs, enable them to make positive life choices and ultimately empower them to lead more sustainable lifestyles. You will also complete administration tasks and reception duties to support the successful operation of the Lifehouse.

Key Responsibilities:

The role requires staff to make sure that clients are safe within the service and make sure that all cleaning duties and completed to a high standard.

The successful candidate(s) will be able to demonstrate:

• Good customer services skills
• The ability to prioritise their own work load
• Proficiency in a range of IT packages including Microsoft
• Knowledge of the main support needs which are commonly faced by homeless and vulnerable clients

In order to complete your application please download and read the job profile and any other attachments.

In the job profile you will find the criteria required for the role please make sure that you address this in your supporting statement as this forms the basis of our shortlisting.

Appointment subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK and a satisfactory PVG Scheme Check.

Please note that any Salvation Army employees who are under notice of redundancy and apply for this position will be given priority consideration.

We reserve the right to close this advert earlier if we feel that we have received sufficient applications.

Promoting equality in the workplace and as a disability confident leader scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.