Homelessness Support Worker - Part Time

Location: Nottingham

Salary: £12 p/h​

Support Worker – Nottingham

16-20 hours per week

Driving Licence Preferred

Previous Experience:

3 Years Support Environment/Social Care

3 Years Social Housing Experience

DBS Required with full disclosure

We offer high quality housing based support to individuals who have previously identified as homeless or at risk of homelessness, working alongside them and external agencies to work towards realistic goals using support plans. We aim to promote positive changes and assist with tenant movement from shared supported accommodation onto independent living. We offer support with benefits, education, health and employment.

The successful candidate will have experience of working with vulnerable people, with an understanding of the issues that those at risk of homelessness may face. They will have good written and verbal communication skills and a commitment to providing a quality service, maintaining professional boundaries and a commitment to equal opportunities.

We are looking for someone who can take control of their own work, manage their own diary and report back to management regularly. This person will need to be confident in their ability, focused on end goals and be able to multi-manage several individuals with varied support needs.

The role will include:

-Building relationships with tenants in order to present a clear support plan

-Maintaining communication with other support staff to ensure support plans are up to date and followed through

-Providing daily support to tenants either via telephone or in person

-Managing your diary to ensure you meet all tenant needs and all business needs where possible

-Supporting tenants with benefits claims, housing applications, and general health and wellbeing

-Signposting tenants to external support services and working alongside those services to ensure all support needs are addressed

-Travelling between residential properties to meet with tenants

-Documenting interactions with tenants

-Occasional room and welfare checks

-Regular checks of the building, including fire checks, health and safety checks

-Working alongside external agencies where necessary to ensure tenants are receiving the best quality of service

This is not an exhaustive list of duties.

The hours are flexible and may include weekend work too.

Job Types: Full-time, Part Time, Permanent.

Work Remotely

• No

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £12.00 per hour

Expected hours: 16 – 20 per week

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Flexitime
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Application question(s):

• Have you provided housing/ accommodation based support previously?

Experience:

• Support work: 3 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

• NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 31/05/2024
Expected start date: 31/05/2024