Housing Support and Recovery Worker

We are looking for a motivated team player to join our team providing supported housing for adults with mental health needs. Our services are delivered across two different sites around the city and are residential and day service settings. We are looking for someone who can.

• Be involved and implement support plans.
• Be responsible for maintaining the Health and Safety of our customers and the building.
• Provide practical support to customers to prepare them for independent living.
• Good communication skills.
• Experience of using electronic systems.

You will be someone with some experience of working with adults with mental health needs and a willingness to undertake training as needed. High levels of interpersonal skills are essential to the role.

Hours are worked in a varying shift pattern, 7 days per week.

The Council is committed to investing in the talent and wellbeing of our staff and can offer a generous annual leave allowance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing initiatives and a reward package which recognises your contribution. We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning & Development. In addition we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards and savings.

As this role is public facing, applicants will need to demonstrate, at interview, their competency to converse and provide advice and guidance to members of the public, in spoken English to CEFR level B1: Can exploit a wide range of simple language flexibly to express much of what he/she wants. Can keep going comprehensibly, even though pausing for grammatical land lexical planning and repair is very evident, especially in longer stretches of free production.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for this role. Each role at CYC is different and your working arrangements will be determined based on the requirements of the role and in collaboration with you and your needs as part of the recruitment process. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team.

City of York Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We require the successful candidate to undertake an enhanced Criminal Record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This vacancy is available as a job sharing position.

For further information or an informal discussion please contact Selene Telfer (manager) or Caroline Jackson (Deputy Manager)  at Selene.Telfer@york.gov.uk or caroline.jackson@york.gov.uk or 01904 553150.

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