Project Worker

Summary

Our Newport Supported Housing Accommodation is looking for a Positive, engaging, and passionate individual to join its team as a Project Worker working with Children/adolescent and families.

Overview

What is great about the role?

At Clifton Place you would be working with a diverse group of people, ranging from families, young people, pregnant women, individuals with physical disabilities, mental health issues and substance misuse, and individuals who have been trafficked from the other side of the world. Every day is different and every day you would learn new skills and have the opportunity to work with a variety of agencies such as social services, health visitors and community nurses. Also, as a Pobl Difference Maker you really are part of something special where you and your opinions matter.

Day to Day Duties:

To work proactively and engage with families who are perceived to be ‘hard to reach’ using positive but persistent and assertive approaches in order to gain trust and bring about positive changes to improve outcomes for the whole family, ensuring they can sustain their tenancy.

As a Project Worker you will lead each shift by delivering support to the individuals at the service, managing the scheme and overseeing the Scheme Support Officers.

Your day will consist of:

• Engaging and interacting with our service users.
• Writing and following a support plan with the individual you are supporting
• Delivering workshops relating to tenancy management and health and wellbeing
• Liaising with external agencies
• Addressing any additional needs, the people we support might have

Our aim is to ensure we equip these individuals with the knowledge and tools they need to live independently. This is a challenging role and you will be faced with complex behaviours and needs, including alcohol misuse, mental health, substance misuse and physical disabilities. You will work with a range of different personalities and behaviours so you will need to be able to adapt your approach to engage with a diverse cliental.

Pobl Benefits

• Competitive salary of £24,272.00 +£34.54 for sleep-ins
• Full-time 37hrs, Permanent position
• Work Pattern: The scheme is covered 24 hours, 7 days a week so you would be expected to work on a 5-week rolling rota which would involve: day shifts, evening shifts, weekends & sleep ins
• For this role you will require an Enhanced DBS check, which we pay for.
• 26 days (pro rata) holiday entitlement plus Bank holidays
• Pension scheme
• Sick Pay
• Bespoke learning pathway with the support from an experienced Learning and Development team
• Internal Progression
• Wellbeing and psychological support
• Time for Talk service
• 45p per mile

FREDIE

At Pobl Group we are guided, in all that we do, by a group of principles that we call FREDIE, these are: Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, Engagement. This means that whatever your background, you will have an equal opportunity at Pobl Group and we encourage you to apply now.

If you would like any support with your application or to discuss any adjustments that you may require to support you to application process, Support.talent@poblgroup.co.uk or 0300 3735262

What do you need to do now?

If you have the skills, experience and enthusiasm required to be our next difference maker, please follow the prompts to apply now. We occasionally close a vacancy before the end date as we actively review our applications and will sometimes progress to interview very quickly, we would love to hear from you so please apply now to start your Pobl journey.

Further information on the role can also be found on the Job Description