Senior Housing Support worker

BDS are recruiting for an experienced Senior Housing Support worker for a Bail accommodation service, covering the West Yorkshire area, working from home between visits.
Providing Housing Support and key skills to residents either returning to the community after serving time in prison or are in a residential requirement as part of the community sentence.

Full time40 hours a week

Shift Pattern Monday to Friday 8-4/2-10 and 1 Saturday each month

Salary £14.66 per hour PAYE / £19.55 per hour UMB
The role
Act as a peripatetic senior operational lead working across services providing direct input and support on practice, performance, or quality matters.
Co-ordinating and delivering service improvement plans for a service or group of services working in collaboration with the Quality team and Service Leads.
Support in the co-ordination of service audits.
Work with the Quality and Safeguarding Team on development and implementation of procedures and toolkits relating to working with service users who require higher levels of support.
Be a safeguarding lead, advising teams on effective management of incidents, practice, and reporting. Liaise with relevant external agencies e.g. Local Authority, Social Services,
Carry a small caseload of complex need service users.
Be a senior operational representative for complex case reviews with external professionals.
Represent services at external operational meetings related to service user assessments, reviews and referral assessment as required.
Deputise for the Service Lead at external service or contract reviews as required.
Deputise for Service Leads as required and line manage teams of Support workers for temporary periods of time.
Ensure teams are compliant with voids and arrears protocols and procedures and review performance data in conjunction with Service Leads intervening where there are areas of underperformance or non-compliance
Liaise with the Housing Management and Performance teams to monitor service performance and agree the implementation and reporting of any improvement actions.
Be a lead Health and Safety and compliance role for the area in matters relating to gas certification; legionella, property standards and fire risk assessment completion and actions.

Full job spec is available on request
This is a full time temporary position, initially to the end of September with possibility to be extended or made permanent.

You will need a current enhanced DBS issues within the last 8 months or on the update service.
You will need to be a driver with access to a car with business insurance or prepared to get business insurance.
We cannot submit candidates without the above
Please call Kirsty for further information or send your CV to apply immediately

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £14.66-£19.15 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Referral programme

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Application question(s):

• Are you a driver with access to a car?
• Do you have a current enhanced DBS issued within the last 8 months, or on update service.

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: West Yorkshire