AddressDirectorate: Children and Young People's Services
Based at: Hollowgate
Post 1: Permanent, full time, 37 hours per week on a rota covering evenings, weekends, and bank holidays
Post 2: Permanent, full time, 37 hours per week, to cover Monday to Friday to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.
Are you passionate about working with young people and making a difference to their lives?
Are you a positive, enthusiastic, and engaging person who wants to support young people to achieve their goals?
If you are then the role of Supported Housing Officer presents the very challenge, you are looking for.
Two posts currently exist for the positions of Supported Housing Officers to join the Leaving Care Accommodation team. The post holders will provide key worker support to care leavers aged 16-21 to prepare them for independent living and whilst they are living independently in the community. They will be a point of contact to residents in supported accommodation, their own tenancy and in dispersed accommodation. They will ensure that the service provides a safe and welcoming environment.
One of the posts involves working on a rota to provide support in the semi-independent accommodation service. This includes working evenings, weekends and bank holidays. One post will be working Monday to Friday flexibly to cover the needs of the service and may include evenings.
We are seeking to appoint highly motivated individuals that will manage a caseload and ensure that all care leavers have focused support plans that achieves outcomes and preparation for independence. This will include to plan and implement risk assessments and risk management plans.
Please note these posts have recently had a pay uplift.
In this role you will:
Help care leavers overcome difficult circumstances and achieve independence.
Work independently and as part of a team in accommodation based services for care leavers
Liaise with multiple agencies to ensure effective communication across the service
Make internal and external referrals to a wide range of statutory and voluntary agencies for specialist support and employment and training opportunities
Support care leavers to manage their rent accounts and building their own personal budgeting skills
Ensure that the care leavers are aware of their rights and responsibilities under their occupancy agreement. Work with the care leavers to sustain their accommodation throughout their tenancy. Ensure that they have access to the correct benefits, maximising collection of rent and service charges and proactively managing any breaches of occupancy agreement.
The successful applicants will also have the ability to offer one-to-one and group support to care leavers including; to plan and facilitate independence workshops.
Our ideal candidates will have experience of working with young people and will be able to work positively with care leavers and ensure that they achieve significant progress.
Please state clearly on your application form which post(s) you wish to apply for.
For further information or informal discussion, please contact Paul Gillott, Registered Manager on 01709 378503.
These posts involve working with children/ adults and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.
From 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2024 employees paid at Band D and above are subject to a temporary pay reduction of 1.15% spread out by means of a weekly / monthly deduction (dependent on pay frequency) from each pay period over the full financial year. In recognition of implementing this temporary measure, those who experience a pay reduction will be awarded of three additional day’s leave (pro rata for part-time).
