Tenants First Keyworker

Berneslai Homes have an exciting opportunity for a Tenants First Keyworker to join the team. You will join us on a full time, permanent basisin the borough of Barnsley with the ability to work agilely. The salary is £33,024 to £35,745 per annum.

About Us:

At Berneslai Homes, we strive to be an ambitious, forward-thinking social housing provider and employer. Working for us offers you a chance to play a real part in improving homes and communities throughout Barnsley.?? 

Managing around 18,000 homes on behalf of Barnsley Council, our ‘3 Cs’ values are at the heart of all we do here – we promise to always put the?Customer first, have a?Can do?attitude to make change happen, and stay?Curious?to make sure we get things right. 

The Tenants First Keyworker?role:? 

We have an exciting opportunity for a Tenants First Keyworker to join us! 

As part of this role, you’ll support families and tenants facing various complex challenges, empowering them to make sustainable changes and manage their tenancy. This involves collaborating with the local community and key partners to coordinate support programmes and deliver proven, evidenced based family interventions. 

Key duties and responsibilities of our Tenants First Keyworker: 

• Manage a caseload of families and tenants who fulfil the service criteria, i.e. are at risk of tenancy failure due to their needs.
• Undertake whole family assessments and collate multi-agency information about existing and planned involvement.
• Attend meetings, including child protection conferences, core groups, safeguarding meetings where necessary and contribute towards the development of specific action plans for the families and tenants within your caseload.
• Provide and deliver inclusive intervention packages, being responsible for the management and monitoring of the support plans assigned to your caseload.
• Ensure all monitoring and evaluation is completed in line with requirements.
• Work closely with all partners to identify where there are apparent gaps in service provision and commitment.
• Safeguard the health and safety of all persons under your control in accordance with the provisions in the Health and Safety Legislation and Berneslai Home and BMBC codes of practice and procedure. 

What we’re looking for in our Tenants First Keyworker: 

• Level 6 qualification in a relevant field, or substantial experience of working with children, young people/families, and adults (i.e. Housing, Criminal Justice, Social Work, Health, Youth Work, Education).
• Relevant experience of undertaking whole family assessments and working with children/families and adults displaying serious and/or persistent antisocial behaviour.
• Able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the effect of social and economic disadvantage on young people/adults and families.
• Ability to travel as necessary to meet the needs of the post and able to work flexibly and independently whilst under pressure.
• Ability to work within a team plan and manage own workload, achieve agreed targets and objectives, and evaluate outcomes to tight deadlines 

What you might be asking is, why work for us?

We are proud to put our people first! By joining Berneslai Homes, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Agile Working Packages
• Excellent Pension Scheme
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Health & Wellbeing Checks
• Fantastic Training and Development Opportunities

Berneslai Homes values diversity in its workforce and encourages applications from all sectors of the community.

If you feel that you have the skills and experience required to become our Tenants First Keyworker, please click ‘apply’ today. We would love to hear from you!