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SalaryFemale Project Worker
Sheffield, S13 area
£12.50 effective from 1 April 2024
19 hours per week – covering 3 days per week
Are you looking for an exciting and varied role where no two days are the same?
Are you passionate about supporting people?
If this sounds like you then we may have your perfect opportunity providing a first-class housing management service in our Refuge in Sheffield.
As the first point of contact to our customers, we’re seeking an experienced Female Project Worker to make a real difference to the lives of our customers. You will have a proven track record of working with tenancy agreements, completing sign up for new tenants in the service as well as carrying out health and safety checks, monitoring rent accounts and ensure that all maintenance issues are reported.
We value our team and encourage learning and progression through our comprehensive induction programme, as well as on-going training to develop new and existing skills and encourage progression. Sanctuary has their own Learning and Development Academy, who provide a wide range of training courses, open to all.
Sanctuary also offers a great employee rewards scheme, where you will be able to receive a variety of discounts from major retailers.
Shift pattern:
Tuesday – 10.30am – 6.30pm
Wednesday – 10.30am – 2.30pm
Friday – 10:30am – 6:30pm
The role of Female Project Worker will include:
- Supporting our customers to maximise their independence and move forward with their lives
- Assisting with assessing customers’ needs by writing and updating customer notes
- Being a first point of call to receive and direct all customers queries
- Developing good relationships with customers, helping them develop life skills
- Going above and beyond to ensure an excellent service is provided to our customers
- Working as part of a team with occasional lone working
- Some health and safety responsibilities e.g., fire safety checks
Skills and experiences:
- Experience of working with vulnerable customers, people experiencing safeguarding, domestic abuse, mental health needs or substance misuse
- Experience in working in a housing environment
- Previous experience working under challenging circumstances
- Good communication skills
- Ability to use IT systems confidently
Due to the sensitive needs of our customers, we can only consider female applicants. Gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.
Why work for us?
We’re united in working together to help customers on their pathways for independence, and our people are the single, biggest influence on our success.
No matter your job – delivering support directly or working in our offices to support our frontline teams – your work makes a difference every day.
We won the West Midlands Care Employer Award 2022-23, in recognition of our commitment to our staff and supporting our teams to be their best. We’ve also been awarded Investors in People Gold status for the second time – because we value our people and have a strong focus on inclusion, teamwork, and empowerment.
We’re committed to providing an inclusive and supportive work environment where you can grow and thrive. And like our customers, we know everyone is different, and we’ll support you to be your best self. We’ll develop your skills and experiences, celebrate success, and turn any setbacks into motivation.
Are you ready to be your best?
Brilliant work deserves brilliant benefits! As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary Supported Living a great place to work, here are just some of the ways we’ll reward you:
- £12.50 effective from 1 April 2024
- At least 25 days paid holiday, rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service (plus public holidays) pro rata
- A pension scheme with employer contributions
- A variety of online discounts and rewards from major retailers
- Health and well-being plans
- Life assurance
- Family friendly arrangements, including opportunities for flexible working
- Tax efficient savings through our Cycle to Work scheme
- A wide range of learning and development opportunities
- The full time equivalent for this role is 37.5 hours
We’re proud to support the Department of Health and Social Care’s campaign to encourage more people to apply to work in adult social care. If you’re considering a caring career, we have many rewarding roles at Sanctuary Supported Living. For more information on the campaign click here
Read the full job profile here
Download our Recruitment Pack to learn more about Sanctuary culture and how we can support you to #BeYourBest
Closing Date: 21 April 2024
We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.
For an insight into what it’s like to work for Sanctuary Supported Living, take a look at our careerspage, or find us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
Together we can be our best so that our customers can be their best.
#BeYourBest
Building Equality and Diversity
Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be necessary in the event of a successful application which we will pay for.
Sanctuary Supported Living is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association and Sanctuary Home Care Limited, both exempt charities.
