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SalaryCadwyn is a community housing association based in Cardiff. We are a diverse business with experience in social housing management and development, social lettings, market lets and sales, commercial regeneration and an amazing recycling project.
Nightingale House is our 26 bed hostel for familes who are homeless. Nightingale House provide support for families to prepare them in securing and maintaining a tenancy.
We are looking for a Weekend Hostel Assistant to join our team. As a Weekend Hostel Assistant, you will be an important part of our Housing Management Team. You will be the first point of contact for the hostel, providing a high quality customer focused service for residents and stakeholders.
You will work Saturday & Sunday 7.00am - 7.00pm
What we offer:
The chance to work for an organisation with strong values: Kindness, Honesty, Fairness and Respect
A great permanent Part Time opportunity, with a working week of 21 hours
25 days holiday per year (increasing to 30 with length of service), plus bank holidays pro rata
Ongoing training and development at a pace to suit you
Access to a great Pension Scheme
Medicare health cash plan
Health and wellbeing support
An annual flexible cash benefit
A cycle to work scheme
What we need:
We are looking for someone who is competant using different IT systems, can maintain high standards of cleanliness in the hostel, manage crisis and unexpected events, is proactive with Health and Safety issues and can build positive relationships with our families.
A good general education (to include basic IT skills)
Friendly and considerate towards families going through a difficult time
Experience/knowledge of Health & Safety in the workplace
Previous experience in a homeless environment
Experience of managing crisis situations
Experience of working under pressure with minimal supervision
No candidate will meet every single desired criteria. If your experience and skills look a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to this role to help us make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.
For further information and to apply for this role, please visit the 'work with us' section of Cadwyn's website www.cadwyn.co.uk
