Women’s Project Worker

As a member of this charity’s Project Worker Team, reporting to the Senior Women’s Project Worker, the Women’s Project Worker is responsible for delivering the organisation's specialist range of 1:1 and group support aimed at empowering female Service Users to move out of the spiral of homelessness and back into mainstream society.

Women’s Project Worker
Location: Main Office, CB4 or at other locations within Cambridge
Salary: £15,257 per year (FTE £25,428 per year)
Working pattern: 4 days per week Mondays and Wednesdays - Flexible between the hours of 9am - 5pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays - 1.15pm - 7.15pm
Hours of work: 22.5 per week
Length of appointment: Permanent

About this charity
Our client is a respected and long-standing part of homeless service provision in Cambridge. By joining their team, you will be helping to make a real difference to the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the community.

Key responsibilities include:

• To carry a caseload of female Service Users, providing 1:1 person centred emotional and practical support, advice & guidance on a variety of issues to improve self-esteem, self-confidence and general wellbeing, to enable them to move forward successfully, working towards independence.
• To provide a wide range of engaging opportunities to access practical support on a 1:1 basis, such as basic life skills. To work with the Project Worker team to ensure female Service Users have access to other specialist practical support.
• To provide an inclusive and supportive range of female only group activity sessions, to be Service User lead and a mix of in-house and external group sessions.
• To provide services at different venues as appropriate. Including signposting to relevant provision in the city.
• To support the engagement of female Service Users with training and volunteering opportunities via the Social Enterprise teams.
• To ensure that accurate records are kept, documenting the support services provided to the organisation's service users and any referrals made to outside agencies/services. To ensure that record keeping meets the requirements of internal and external monitoring of outcomes, assisting with reports and case studies to funders.

What can this employer offer?
One of the core values at this organisation is to recognise and reward their staff as their greatest asset. They realise that it is their people who have helped them to become a well-respected charity that helps to make a positive change to homeless people’s lives. They want to continue to deliver excellent, relevant services for the homeless in Cambridge by attracting and retaining talented and motivated people. If you choose to come and work with this organisation, you will find that they offer:

• Benefits - You will be eligible for benefits and services, including pension scheme, death in service benefit and tax-efficient bicycle lease and childcare vouchers.
• A supported work environment - You will receive a comprehensive induction and you will have a probation period to provide a supportive framework for reviewing your progress and discussing your training and development needs. You will be expected to have developed the skills to fulfil all role requirements within this period. Appropriate objectives will be discussed, agreed and reviewed regularly with your Line Manager so that your performance can be measured against these.
• Training - This employer recognises the importance of having a motivated and effective staff team. They offer on-going training to support you in your role.

Closing date: 16th February 2024
Interviews: 26th February 2024

Interested?

Please click 'Apply' and follow the job board process. You will receive an email from CHM Recruit containing further information on how to apply for the role.
Please note that although you may be asked by the job board to upload a CV, you are not applying at this stage.

No agencies please.