Homeless Support Worker

Description:

Homelessness Support Worker

LOCATION:               Newhaven   
SALARY:                   £25,194.49 per annum
DURATION:               Permanent
HOURS:                     37.5hrs per week – 7 day rolling rota incl. some evenings & weekends

Overview:
  
The Project Worker will engage creatively with people who are or who have recently experienced homelessness. You will help to identify and enable the growth of their strengths and talents as you work with them to develop the skills and resources to transform their lives and enable independent living.
  
Day-to-day duties:

Provide individual service users with the best possible comprehensive supported housing service whilst operating a psychologically informed environment.
Act as keyworker to a caseload of residents, enabling them to take ownership of their journey.
Carry out a strengths-based assessment with applicants, facilitating the co-production of a person-centred plan, that enables individuals to achieve their goals and aspirations and the opportunity to identify and develop their talents.
Deliver or facilitate group or one-one sessions with residents that provide opportunities for them to develop their skills and strengths.
Encourage and enable residents to engage in a variety of activities that provide a platform for their skills and strengths to be developed and recognised.
Actively engage residents in developing and understanding the service and their responsibilities under their licence agreement.
Support and facilitate our residents to take part in the development and running of the service.
Deal with non-compliance issues in a proactive way, using restorative practices.
Proactively ensure residents are empowered to keep up with their rent payments, monitor rental income and keep rent arrears to a minimum in order to stay within the target percentage.
Be responsive to instances of disrepair within accommodation.
Help ensure the speedy re-let of void properties within the target turnaround period.
Develop and maintain good professional working relationships with internal colleagues and
external service providers creating close and productive partnerships in order to aid the provision of good quality support services and create a professional image.
Work within organisational safeguarding policy and procedures. Person Specifications: 

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Previous experience supporting individuals that have been homeless.
Experience providing housing based support is desirable. For more information on this role please contact Nathan Jackson on (phone number removed) or apply with an up-to-date CV