Weekend Support Worker

Description:

We are Places for People, we provide outstanding supported housing, retirement living and tenancy sustainment services to a variety of customers. 

We want you to join the Places for People Group and the 11,000 other colleagues on our journey; colleagues who have helped to build, manage, maintain places that people are proud to call home and stay active in. How do we do all this? We surround ourselves with supporting people, caring people and driven people. Our people live and breathe our SPIRIT values; we are the place for spirited people. 

More about your role 

We are looking for 2 x Weekend Support Workers to join our team in Bristol covering 5 small schemes across Bristol. Working within this scheme you will support with the continued, safe provision of accommodation for the vulnerable customers in our supported living accommodation . 

You will be working closely with our customers to develop and deliver and co-ordinate housing and intensive housing management services to vulnerable people living in temporary dispersed accommodation across the area.

The role will involve working with customers, Group employees and outside agencies and professionals to deliver a holistic service that is of the highest standard. You will play a key role in signing up new customers to the service and in providing advice and guidance with the welfare/benefit system. You will be responsible for the maintenance of the scheme including carrying out risk assessments and other health and safety monitoring as well as working closely with the housing management team regarding repairs, voids and maintenance.

Please note that this is weekend work Saturday and Sunday 14.5 hours per week. This post is subject to a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and all offers of employment are subject to the receipt of two satisfactory references. You will be working 9am-5pm. 

For more information please download our job profile available on our website. 

More about you 

Here at Places for People we are looking for someone who is as spirited as we, this is an emotive working environment and we need our staff to be positive and supportive. You will have experience working in potentially challenging situations, resilience is a key character trait for this role. Ideally you will have local knowledge to share with our customers. 

You should have a good knowledge of housing management best practice, the letting procedures and tenancy compliance.  It is imperative that you have previous experience supporting a vulnerable client group.

Ideally you will be a confident I.T. user who is a good communicator that can influence in a positive manner when required.

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then click apply. You will be redirected to our careers site where you can discover more about the role, read a full job description and apply directly to us.

If you are a Places for People customer and you're looking for support with your application, please contact our skills and employment team on (url removed).

 

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