Homelessness Support Worker
Homelessness Support Worker
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Job Description
The Support Worker will provide a structured personalised resettlement service to every service user at Mildmay House. To seek to support service users who have experienced homelessness to move into their own homes in a planned and supported way.
Ensure that service users who are ready to move on are given the security and support to maximise their independence dignity and choice in accordance with the aims and objectives of the project.
- Providing service users with information on housing options assist them to make applications for accommodation advocate on their behalf with housing providers and accompany them to interviews and viewings if appropriate
- Acting as akeyworker to a caseload of residents enabling them to take ownership of their journey with Salvation Army Homes
- Ensuring that clients receive the necessary practical help to move in either directly or through liaison with other support services. This would include personal and housing benefit claims assistance with community care grants domestic fuel connections etc
- Carrying out a strengthsbased assessment with applicants facilitating the coproduction of a personcentred plan that enables individuals to achieve their goals and aspirations and the opportunity to identify and develop their talents
- Developing and maintaining effective working relationships with specialists and agencies who might offer resources funding or individual services relevant to service user needs e.g. Registered Social Landlords Local Authority Community Psychiatric Services Benefit Agency and other government agencies referral agencies charitable trusts other voluntary agencies.
About You
A Support Worker will instinctively share Salvation Army Homes delivery values and behaviours loving your work helping people to thrive and always finding a way to be effective.You will need to:
- Have experience of or knowledge related to working with homeless people
- Have experience of working with clients to overcome the barriers to effective resettlement
- Proven ability to network with outside agencies and develop partnerships that support effective resettlement.
- Proven capacity to deal successfully with difficult and complex situations
- Capacity to understand individual action plans personal development programmes and need and risk assessment
- Be a confident and capable communicator not fazed by difficult situations
- Be able to build trusting professional relationships and have a high level of resilience.
- Take an assetbased approach to empowering people to develop their skills strengths and talents.
Benefits of working as a Support Worker:
- 26 days annual leave rising to 31 days
- 100 when you start work plus 250 at 6 months service and another 250 at 12 months service
- An extra day off on your birthday
- A High Street discount scheme (great savings both on and offline)
- Pension with life assurance
- Discounted private medical insurance
- Loans available for financial emergencies
- Occupational Sick Pay
- A full Induction package and training relevant to the role
- Long service awards from 2.5 years
- Support to learn and develop your career
About Us
Our aim is to work with individuals to build on their strengths creating person centred individualised strategies and plans that transform lives support recovery and enable positive behaviour. In order to succeed however we need the right people in place. Our workforce is one of our greatest assets but only by recruiting the very best can we continue to deliver comprehensive good quality housing services support and resettlement. services to our residents. Thats where you come in.
As an equal opportunities employer Salvation Army Homes is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age disability sex sexual orientation pregnancy and maternity race or ethnicity religion or belief gender identity or marriage and civil partnership. We invite and welcome applications to apply for Salvation Army Homes opportunities without concern of bias or discrimination.
Employment Type
Full-Time
