Housing Support Worker

As a Housing Support Worker with us, you’ll help provide vital support to people with mental health needs in a supported housing setting. Our service users face unique challenges in their day-to-day lives. Join us and help them regain their self-esteem, well-being and independence.

Your role as Housing Support Worker will see you:

• Be a keyworker to allocated service users ensuring they have up-to-date and complete support plans addressing their individual needs
• Advising on tenancy issues, welfare benefits, financial and budgeting matters
• Addressing their practical and emotional needs - from helping them to find employment, training or educational opportunities, to enabling them to grow in social confidence
• Provide housing related support to the tenants, enabling them to lead independent lives in the community
• Complete Protection & Safety assessments and Support Plans to ensure service users needs are managed safely
• Work closely with relevant statutory and voluntary organisations, making sure clients are referred to appropriate agencies for advice and counselling
• Develop close links with the local community, promoting a greater understanding of mental health issues
• Ensure the premises are in a good condition and health and safety regulations are adhered to at all times.

This is a great opportunity to join a team that’s professional, committed and passionate about making a difference to those most in need of our help. You’ll need:

• A track record in Mental Health or related field
• Experience of supporting, empowering and engaging service users in a range of developmental, rehabilitative and community activities
• Able to identify and co-ordinate a range of services to meet individual needs
• Ability to work well under pressure and manage your own workload
• Admin know-how, with the proven ability to maintain up-to-date records and systems
• Good partnership working skills
• A flexible, positive approach and excellent communication skills.

Richmond Fellowship, along with its partners, champions social inclusion and recovery and provides a diverse range of residential, community and employment services.

We offer great benefits, including 25 days’ holiday per year, contributory pension scheme, employee assistance programme and childcare vouchers.

Ref: 15/50

Closing date: 12 March 2015

Interview date: 25 March 2015