Project Worker (Youth Justice, Supported Housing)

Project Worker (Youth Justice, Supported Housing)

Are you a compassionate person who thrives in a client centred role and would relish the opportunity to work for a successful social enterprise that takes pride in looking after its employees? If so, you’ll be interested to hear that North Wales Housing have an exciting opportunity for a Project Worker to join the Youth Justice Team in Bangor and Y Felinheli.

As an ambitious social enterprise North Wales Housing provides homes and delivers services to over 2,500 households across North Wales. The growing organisation employs around 200 people and is proud to be accredited with an ‘Investors in People’ award.

Reporting to the Scheme Manager, as a Project Worker you’ll work within the Youth Justice Team to provide an effective and efficient housing management and support service, assisting service users in progressing towards desired outcomes, defined within a clearly written support plan.

Your main responsibilities and duties will include, although not be limited to;

• Liaising with the Gwynedd and Mon Youth Justice Service Team in assessing and prioritising appropriate referrals to the accommodation support service, maintaining regular contact with the partner agency (Youth Justice Services) whilst providing support to the service user
• Taking responsibility for drawing up, regularly reviewing and reporting on support plans and expected outcomes – fully involving service users as appropriate (in particular the Youth Justice Team)
• Taking responsibility for drawing up and regularly reviewing individual risk assessments, fully involving service users in their review where appropriate
• Maintaining accurate service user records and files
• Completing a comprehensive induction to the scheme with all new service users (including applications for housing and related benefits)
• Liaising and networking effectively with voluntary and statutory agencies, ensuring the provision of consistent good quality support and advice to service users
• Providing a range of housing related support to service users with a view to enabling them to manage their individual tenancies with less support, and possibly unaided in the longer term

To be considered for this Project Worker role you MUST have the following experience, skills, and attributes;

• Experience working in a client support centred role (e.g. supporting individuals in reporting maintenance issues, making healthcare appointments, pursuing hobbies, securing training and employment, etc.)
• An awareness of the support needs of vulnerable people with the ability to work alone with confidence and good judgement
• Experience of working in a customer focused organisation
• You will have an increased fluency to converse in Welsh which will include a confidence to give presentations in Welsh. You will have some ability to prepare written documentation in Welsh but may require some support
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Effective partnership working and customer service skills
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
• Ability to safeguard (and fully understand the importance of) the confidentiality and privacy of service users
• Ability to understand and stay within professional boundaries
• A full driving licence and the availability of a vehicle for work purposes

This post requires an enhanced DBS disclosure.

In return;

Salary:                          £17,258 per annum

Additional benefits:       Employee health assistance scheme, enhanced maternity and paternity pay, complementary tea and coffee, payment of professional membership, contributory pension scheme plus much more

Contracted hours:          35 hours per week

Location:                      Pendinas Hostel / Y Felinheli (Bangor / Caernarfon, North Wales)

Contract type:               Temporary for 12 months

Closing date:                1pm on the 3 March 2017

Interview date:               17 March 2017

By clicking apply on this site, you will automatically be redirected to the North Wales Housing website.

Gweithiwr Prosiect (Cyfiawnder Ieuenctid, Tai â Chefnogaeth)

Ydych chi'n berson thosturiol sy'n ffynnu mewn rôl sy'n canolbwyntio ar y cleient a fyddai'n mwynhau'r cyfle i weithio ar gyfer menter gymdeithasol uchelgeisiol sydd yn edrych ar ôl ei weithwyr? Os felly, byddwch yn falch i glywed bod Tai Gogledd Cymru gyda cyfle cyffrous i Gweithiwr Prosiect i ymuno’r Thîm Cyfiawnder Ieuenctid ym Mangor a'r Felinheli.

Mae Tai Gogledd Cymru yn fenter gymdeithasol lwyddiannus sy’n darparu cartrefi a chyflenwi gwasanaethau i dros 2,500 o gartrefi ar draws Gogledd Cymru. Maent yn eu cyflogi tua 200 o bobl

ac yn falch o arddangos eu hachrediad Buddsoddwyr mewn Pobl.

Fel Gweithiwr Prosiect, byddwch yn gyfrifol i’r Rheolwr Cynllun ac yn gweithio yn yr Adran Cyfiawnder Ieuenctid, yn darparu gwasanaeth rheoli a chymorth tai effeithiol ac effeithlon, ac yn cynorthwyo defnyddwyr gwasanaeth, gyda’r bwriad o sicrhau eu bod yn gwneud cynnydd tuag at eu canlyniadau, gyda chynllun cymorth clir.

Fydd eich prif gyfrifoldebau a dyletswyddau yn cynnwys, ond nid yn gyfyngedig i;

• Cydgysylltu â Thîm Gwasanaeth Cyfiawnder Ieuenctid Gwynedd a Môn i asesu a blaenoriaethu atgyfeiriadau priodol i’r gwasanaeth cymorth llety. Cynnal cyswllt rheolaidd gyda’r asiantaeth bartner (Gwasanaethau Cyfiawnder Ieuenctid) a darparu cymorth i’r defnyddiwr gwasanaeth
• Cymryd cyfrifoldeb am lunio, adolygu ac adrodd ar gynlluniau cymorth a deilliannau disgwyliedig yn rheolaidd – gan gynnwys y defnyddwyr gwasanaeth yn llawn lle bo hynnu’n briodol (y Tîm Cyfiawnder Ieuenctid yn benodol)
• Cymryd cyfrifoldeb am lunio ac adolygu asesiadau risg unigol yn rheolaidd, gan gynnwys defnyddwyr gwasanaeth yn eu hadolygiad yn llawn lle bo hynny'n briodol
• Cadw cofnodion a ffeiliau defnyddwyr gwasanaeth yn gywir
• Cwblhau cyflwyniad cynhwysfawr i’r cynllun gyda phob defnyddiwr gwasanaeth newydd (yn cynnwys ceisiadau am fudd-daliadau tai a budd-daliadau cysylltiedig)
• Cydgysylltu a rhwydweithio’n effeithiol gydag asiantaethau gwirfoddol a statudol, a sicrhau bod cymorth a chyngor o ansawdd da a chyson ar gael i ddefnyddwyr gwasanaeth
• Darparu ystod o gymorth sy'n ymwneud â thai i ddefnyddwyr gwasanaeth gyda golwg ar eu galluogi i reoli eu tenantiaethau unigol gyda llai o gefnogaeth, ac o bosibl heb gymorth yn yr hir dymor

I gael eich ystyried ar gyfer y rôl Gweithiwr Prosiect hon RHAID i chi gael y profiad, y sgiliau a'r priodoleddau canlynol;

• Profiad o weithio mewn amgylchedd sy'n canolbwyntio ar y cleient (e.e. cefnogi unigolion wrth adrodd am faterion cynnal a chadw, gwneud apwyntiadau gofal iechyd, dilyn hobiau, sicrhau hyfforddiant a chyflogaeth, ayb).
• Ymwybyddiaeth o anghenion cymorth pobl agored i niwed, ac y gallu i weithio ar eich pen eich hun gyda hyder a barn dda
• Profiad o weithio mewn sefydliad sy’n canolbwyntio ar gwsmeriaid
• Bydd gennych rhuglder cynyddol i allu sgwrsio’n Gymraeg gan gynnwys hyder i wneud cyflwyniadau yn Gymraeg. Bydd gennych beth gallu i baratoi dogfennau ysgrifenedig yn Gymraeg ond efallai bydd angen rhywfaint o gymorth arnoch
• Sgiliau cyfathrebu llafar ac ysgrifenedig da
• Sgiliau gweithio mewn partneriaeth effeithiol
• Yn meddu ar sgiliau da o ran defnyddio TG a Microsoft Office (Word, Excel ac Outlook)
• Profiad neu ddealltwriaeth o’r angen i weithio mewn ffordd gyfrinachol
• Y gallu i ddeall a gweithio o fewn ffiniau proffesiynol
• Trwydded yrru lawn a cherbyd ar gael at ddibenion gwaith

Mae’r swydd yn gofyn am ddatgeliad DBS safonol.

Yn gyfnewid;

Cyflog:                                     £17,258 y flwyddyn

Manteision ychwanegol:             Cynllun cymorth iechyd gweithwyr, gwell tâl mamolaeth a tadolaeth, te a choffi am ddim, cyfraniad ariannol at aelodaeth broffesiynol, cynllun pensiwn cyfrannol a llawer mwy.

Oriau:                                       35 awr yr wythnos

Lleoliad:                                    Hostel Pendinas / Y Felinheli (Bangor / Caernarfon, Gogledd Cymru)

Math o gontract:                        Tymor byr (12 mis)

Dyddiad cau:                            1yp, 3 Mawrth 2017

Dyddiad cyfweld:                      17 Mawrth 2017

Drwy ddewis 'wneud cais', byddwch yn cael eich ailgyfeirio at gwefan Tai Gogledd Cymru, lle gallwch weld proffil llawn y rôl a gwneud cais ar-lein.

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