Housing Support Worker
- Recruiter
- Confidential
- Location
- Lancaster
- Salary
- 8.91 - 11.65 GBP Hourly
- Posted
- 23 Jul 2021
- Closes
- 20 Aug 2021
- Sectors
- Health, Nursing & Social Care, Housing
- Contract Type
- Temporary
- Hours
- Full Time
Ashberry Recruitment are currently looking to recruit a Temporary Support Worker for a supported housing client in the Lancaster area.
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Provide pro-active service and advice to service users who are homeless with complex needs.
* Conducting needs and risk assessments
* Develop individual support plan to meet individual risks the client faces
* Providing advocacy, emotional and practical support and information to service users including in relation to legal options, housing, health and finance
* Manage a case load ensuring each Service User receives services appropriate to their individual needs. Contacting Service Users at regular intervals to ensure wellbeing and safety.
* Refer on and arrange meetings with other agencies/services as necessary, for instance, solicitors, police, social services, counselling, benefit agency
Key Skills:
* Previous experience of supported accommodation is essential.
* Experience providing casework support to vulnerable clients, including crisis management and risk assessment.
* Knowledge and experience of providing a co-ordinated service with statutory and voluntary services available for the client group
* Enhanced DBS check
Hours
Full Time hours per week; which will involve working on a rota covering earlys and lates
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Provide pro-active service and advice to service users who are homeless with complex needs.
* Conducting needs and risk assessments
* Develop individual support plan to meet individual risks the client faces
* Providing advocacy, emotional and practical support and information to service users including in relation to legal options, housing, health and finance
* Manage a case load ensuring each Service User receives services appropriate to their individual needs. Contacting Service Users at regular intervals to ensure wellbeing and safety.
* Refer on and arrange meetings with other agencies/services as necessary, for instance, solicitors, police, social services, counselling, benefit agency
Key Skills:
* Previous experience of supported accommodation is essential.
* Experience providing casework support to vulnerable clients, including crisis management and risk assessment.
* Knowledge and experience of providing a co-ordinated service with statutory and voluntary services available for the client group
* Enhanced DBS check
Hours
Full Time hours per week; which will involve working on a rota covering earlys and lates