Project Workers
- Recruiter
- Websense Recruit
- Location
- West Thurrock, Grays
- Salary
- £21,074 - £24,657 P.A.
- Posted
- 01 Nov 2018
- Closes
- 22 Nov 2018
- Sectors
- Charity & Voluntary, Health, Nursing & Social Care, Housing, Social Services, Support Worker
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Project Workers x2
Thurrock Accommodation Services
£21,074 - £24,657 P.A.
Full-time: 37.5 hrs pw
At St Mungo’s our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions. As a homelessness charity and housing association our clients are at the heart of what we do. We provide a bed and support to more than 2,700 people a night who are either homeless or at risk, and work to end homelessness and rebuild lives.
We are looking to recruit 2 motivated and dedicated Project Workers to join our team based within our accommodation services in Thurrock. Your role will involve supporting both young people (aged 16-21) and adults to develop independent living skills and skills to support resettlement back in to the community after a period of homelessness. You will also be responsible for hosting a range of activities within the hostel that benefits the clients.
What are we looking for?
To succeed in these highly rewarding roles you will have an excellent understanding of the issues faced by homeless or vulnerably housed people – you may have had personal experience of homelessness yourself. You will have experience of helping vulnerable people to identify personal goals and supporting them through a process of change. You will also have a sound understanding of the support needs of people with low incomes, including rent payments/arrears and professional boundary issues. Above all we are looking for inspirational, committed individuals who have a genuine desire to support people to transform their lives.
Flexibility is required as you will be expected to work shifts as part of a 24/7 rota, which will include some evenings and weekends. One of the positions will also require overnight sleep ins as part of the rota (approx. once a week).
What can you expect?
We offer a range of benefits including highly competitive pay, a pension scheme, staff discount schemes and flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work/life balance. Your career development is of paramount importance to us and we will provide you with a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your growth. You will receive a comprehensive induction to connect you with St Mungo’s and your role, and will have access to high quality in-house training covering all aspects of working with our clients along with other core skills. We also offer an internal mentoring scheme, career development workshops and a wide range of additional ‘bite-sized’ and easy access learning opportunities.
To find out more and apply please go to www.mungos.org/work-with-us/careers/current-vacancies/ OR please click on the apply button and follow the instructions. You will be taken to the client's career page, where you will be able to find out more information and apply in full.
To view job descriptions on our vacancies page, please click on the document availabletab above the relevant job advert.
Please note, if you are unable to commit to full-time work we also have opportunities available on a casual basis – to find out more please view the ‘Locum / Casual Worker – Thurrock’ vacancy.
Closing date: 10.00am, Thursday 22 November
Interview and assessments on: TBC
It is a requirement for this post that an enhanced DBS disclosure check, will be undertaken for the successful candidate.