Housing First Worker
About The Position
Housing First is an innovative approach to supporting the most excluded and hard to reach clients. It focuses on finding housing first; and then addressing the issues that have contributed to an individual’s homelessness. We are looking for a Housing First Worker to join our team for a maternity cover contract. We aim to support hard to reach clients by sourcing independent tenancies and providing intensive support into long term accommodation. By adopting a flexible, creative and personalised approach, the service aims to support individuals to manage their tenancies in the community and rebuild their lives. In the role of Housing First Worker, you will work 9-5 Monday to Friday, working with a person centred approach to support clients in their own homes as well as in the community. You will be responsible for the day to day delivery of the service managing a small caseload of clients. You will deliver ongoing and intensive support to help your clients set up their home, with the overall goal of supporting them to sustain their tenancy and achieve individual goals and aspirations. Build and maintain effective relationships with local partner agencies to support clients throughout their recovery.
Requirements
- Great communication skills, with the ability to network and build effective relationships with a variety people, including clients, internal colleagues and partner agencies.
- The ability to work independently and be comfortable as a lone worker, with a good knowledge of relevant protocols and safety precautions.
- The ability to manage your own caseload with a proactive and innovative approach to your work.
- Ability to work flexibly in order to provide tailored support to meet client’s individual needs and aspirations.
- Must have existing and ongoing right to work in the UK for the duration of employment.
- Successful candidates will be required to provide evidence of their right to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
- A DBS disclosure check is a requirement for this post and will be undertaken for the successful candidate.
Responsibilities
- Manage a small caseload of clients.
- Deliver ongoing and intensive support to help clients set up their home.
- Support clients to sustain their tenancy and achieve individual goals and aspirations.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with local partner agencies to support clients throughout their recovery.
Benefits
- Family friendly policies
- Flexible and agile working options
- 28 days annual leave rising to 31 after five years’ service
- Maternity leave
- Adoption leave
- Parental leave
- Carers leave
- Fertility treatment leave
- Financial wellbeing platform offering loans, advances and saving options
- Auto-enrolment to pension scheme after six months service with an employer contribution of 6%
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to SmartHealth app – 24/7 GP appointments, health checks and nutrition advice
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Discount vouchers including gym, retail, food & drink, travel, electricals and more
- Robust induction, training and development programme
- Internal training courses
- Access to external learning
- Steps into Management programme
- Commitment to continued professional development
- Access to career development forums
- Internal mentoring
- Internal secondment opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
