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37.5 hours a week
Monday – Friday on a rota basis ( 8am-4pm) (3pm-10:30pm)
The service provides flexible housing-related support to clients who have been rough sleeping.
Job Role:
- Produce risk assessment and risk management plan
- Hold a caseload of 8-10 low support key clients and conduct regular key working sessions resulting in agreed Support Plans
- Work in partnership with other relevant agencies and the clients
- Promote activities that support recovery including social activities, exercise, healthy eating etc.
- Take part in running activities or small groups
Please note: this role involves lone working
To apply for this role, you must have:
- Experience of working with vulnerable adults with complex support needs (including substances use, offending, mental ill health, complex housing issues and/ or any other support needs)
- Working knowledge of being able to support clients into supported accommodation, the private rented sector or other move-on options, with a demonstrable understanding of Housing and other related legislation.
- Experience of working with clients who may experience multiple disadvantages and as a result have been rough sleeping and/or homelessness
- Experience of effectively working with partner agencies and developing contacts and networks across a wide range of local services; to enable effective signposting
- To ability to be analytical in approach, respond calmly to crisis and deal promptly, effectively, safely and creatively to complex and challenging situations
- The sensitivity and flexibility to find ways to work with clients who may be reluctant and have a low level of engagement with services
- An understanding of the principles of assessment and risk, planned support, key working, goal setting, and advocacy with vulnerable people
- A level of numeracy, literacy and comprehension to input data and the ability to use emails, common computer packages and databases.
