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Job Title - Support Worker - Offender Services
Location - Broomfield Place, Coventry CV5 6GY
Hourly rate - £12.14ph
Contract type - Permanent
Working hours - 35 hours per week.
Monday to Friday, week 1 - 8am - 3.30pm, week - 2 12.30pm - 8pm
About the role,
This role requires some understanding of offending and challenging behaviour. The role requires partnership working with other agencies to reduce re offending, while supporting client to learn the skills to live independently. Have a good understanding of Drug and Alcohol addiction and the impact they have on client`s mental health. The applicant should be IT literate, working between the hours of 8am and 8pm between Monday to Friday. There is a requirement to cover the out of hours services between 8pm and 8am Monday toFriday and 24 hours on a Saturday and Sunday , this is on a rota basis and paid in addition to agreed salary. The role is varied and includes housing management, and financial responsibilities, in regards to collecting client`s rents.
About us,
We are a small team; we support 33 clients over four hostels based in Coventry. Due to the nature and support needs of the clients, no two days are the same, being flexible and open minded none judgmental are key to the role.
About the Service
Coventry Ex-Offenders Service provides a short term service to enable clients to eventually live independently and sustain their tenancy in their own permanent accommodation. At the same time, clients are given the opportunity to look at their life style and make positive choices for change. The service will provide high quality support which is safe, flexible, and adaptable and which promotes / develops the capacity to live independently and maintain a tenancy within the community
Our purpose
We are proud to be able to support tens of thousands of people across England by providing affordable housing and care to help people live independently.
Our focus is on building better lives. Everything we do is about people - whether that`s providing a good quality, safe home or providing care which helps someone to live an independent life.
Our colleagues live and breathe this social purpose and we need great people, with skills across a range of disciplines, to make this happen.
Working for GreenSquareAccord gives you the chance to bring your skills and expertise and make a real difference. It doesn`t matter which role you are considering applying for, your work will help thousands of people build a better life.
The GSA Way
We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. To help us make a difference, together, we created the GSA Way.
A culture we commit to, aspire to, and live and breathe. Commitments and behaviours which together make our organisation what it is.
Our five core commitments are:
- We believe our customer is everything
- We are one team
- We are supportive and caring
- We are business-minded for social purpose
- We are curious and ambitious.
Benefits
In support and recognition of our colleagues who will help us deliver our employer strategy, we offer a fantastic benefits package. This includes; annual holiday entitlement (plus statutory bank holidays); a defined contribution pension scheme; trust based flexible working and a Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
GreenSquareAccord also offer a non-contractual performance-related bonus scheme. Further details will be made available upon joining, along with supporting documentation which can be found on the GreenSquareAccord intranet site.
How to apply
If you wish to apply for this role please email a copy of your up to date CV to (url removed) .
It is also recommended that you make your current Line Manager aware of any roles you are applying for within the organisation.
All individuals who apply to work at GreenSquareAccord are considered on their merits in line with our Diversity and Inclusion strategy and policy.
GreenSquareAccord are a Disability Confident Employer therefore we actively encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and try to provide access, adjustments, equipment or other practical support where required. All applicants with a disability who meet the `essential eligibility criteria` for the role, as detailed in the job description, are guaranteed an interview.
If you need any assistance, adjustments or adaptations throughout our selection processes please let us know.
