Female Housing Support Worker

Due to the nature of this post the role is open to female applicants only.

This post is open to female applicants only as being female is a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Salary of £12.00 per hour will be backdated to 1/4/24 upon receipt of funding from the local authorities. Salary payable until then is £11.00 per hour.

Core purpose of the role:

Empowering and equipping individuals experiencing addiction, mental health, relationship and financial issues to move on from homeless accommodation.

Employee Benefits include:

• Excellent Learning and Development opportunities and strong Support & Leadership.
  Employee Discount Schemes and Referral Recruitment Bonus.
  Contributory Pension Scheme and 4 x Annual Salary Life Assurance benefit.
  Employee Health Assured assistance programme.
  Eligible in work travel payments.
  Opportunity to shadow and observe from experienced Support Workers.
  Competitive rates of pay and 37 days paid holiday.
  As an Employee-Owned organisation eligible employees are owners of Aspire via the Trust.

Key responsibilities of the role may include:

• To support and enable individuals to maintain their accommodation develop budgeting skills, cook nutritional meals and managing their home.
• Signposting and sourcing appropriate services such as Health Care, Housing Associations, Case Workers, Addiction/Recovery Services.
• To carry out assessments and reviews of support needs as and when necessary due to the changing needs and aspirations of individuals.
• To carry out Risk Enablement Plans as and when necessary due to the changing needs and aspirations of individuals.
• Working with individuals to achieve their desired Support & Development Goals through use of an Outcome Measurement Framework called Better Futures.
• To support individuals to improve their quality of life.

Essential experience, knowledge and skills for this role include:

• Excellent organisational and time management.
• Strong IT skills.
• Good numeracy, literacy and verbal communication skills.
• Clear understanding of Health & Social Care Standards.
• Ability to work well under pressure and as part of a team in a dynamic and fastpaced homeless accommodation setting.
• At least 1 years personal or professional experience in a comparable role with transferable skills is preferred for this post.

Desirable qualities, qualifications and experience for this role include:

• Ability to use your personal skills to help individuals develop.
• SVQ 2 or 3 in Health & Social Care or a commitment to undertaking this qualification.
• Registration with Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) or a commitment to become registered within six months of commencing role.
• If you would like a rewarding career with a living wage employer and want to be part of a team creating better futures apply now to complete application part 1 and 2 today on our website.