Do you have a passion for supporting people to rebuild their lives? We are recruiting for a Recovery Support Worker role in our Thornbury Road complex needs hostel, where you will be part of a team providing 24hr support to 16 clients at the start of their journey with us, supporting them towards greater independence. This role involves shift work, including evenings and weekends. In the role of Recovery Support Worker, you will be working with our clients on their road to recovery, aiding clients to gain the necessary skills to move on from our services and into suitable accommodation. You will assist a caseload of clients, supporting them to maintain independence in the community, build on their skills for employment, manage their own health needs, and look towards a brighter future. You will also have some housing management responsibilities as part of ensuring we deliver safe, high quality services. Please note, due to the needs of all our services, there is a requirement to work a shift rota, so flexibility is required. This will include some weekends and bank holidays, and the role will be service based with no home working. About you To succeed in this highly rewarding role you would benefit if you: Have an understanding of the issues faced by homeless or vulnerably housed people – you may have had personal experience of homelessness yourself. Have experience of helping vulnerable people to identify personal goals and supporting them through a process of change. Have a sound understanding of the support needs of people with low incomes, including rent payments/arrears and professional boundary issues. Be committed to our Recovery Ethos. However, above all we are looking for inspirational, committed individuals who have a genuine desire to support people to transform their lives. How to apply To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the ‘document’ tab on the advert page on our website. When you're ready to apply click the ‘Apply Now’ Button to start your online application form. Closing date: 10am on 30 January 2025 Interview and assessments on: 11 February 2025 About Us Our purpose is to end homelessness and rebuild lives. It drives everything that we do. For the past 55 years, we have been on the ground every day and every night, supporting people to recover from homelessness and advocating for change. We support around 28,000 people each year and our work means that more than 2,700 people have somewhere safe to stay each night. What We Offer We are working hard to create a diverse and fully inclusive culture where all colleagues feel valued, and we welcome applications from all under-represented groups. We believe that equity, diversity and inclusion improves the health, wellbeing and development of our colleagues and helps to ensure everyone feels valued. We know that when diversity, inclusion and wellbeing are prioritised, we are happier, healthier and can ultimately achieve better outcomes for our clients. Below are some of our key focus areas to improve both our candidate and colleague experience: A growing number of diversity networks including LGBTQ, Womens Action, Lived Experience and Anti-Racist networks. Increasing visibility by ensuring that all interview panels across the organisation are diversely represented to ensure fair and balanced decision making during the recruitment process. A safe and supportive working environment championing positive action via various internal schemes such as upward mentoring and a Steps into Management programme. Mandatory Diversity & Inclusion training for all staff, unconscious bias training for managers, and a range of other courses such as Trans awareness and Autism Awareness. In recognition of the importance of transparency, we publish our employee diversity statistics and pay gap reports on our website. Want to find out more? Click here to visit our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion page. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits to our colleagues to ensure wellbeing remains a key priority. Maintaining a good work life balance can be tricky, but with family friendly policies, flexible and agile working options and an incremental annual leave allowance, we are committed to making sure you have the options available as and when you need them. These include: Agile working model for suitable roles. Supportive flexitime and toil arrangements. 28 days annual leave rising to 31 after five years’ service. Family friendly leave policies including - maternity, adoption and parental leave. Carers leave, and 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 and access to SmartHealth app – 24/7 GP appointments, health checks and nutrition advice. Cycle to Work scheme and interest free season ticket loans. Discount vouchers including gym, retail, food & drink, travel, electricals and more. Want to find out more? Want to find out more? Click here to visit our Work For Us page. At St Mungo’s we are committed to providing development opportunities for all our colleagues. We welcome people with a wide range of experiences and value transferable skills so that we can provide the best support for people experiencing homelessness. That’s why we have a robust induction, training and development programme that supports colleagues throughout their career at St Mungo’s. These include: Highly praised internal training courses and access to external learning to build your skills and meet your professional development goals. Steps into Management programme to support colleague progression. Commitment to continued professional development with access to career development forums, internal mentoring and internal secondment opportunities. A DBS disclosure check is a requirement for this post and will be undertaken for the successful candidate. Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungo’s current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates. Documents