Our well-established Mental Health Floating Support Service in Ceredigion is looking for a Floating Support Worker to join their team on a part-time (30), permanent basis.
Our Mental Health service in Ceredigion involves working with vulnerable people in their homes to prevent homelessness and develop skills needed to maintain their tenancies. This service specifically supports those who are experiencing mental health conditions. You will be helping people achieve their goals and make a very real and difference to their lives. If you have a passion for supporting people and are energetic, motivated and compassionate and you would like the opportunity to make a positive difference to the people we support, then please read on…
Job Specifics:
Part Time – 30 hours
Permanent Contract
Salary FTE - £24,531.00
Work Pattern: Mon - Fri
It is essential for the successful candidate to have a full drivers licence and access to a vehicle.
What’s great about the role?
Become a Difference Maker with Pobl and provide support that enables people to live autonomously, help improve their financial capability and retain independence, dignity, respect and inclusion in the community. We use a systems thinking approach to provide demand led support around what matters the most to our service users.
Our Ceredigion Mental Health Floating Support service supports individuals in their homes or temporary accommodation across Ceredigion. Our Floating Support Workers help prevent homelessness in Ceredigion, providing support to individuals to manage debt, promote health and wellbeing and empower them to make positive choices. Developing the key skills needed to prevent homelessness, improve financial capability and to maintain their homes in the community and achieve positive progression.
Your Day will consist of:
Managing your own caseload
Traveling to the people we support’s homes
Engaging and interacting with the people we support to establish goals to work towards, write up support plans and risk assessments
Providing advice on finances, health, welfare benefits, housing options and tenancy management skills
Supporting with housing issues such as rent arrears and applying for grants for white goods
Working with external agencies, especially Housing Options in Ceredigion and signposting the people we support to the appropriate services suited to their needs
Helping with the running of group activities, such as cooking on a budget
Supporting clients to make and accompanying them to appointments such as GP appointments
Our aim is to ensure we equip these individuals with the confidence, knowledge, and tools they need to manage their home independently, so it is essential that we teach them how and not do it for them. This is a challenging role and you will be faced with varying needs which can lead to frustrations when there is a lack of understanding of the housing issues, the people we support, face. You will work with a range of different personalities and behaviours so you will need to be able to adapt your approach to engage with a diverse cliental as well as have an awareness of the issues faced by people at risk of homelessness.
Who we are looking for:
Please demonstrate in your application form how you:
Have good organisation, IT and record keeping skills
Can work part of a team and on an individual basis
Deal with difficult situations
Have good listening skills
Driver's licence & car use for work is essential
Knowledge and experience of working with individuals suffering with mental health.
Knowledge and experience of working with homelessness, housing & tenancy related issues.
Knowledge and experience of partnership working.
To be a great Support Worker, you need energy, enthusiasm, integrity and to treat people with dignity and respect. You need to be reliable because people are depending on you. You also need to be a great communicator, both verbally and in writing and have basic IT and numerical skills.
You don’t always need previous experience or qualifications. A good understanding of housing related support and welfare benefits, or awareness of issues faced by people at risk of homelessness would be useful in the role.
Pobl Benefits:
26 days holiday, pro rata entitlement plus Bank holidays
Pension scheme
Sick Pay
Mileage is paid at 45p per mile
Enhanced DBS which we will pay for.
Colleague Referral Scheme (£250 per referral)
Time for Talking – a free counselling service
Health Cash Plan
Savings Scheme
Long Service Awards
Electric Vehicle Lease Schemes
Cycle to work scheme
Eyecare plan
Give as You Earn charity donation scheme
Training and progression opportunities