About The Role
Exciting opportunity for a Project Worker – housing, based across two of our services in Newhaven and Eastbourne. Key working across both sites, you will offer support to the young women who are pregnant or have a child up to the age of 5 years who are homeless or who have recently experienced homelessness at our East Sussex Young Parent Service.
At Salvation Army Homes we are dedicated to providing comprehensive, good quality housing services, support and resettlement.
The Project Worker will be working with young people who have experienced homelessness in a psychologically informed environment (training provided) and will engage creatively with clients to:
* Grow their strengths and talents
* Provide parenting support and safeguarding
* Develop their skills and resources to transform their lives
* Support tenancy sustainment
* Improve understanding of financial management
* Enable better health and wellbeing
* Assist in moving on to independent living
About You
You will instinctively work in a manner that aligns fully with Salvation Army Homes values and behaviours, demonstrating energy and passion, along with a positive, can-do attitude in your daily contribution to transforming lives.
You will be able to:
* Motivate young people to recognise and unlock their talents to enable them to achieve their full potential.
* Engage and relate to young people aged 16-25 years.
* Build trusting, professional relationships and have a high level of resilience.
* Take an asset-based approach to empowering people to develop their skills, strengths and talents.
* Support clients to sustain their accommodation and manage their license agreement.
* Have good knowledge or experience of working with homeless people, and/or supporting vulnerable people or groups.
* Have a good idea of the wider community resources and organisations available to support our clients and be comfortable dealing with difficult or complex situations.
* Apply safeguarding principles and practices which will be at the core of your work.
* Participate in a two-week rolling rota Monday - Friday with shift work between the hours of 9am - 9.30pm, including an on-call rota offering support in this 24/7 setting.
Benefits of working as a Project Worker:
* £100 when you start work, plus £250 at 6 months’ service and another £250 at 12 months’ service (for permanent staff)
* 26 days annual leave rising to 31 days
* An extra day off on your birthday
* A High Street discount scheme (great savings both on and off-line)
* Pension with life assurance
* Discounted private medical insurance
* Loans available for financial emergencies
* Occupational Sick Pay
* A full Induction package and training relevant to the role
* Long service awards from 2.5 years
* Support to learn and develop your career
About Us
A registered social landlord and one of the leading providers of supported housing in the UK, Salvation Army Homes is dedicated to transforming lives by providing accommodation and support for some of the most vulnerable members of society - mainly people with complex needs and/or experiencing homelessness.
Our aim is to work with individuals to build on their strengths, creating person-centred, individualised strategies and plans that transform lives, support recovery and enable positive behaviour. In order to succeed, however, we need the right people in place. Our workforce is one of our greatest assets, but only by recruiting the very best can we continue to deliver comprehensive, good quality housing services, support and resettlement services to our residents. That’s where you come in.
As an equal opportunities’ employer, Salvation Army Homes is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We invite and welcome applications to apply for Salvation Army Homes opportunities without concern of bias or discrimination.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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