Are you looking for a development opportunity in a 6-month fixed term senior support worker role ending in August 2025, and are passionate about making a real difference through supporting vulnerable people?
As well as having experience in supporting vulnerable people to achieve independent living, you must have a clear understanding of why people become homeless, and the needs and challenges they face.
You will be required to take on a caseload of complex needs customers, with responsibility for key working, coordinating support packages, and proactively ensuring all required tasks and activities are completed.
You will be part of a dedicated and supportive team and will need to demonstrate a positive and inclusive approach and be nonjudgmental.
Based in West Croydon, this service supports young people aged 16-22 years to gain life skills and be able to live independently.
The aim of the role is to support and empower our customers to increase their life skills, self-management, and confidence to successfully sustain independent living. This is achieved through the provision of individualized support, tailored to the specific needs of the homeless adults and young people who use our services.
Our customers come with a range of support needs, such as those associated with mental health, care leaver status, probation, ex-offending, domestic violence, learning disabilities, and asylum seeking.
You will join a lively, supportive, and friendly team to work together to provide an excellent service for our young people.
You will be required to support a caseload of at least 8-10 customers to:
1. Identify their strengths as part of our asset-based approach and identify their needs, opportunities, rights, and responsibilities to enable them to move onto independent living.
2. Plan and set targets to achieve and take appropriate action to meet their goals and aspirations.
3. Take part in activities and provide them with opportunities that generate aspiration and confidence.
4. Conduct weekly health and safety checks.
5. Participate in reflective practice.
6. Take minutes and chair team meetings.
7. Mentor and support new staff.
8. Take lead on shift in the absence of management.
A key part of the role is enabling customers to gain necessary support from other agencies, so you will need to be able to network/build relationships with those in other organisations. You need knowledge of safeguarding and how this may apply in a busy day-to-day work environment, with a good understanding and approach to dealing with challenging behaviour.
Evolve Housing + Support is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including people who have experienced homelessness themselves. Equality, diversity, and inclusion are key objectives for us, and we reflect this in our recruitment practices, actively seeking applications from all parts of the community regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or disability.
You will need to have the correct right to work in the UK in place, as Evolve does not have a sponsorship license.
Please ensure that your answers give a clear outline of how your application meets the criteria for this role using the included job description and person specification.
You will need to be able to work shifts on a pre-planned rolling rota - 5/7 days a week including mornings (from 7am), evenings (to 10pm) - these also include mid shifts and weekends.
In return, we can offer you:
* Over 6 weeks holiday per annum (rising with service).
* Ability to buy or sell additional one week holiday per annum.
* Employer contributory pension scheme.
* 4 x Life Assurance.
* Medical Cash Back Plan.
* Yulife Employee Assistance & Rewards Programme.
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