We are seeking to recruit Support workers with proven experience in Refuge Settings and in DA settings for short and long term Contracts in and outside London .

Candidate Requirements: -

• Right to work (valid Passport or Valid Visa)
• An Enhanced DBS
• Annual Mandatory Training Certificates 
• 3 Professionals References
• Immunisation Records
• Recent work experience in UK 

Your Key responsibilities will include:

• To deliver housing related support to adults with a range of needs, to understand their strengths and build on these to help clients meet their aspirations in a range of areas of interest and value to the individual. 
• Improve each client’s quality of life; prevent homelessness through promoting or maintaining independent living skills and appropriate move on.
• Provide relevant support in accordance with the client’s range of needs via support and safety planning and aspirations assessments and through one-to-one keywork sessions.
• Assist service users to attend educational, leisure and health related activities, accompanying as appropriate
• To maintain accurate service users’ records and all other records relating to the upkeep and maintenance of the service. This includes electronic based records on our organisational system.
• To carry our Housing Management functions including the collection and management of rent, reporting of repairs and managing the beginning and end of tenancies/licences at the schemes.
• Encourage and promote effective multi-agency working to ensure that the risks of services users are mitigated and that the needs and aspirations of service users are met to a high standard, including establishing close contacts with various communities, statutory and voluntary organisations.
• To assist with domestic tasks, when appropriate
• Have knowledge of and follow relevant legislation, policies and procedures.
• To take part in regular supervisions and annual appraisals, and seek out and take up opportunities for continuous professional development within the service, organisation and externally

Key Skills will include: -

• Excellent interpersonal skills and relationship management skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Creative Problem-Solving skills including Conflict Resolution.
• Organisation and Planning skill to deliver multiple priorities to tight deadlines
• Creativity in engaging residents to co-produce initiatives to engage individuals via activity and event planning
• Ability to use a range of approaches to ensure effective person-centred support planning.
• Ability to maximise independence by motivating and supporting service users towards their goals.
• Ability to travel and work across the services when required.