Housing Support Worker

2 weeks ago


Truro, United Kingdom We Are With You Full time

Our team in Cornwall are recruiting for Housing Support Worker, to join them in providing high quality support to a diverse service user group. If you are enthusiastic and passionate about changing people’s lives for the better, we’d love to hear from you.

You will be an empathic individual who possesses excellent communication skills alongside the knowledge and understanding of issues that may lead to homelessness and substance misuse. We are looking for someone who can build effective relationships with our clients and other external stakeholders and be able to manage their time effectively. You will have demonstrable experience working in fields of outreach, housing/homelessness, criminal justice or other specialist settings and a successful track record of working with substance misuse service users. Above all, we are looking for someone who is passionate about what we do, with a positive and engaging approach to our service users and staff.

**Diversity statement**

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.

**REQUIRED SKILLS**:

- Demonstrable experience of working in the the fields of outreach, housing/homelessness health, social care, criminal justice, domestic abuse or other specialist setting
- Successful track record of working with substance misuse service users particularly those with issues relating to rough sleeping and housing
- Knowledge and understanding of issues that may lead to homelessness and substance use
- Abilty to build effective relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders
- Organised and excellent time management skills
- IT skills, including Word,Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and digital media
- Excellent communication skills

**ABOUT THE COMPANY**:
Everyone should feel comfortable getting the support they need for issues with drugs, alcohol or mental health.

At We Are With You we work with people on their own goals, whether that’s staying safe and healthy, making small changes or stopping an unwanted habit altogether. We give people support in a way that’s right for them either face to face in their local service, community or online.

We provide a free and confidential service without judgement to more than 100,000 people a year.

We use our expertise to improve the help available and raise awareness around drugs, alcohol and mental health so that more people can get support.

**We Are With You.**

**BENEFITS**:

- Competitive salary
- 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
- 2 days paid volunteer leave per year
- Auto-enrollment into We Are With You’s pension scheme
- Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands
- Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing
- We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a £500 bonus for any recommendations, any role Our scheme allows you to recommend your friends and family to work with us and earn a £500 bonus payment for every successful referral you make. Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable if your recommended friend completes their 6 months probation period.



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