Housing Worker

4 weeks ago

Didcot, United Kingdom Oxfordshire Mind Full time

**HOUSING WORKER**

**Hours**: 37 Hours Per Week (Full Time)

**Salary**: £27,376-£29,463 Salary dependent on skills, experience and knowledge.

**Contract**: Permanent

**Base**: Didcot (Coverage of multiple sites may be required involving travel between locations)

**Who we are, and what we do**
- We’re Oxfordshire Mind, the mental health charity, operating across Oxfordshire and Berkshire West.
- Our passionate employees and dedicated volunteers are helping people with mental health issues find somewhere to turn for advice, information, and support.
- We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health issue gets both support and respect.

**Why work for us?**
- We offer a friendly working environment and are committed to staff wellbeing.
- We are devoted to equity, diversity, inclusion, and equality, with staff working groups and support groups.

**Here is a taste of what we offer**:

- Generous holiday allowance, 28 days plus 8 bank holidays, increasing after 5 years
- Contribute to pension scheme
- Ensuring growth and development of our staff along their career journey
- Free support package from Health Assured for you and your family
- Great discounts and cash back card schemes

**What will you do?**

The Housing Team provide day to day support for around 90 adult residents and manage the maintenance of 21 properties across Oxfordshire. Core support is provided Monday to Friday, 9-5, with staff rotation for an on-call service out of hours for emergencies. The team supports residents to develop greater levels of independent living skills and improve their physical health and mental wellbeing. To be able to move to independent housing within a couple of years. You will provide flexible, proactive and assertive support, to residents of our housing projects, which promotes recovery and independence within a positive risk management approach to adults (16+) with serious and enduring mental health issues who are resident in Oxfordshire.

**Key responsibilities**
- Assessment of mental health needs & risk
- Creation and management of appropriate strategies to manage risks for individuals and environment
- Providing proactive individual support planning and case management in conjunction with residents and external stakeholders
- Property and housing management including health and safety responsibilities, fire safety checks and arranging repairs to maintain a safe environment
- Record keeping and administration
- Interagency working and liaison
- Promotion of community interaction to improve physical and mental wellbeing
- Formulate and see through plans for residents to move on to more long-term resident accommodation within commissioned timeframes

We expect all of our employees to:

- Understand and implement all safeguarding policies and procedures in relation to working with children, young people and adults at risk of harm
- Enhance equity, diversity, inclusion and equality within our work
- Involving people with lived experience of mental health problems in every aspect of our work

This is not an exhaustive list and employees may be required to perform activities not listed here.

**Who you are**

Open - **Are you open to help people realise their potential?**

Together, partnership -** Are you a team player?**

Responsive - **Are you a good listener?**

Independent - **Do you have the confidence to speak out fearlessly?**

Unstoppable - **Do you have a positive, never give up attitude?**

If this sounds like you, we want to hear from you

**Applicants should respond explicitly to each of the points listed in the Person Specification / Selection Criteria below. The shortlisting panel make their decisions based on this information and no assumptions about your skills or experience will be made.**

**Essential Experience**

a) An understanding of the issues for people with mental health issues living in the community.

b) Knowledge of the housing sector.

c) Experience of working with people with mental health issues.

d) Experience of working in a housing or residential setting.

e) Experience of working with people with multiple support needs such as a history of not engaging with services, non-compliance with medication, substance misuse, self-harm, neglect or challenging behaviour.

f) Experience of working with individuals, enabling them to identify their own goals to support personal wellbeing and recovery, and the ability to support them in pursuing these.

g) The ability to take responsibility for your own work and make yourself accountable.

h) Good team working skills such as listening and constructive feedback.

i) Ability to use your initiative.

j) Ability to organise and prioritise work.

k) Competent level of administrative and computer skills.

l) Ability to work flexibly.

m) Strong communication skills.

n) Knowledge/Understanding of our values:

- Striving to make mental health services more human
- Working alongside people to help them realise their potential
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