Specialist Support Worker

4 weeks ago

St Albans, United Kingdom Peabody Full time

Salary
** £22,191 + £73.89 per sleep-in**

Location
** St Albans**

Contract type
** Permanent**

Weekly hours
** 37.5 day hours plus 2 sleep-ins per week**

**What we’re looking for**:

- Do you have previous experience of working in a similar role or the passion and desire to work with vulnerable and complex young people?
- Do you have good IT skills and the ability to manage a complex caseload?
- Are you a strong communicator with excellent people skills?

If so, this role is perfect for you

Here at Peabody, we have opportunities for two Specialist Support Workers to join us on a Permanent basis at our scheme in St Albans.

**A bit about the role**:
As a Specialist Support Worker, you will work with a team of motivated, compassionate, and dedicated colleagues to help young people prepare to live independently. Your role is to support a case load of 16-25-year-olds, all with varying needs, so they are ready to live independently after 18 months. When someone is ready to move on, you will assist them with accessing the housing register or looking for suitable privately rented accommodation. If you’ve ever wanted a job where you can really make a positive difference to someone’s life, then this is it Some of the key results for the role include:

- Work closely with your Senior Project Worker and a range of external agencies in engaging young people in their support programme and achieving their goals.
- Plan and deliver fun and meaningful activities for young people living at the project, whilst adhering to safeguarding and health and safety procedures.
- Keep the project clean and tidy and closely monitor rent accounts and follow the projects arrears procedure.
- Bring a discreet and sensitive approach with strong professional boundaries and be able to confidently deal with tense and difficult situations.
- Commit to some unsociable hours and nightwork.
- Have an understanding of safeguarding and knowledge of the benefit system (not essential).
- This role will require an Enhanced DBS check, a UK driver’s licence and access to a vehicle._

**Please note, you will be required to work a combination of day hours and sleep-in shifts across a rolling two-week rota, which will include some evenings, weekends and bank holidays.**

**A bit about us**:
160 years after it was established, Peabody is one of the oldest not-for-profit housing associations in the UK.

The Peabody Group is responsible for more than 107,000 homes, with around 220,000 residents across London and the Home Counties. We also have around 20,000 care and support customers.

Our purpose is to help people flourish, and we are getting closer to residents by taking a local approach.

We are committed to delivering a responsive and easily accessible repairs service and investing in our existing homes so they are safe and well maintained. Our retrofit projects will make thousands of our homes more energy efficient.

We work with councils and communities to promote economic inclusion, tackle inequality and poverty, and prioritise wellbeing.

Here just a few of the benefits for working at Peabody:

- Up to 25 days’ annual holiday plus bank holidays
- Flexible benefits scheme, including options for Healthcare, Dental care, Critical illness cover, vouchers, technology scheme and access to a discount portal.
- 4 x Life Assurance
- Sleep in allowance (if applicable to role)
- Competitive salaries that are benchmarked regularly against current market rates
- Professional development by access to "paid for" apprenticeship programs and qualifications
- Two additional paid volunteering days each year
- Family friendly policies
- Up to 10% pension contribution matched 1:1

**Are you ready to apply?**

PLEASE NOTE: As an employer, Peabody does not provide sponsorship as a licenced UK employer.

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