Housing Support Worker homelessness Charity full

3 months ago

Derby, United Kingdom High5 Recruitment Full time

**Recruiting Housing Support Workers for a homelessness for charity in Derby**
- No qualifications required
- No experience required

**This is a full-time role, **35-hours per week and will require you to work off campus on occasion, so you will need to have access to your own transport.

**Hours and shifts**:

- **Seven-day rolling rota**:

- **Between** 8:15am and 9:45pm
- Full-Time - Permanent
- **Weekends, evenings and Bank Holidays on a rota**

**Day to day responsibilities**:

- To work as part of the **Housing Team **to provide a compassionate and effective service
- Build and maintain professional relationships with a wide range of people from diverse backgrounds including young people and adults who may have experienced trauma and who may be at risk
- Advocate for the rights of our children, young people and adults to influence positive change in their circumstances
- Supporting the delivery of creative and engaging group activity sessions
- Organising and providing appropriate support for people preparing to move-on to greater independence, including support through the move and resettlement into their new home
- Protect people from abuse or harm, safeguarding
- Supporting emotional, mental and physical health needs including building self-esteem and helping to rebuild and repair earlier damage
- To work alongside other housing, health and social care professionals, benefits, welfare and advocacy agencies, and other landlords as appropriate to meet the needs of our residents
- Collect, analyse and accurately record information using our inhouse systems
- To take responsibility for your own professional development
- To support with the delivery and operation of a range of Housing Management functions including supporting residents to understand and adhere to the terms of their licence agreements, collecting and processing rent payments, room checks, supporting engagement with resident meetings, and health and safety

**or this role you will need**:

- **Access to your own transport (essential)**:

- Knowledge of the housing sector (preferred)
- Knowledge of homelessness
- Experience of working with marginalised/disadvantaged groups
- Knowledge of benefit entitlement

**We provide 193 beds every night to young individuals** who are at risk of facing homelessness across Derby and Derbyshire.

**We provide not only a bed **but also access to training and education courses, a business mentor, volunteering and work experience opportunities.

**Our aim** is to support people who stay with us to enter employment and move on to live independently. We do this through 1-1 support with finances, getting into work, cooking skills, mental health provisions and much more.

**We are proud of the positive impact we have on many young people’s lives**

**Essential Skills**:

- **Resilience and stamina - **You may encounter some challenging behaviour
- **Empathy**:

- You must be able to put yourself in our residents shoes and understand the trauma they have experienced
- Good listener, communicator, and collaborator
- Written and IT skills
- Influential

**The benefits of working for our charity**:

- Exceptional career opportunities
- Team-building/and fundraising events
- Sports and leisure activities
- Cooking, baking, arts and crafts
- Celebrating birthdays and special occasions
- Seeing the difference you make to an individuals life
- Rich rewards beyond a good salary
- Comprehensive Training Program
- We have high-staff retention rates and a good track record on diversity and inclusivity
- 33 days annual leave including Bank Holidays
- 3% pension contributions
- Childcare vouchers
- Bike to work scheme
- Life Assurance Scheme
- Pets at Work Program
- Birthday leave
- Eye test contributions

**Although you do not require qualifications or experience **to work as our Housing Support Worker, we will still be looking at CVs and identifying any transferable skills, knowledge and experience from paid and volunteering positions you have held.

**This role is immediately vacant,** pending satisfactory references and DBS check.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: From £21,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Canteen
- Casual dress
- Childcare
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Flexitime
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Please do not proceed to answer these questions should you require sponsorship - Thank you
- Do you have access to your own vehicle?
- Do you have a DBS on the electronic update service?
- Are you able to provide x2 employment/professional references when required?
- Have you any experience or knowledge of the housing sector?
- Have you any experience or knowledge of homelessness and signposting services?
- How soon could you commence employment?
- Have you taken note of the working times?

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: H5RHOUSINGDBY

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