Living Skills Worker
5 days ago
**Living Skills Worker**
**Based in Westminster**
**Salary is £21,255 plus London allowance**
**Working Pattern to be confirmed**
Want to make a real difference to the lives of people? For over 90 years, The Riverside Group has been providing affordable housing across the UK to people as well as care for the elderly and support for those who face homelessness.
**The difference you’ll make**
Support customers to learn about the most practical tasks in and around the home. Help to design and run life skills workshops taking in to account a diverse range of need and ability. Mentor customers around simple day to day home maintenance issues. Actively involve customers in the regular building Health and Safety checks, and other customer participation in the service.
**So, who are you?**
Experience of working with a vulnerable client group, including those experiencing mental health issues. An understanding of the person-centred approach. A practical understanding of basic household maintenance. The ability to work with customers in both a one to one and group setting
Reasonable IT skills.
**Enjoy the rewards**
Working with us, you’ll enjoy competitive pay, 28 days holidays plus bank holidays, a wide range of benefits, flexible working, and the chance to learn valuable new skills. We empower our people to do great work by investing in learning, personal development, and technology.
If you’re the kind of person that wants to do a really great job and make a difference to our customers, we think you’ll love it here. Sound like a challenge you’d like to take on? Then get in touch and let’s talk about how you can help us transform lives and revitalise neighbourhoods.
We encourage applicants from all sections of the community so that we can truly reflect the neighbourhoods in which we work.
**Role Profile**
The focus of the job is supporting customers to engage in all aspects of life skills activity and community engagement, and preparation for a successful move to lower supported or independent accommodation. You will be working as part of team and supporting the activities and move-on coordinators and key workers.
You will be asked to:
- Support customers to learn about the most practical tasks in and around the home.
- Help to design and run life skills workshops taking in to account a diverse range of need and ability
- Mentor customers around simple day to day home maintenance issues
- Actively involve customers in the regular building Health and Safety checks, and other customer participation in the service.
- Assist customers with budgeting for current needs and looking ahead to budgeting to purchase goods for their new homes, and budgeting so that they can manage their new accommodation.
- Support customers to go out and about, attend appointments and develop community links.
Essential requirements:
- Experience of working with a vulnerable client group, including those experiencing mental health issues.
- An understanding of the person-centred approach
- A practical understanding of basic household maintenance
- The ability to work with customers in both a one to one and group setting
- Reasonable IT skills.
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