Housing Support Mentor

5 months ago

Haverfordwest, United Kingdom Adferiad Recovery Full time

Adferiad Recovery delivers a new, flexible, and co-ordinated response to the exceptional circumstances faced by people with co-occurring mental health and substance misuse conditions and related issues. We harness the talents and experience of our founding and long-established leading Welsh Charities CAIS, Hafal, and WCADA in their fields, enabling our projects to meet the needs of our most vulnerable with a single, unified, and comprehensive approach.

**Contract**: 22.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday) Permanent

**Salary**:£21,507.75 per annum (Pro rata £12,904.65)

**Location**: Northgate House, Haverfordwest

A rare opportunity has arisen to join a dedicated and talented team who provide high quality and effective housing related/ floating support service for individuals experiencing substance use issues across the County of Pembrokeshire. The support will focus on an individual’s strengths enabling them to feel safe and secure with the long-term aim of them living substance free and independently in their own homes.

Staff are to work with service users in areas such as employment, training and education, debt management and daily living skills to promote wellbeing and a healthy lifestyle.

Staff will be expected to be flexible and work across the hours and days of service delivery and will be part of a rota of on-call service for out of hours provision where necessary.

**Main duties/responsibilities**:
Provide a variety of person centred, tailored interventions that support individuals with complex needs to find sustainable accommodation and develop their independent living skills.

Working with service users in a proactive time and task specific manner on a variety of issues to impact positively on issues relating to housing, employment, training and education, offending behaviour and social isolation.
- Manage a client caseload, and complete individual needs assessments, risk assessments, support plans and offer practical advice and advocacy to service users.
- Build and maintain positive relationships with individuals with complex needs to ensure successful support, to address the persons accommodation and wider support needs.
- Support service users to exercise informed choices about their lives where possible and to enhance their social skills and participate in their community.
- Support service users to identify the areas of support needed and identify the best option of support based on ongoing needs as outlined in their individual Support Plans.
- Work with service users to achieve their outcomes and the outcomes of the project, employing creative and innovative methods to meet these outcomes and, through their experience and resources, bring added value.
- To provide a service to the service user group that complements and enhances the service provision of the local housing providers and specialist substance misuse agencies in the context of the Housing Support Grant initiative.
- Liaise with relevant services, organisations and agencies with regards to accessing additional support for service users.
- To enable service users to administer their financial affairs as appropriate, working within FCA guidelines.
- To maintain up to date case management and review records as required, alongside the case management policy.
- To participate in the provision of an on-call service.

**What you’ll get in return**:

- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata)
- Option to purchase additional annual leave
- Life assurance
- Pension Contribution scheme
- Continuous service rewards
- Refer a friend scheme
- Employee benefit platform giving access to a wide range of perks, including shopping discounts at 100s of big-brand retailers
- Health and Wellbeing Staff Service
- Money Advice Service
- Quarterly Health and Wellbeing Staff Raffle
- Christmas Hampers and Birthday Gifts
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Vehicle Purchase Scheme
- Technology Purchase Scheme
- Free breakfast at Adferiad Recovery Offices and Project Buildings
- Employee Events
- Bupa Healthcare Package
- Volunteering Opportunities

**Person Specification**:
Qualified/willing to work towards NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or hold equivalent qualifications

Experience of working with vulnerable client groups and/ or those facing housing difficulties (OR)

Experience of working in community based services (OR)

Experience of working with people with housing difficulties

Knowledge of substance misuse issues

Knowledge of Housing, offending and employment issues

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

**Salary**: £21,507.75 per year

Expected hours: No more than 22.5 per week

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring programme
- Financial planning services
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- Referral programme
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- Support Environment: 1 year

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