Relief Support Worker

4 weeks ago

Exeter, United Kingdom Salvation Army Housing Association (SAHA) Full time

**Relief Support Worker**

Location: Exeter

Department: Housing Services

**Salary**: £12.10 per hour

Hours Per Week - to be arranged

Closing date: 29th August 2023

**About The Role**

**Help us to support some of the most vulnerable people in Devon as they progress from being homeless, to being supported to being independent.**

**Exciting opportunity for a Relief Support Worker based in our supported housing service in Exeter.**

At saha, we are dedicated to providing comprehensive, good quality housing services, support and resettlement for people who are or have recently experienced homelessness and who are in need of support and accommodation. As a Relief Support Worker you will need to:

- Get to know and build the trust of our clients
- Help clients to live independently
- Encourage participation in social and leisure programmes
- Support residents with the practicalities of everyday living
- Waking Nights shifts included in the rota

**About You**

A Relief Support Worker will instinctively share Saha’s delivery values and behaviours, loving your work, helping people to thrive and always finding a way to be effective.

You will need to:

- Be a confident and capable communicator, not fazed by difficult situations
- Be able to build trusting, professional relationships and have a high level of resilience.
- Take an asset-based approach to empowering people to develop their skills, strengths and talents.
- Have good knowledge or experience of working with homeless people, and / or supporting vulnerable people or groups,
- Understand or learn about community resources and organisations that can help our clients
- Participate in our 24 hour shift rota system including waking nights shifts.
- Excellent assessment skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication and advocacy skills
- Organised and able to work on own initiative
- Able to be creative and proactive
- Makes a positive contribution to effective team working
- Problem solving skills and ability to demonstrate flexible working to overcome barriers
- Able to analyse and produce reports for presentation in a variety of formats
- A non-judgemental approach to working with homeless people
- Willingness to work outside of normal hours
- Able to be flexible on approach to work and adaptable to change
- A “can do “ approach to working with homeless people
- A Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Certificate will be required for this role.

**You may have experience of the following**:

- Housing association legislation
- Knowledge of community and volunteer resources
- Knowledge of supporting people legislation
- Experience of working in the Integrated Offender management Arena

**Benefits of working as a Relief Support worker**:
In return for helping to transform lives, we want to help you to transform your lifestyle by giving you access to some great benefits. This includes,
- Employee assistance programme
- Training opportunities to aide your own personal and professional development
- You will be allocated a Buddy during your Probationary Period and will receive regular 1:1 Supervision sessions and an Annual Appraisal with your Line Manager.

**About Us**

A registered social landlord and one of the leading providers of supported housing in the UK, Saha is dedicated to transforming lives by providing accommodation and support for some of the most vulnerable members of society - mainly people with complex needs and/or experiencing homelessness.

Our aim is to work with individuals to build on their strengths, creating person centred, individualised strategies and plans that transform lives, support recovery and enable positive behaviour. In order to succeed, however, we need the right people in place. Our workforce is one of our greatest assets, but only by recruiting the very best can we continue to deliver comprehensive, good quality housing services, support and resettlement. services to our residents. That’s where you come in.

**Job Type**: Freelance

**Salary**: From £12.10 per hour

Physical setting:

- Care home
- Extra care housing
- Residential home
- Sheltered housing

Shift:

- Day shift
- Night shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Exeter: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- These are Relief Support Workers position. Not full time, permanent. Do you agree?

**Experience**:

- Support Worker: 2 years (required)
- Housing services: 2 years (required)

**Language**:

- English (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Shift availability:

- Day shift (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 29/08/2023

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