Project Worker

**Project Worker, Leicester Temporary Accommodation**

**17.5 hours per week, working Wednesday afternoon, Thursday and Friday 9-5pm**

**Based at Maidstone House in Leicester**

**Salary: £11,720.50 - £13,022.50 per annum (Pro rata for Part time)**

**The role**

We have a fantastic opportunity to join our team providing support and intensive housing management services to residents living with us in our dispersed temporary accommodation within Leicester City.

This is an incredibly rewarding role supporting people who have found themselves without accommodation and helping them to move on in their accommodation journey.

The successful applicant will have excellent communication skills to be able to provide advice, support and intensive housing management services for our residents.

You will be required to work flexibly in accommodation based and community settings due to the demand of the role and will work as part of a Specialist Housing Team.

This includes working in a diverse & sensitive service to enable the residents maximise their independence, maintain their accommodation, and seek and secure appropriate move on accommodation.

The successful applicant will have a relevant qualifications and demonstrable experience of working with vulnerable people / or be committed to personal development within the workplace and be willing to work towards qualifications.

Good communication skills are essential as well as the ability to deal with possible difficult situations. You will have excellent knowledge of Housing and support related work and be flexible to client’s needs. You will be a people person who can work well on your own initiative.

**Our values**

Our values are important to us and we’re looking for people who can help live our values of Integrity, Diversity, Openness, Accountability, Clarity and Excellence.

**Company Benefits**

Our generous package includes:

- Competitive salary
- Contributory pension scheme
- Health cash plan - BHSF
- 34 days’ annual leave (including statutory days), increasing with length of service (pro-rata for part time)
- Flexible working
- A wide range of training and development opportunities (we are an Investors in People accredited organisation)

emh homes is part of emh, one of the largest and most successful providers of affordable housing and housing-related support services in the East Midlands.

We have been providing good quality affordable homes to individuals and families in the East Midlands since 1946.

But there is more to our work than looking after your home. We also help create communities where you can feel safe and supported.

We do this by:

- Listening to your ideas and views about how you want our services to be delivered. No-one understands what matters most than you. Our resident groups let you have a say in how we manage your home and allows us to continually improve our services.
- Backing up our housing with a range of support services and sheltered housing for residents who need help to live securely and independently.