Relational Support Practitioner for Vulnerable Females

3 weeks ago


Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom New Start Full time

New Start is a family-run, not-for-profit organisation providing residential and supported accommodation services for vulnerable adults, families, children, and young people. We deliver a diverse range of homelessness projects and temporary housing solutions, helping some of the most complex and disadvantaged groups across Merseyside.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a skilled Relational Support Practitioner to join our Adults Services team. As a key member of our team, you will provide practical and emotional support to vulnerable female residents accessing our service to achieve the following outcomes:

  1. Reduced harm associated with substance misuse
  2. Reduced offending and anti-social behaviour
  3. Improved engagement with treatment services
  4. Improved health and wellbeing
  5. Clear resettlement plan
  6. Encourage residents to engage in a timetable of internal/external activities
  7. Manage caseload ensuring best possible outcomes for residents
  8. Empower residents to fulfil their potential by overcoming various barriers in their lives to work towards recovery

Responsibilities:

As a Relational Support Practitioner, your key responsibilities will include:

  1. Empowering service users to work towards aspirations as part of their plan for a positive and sustainable future, and to achieve their targets as defined within their recovery plan
  2. Promoting and facilitating therapeutic support to service users in a harm-reduction setting
  3. Supporting service users to maintain contact and/or engage with specialist agencies such as primary care and mental health services
  4. Promoting involvement in accessing on-site and external activities
  5. Encouraging supportive group-living environments that empower service users to participate in, and feel part of, the community
  6. Facilitating positive recreational time for service users
  7. Overseeing the safety and security of the building, service users, and visitors at the project
  8. Supporting residents to become tenancy-ready, in preparation for a move onto suitable accommodation
  9. Ensuring that referrals to the service are encouraged through effective joint working, and are managed efficiently to ensure maximum occupancy levels are achieved and maintained

Requirements:

To be successful in this role, you will need to have:

  1. Demonstrable experience in a similar post supporting vulnerable individuals in either a female-only or harm-reduction setting
  2. NVQ Level 3 in Housing/Health and Social Care
  3. Ability to accurately record information within case notes and support plans
  4. Experience of assessing the needs of vulnerable adults specifically with those who are at risk of homelessness
  5. Experience of working collaboratively with other agencies both voluntary and statutory
  6. Experience of resettlement programmes and/or move-on planning
  7. An understanding of the impact of factors such as single homelessness, harm reduction, domestic violence, mental health, and complex needs on individuals
  8. A good understanding of current Health & Safety legislation
  9. Excellent communication skills; a calm and confident manner

About New Start:

New Start is a family-run, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing residential and supported accommodation services for vulnerable adults, families, children, and young people. We deliver a diverse range of homelessness projects and temporary housing solutions, helping some of the most complex and disadvantaged groups across Merseyside.



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