Women's Support Specialist

4 weeks ago


Rochdale, Rochdale, United Kingdom Regenda Group Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Women's Support Worker to join our team at Petrus, a charitable organisation providing support services for people facing homelessness or in housing need.

As a Women's Support Worker, you will work proactively with female service users who have been homeless and have complex needs, to sustain their tenancies and move on into independence.

You will assess service users' needs, plan and deliver effective, stimulating, and dynamic support, and work empathetically to empower services users, actively engaging them with the community, helping them to support each other, develop resilience, live independently, and to be an asset to the community.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide support to female service users at our Women's only supported housing projects
  • Assess service users' needs and plan and deliver effective, stimulating, and dynamic support
  • Work empathetically to empower services users, actively engaging them with the community
  • Help services users to support each other, develop resilience, live independently, and to be an asset to the community

Requirements:

  • Demonstrable support worker experience, preferably working with women who have been homeless and / or have complex needs
  • Ability to assess service users' needs and plan and deliver effective, stimulating, and dynamic support
  • Solid organisational skills, with experience in timekeeping, planning your workload, and managing workloads effectively

About Us:

Petrus provides support services for people facing homelessness or in housing need. We are a charitable organisation and deliver both drop in and residential services in Rochdale and Oldham.

We believe people should have access to safe, secure, quality housing. We help people to develop skills, independence and make positive choices. We believe collaboration with other agencies and organisations is key to creating a world where everyone has a safe place to live.

Petrus is part of The Regenda Group; we work in places where we can make a difference and operate across the housing and construction sector, in care and support, and in education, training and careers.

What We Offer:

  • A range of flexible working options
  • 25 days paid annual leave each year (rising to 27 days after three years) in addition to 8 bank holidays
  • 6 additional days for volunteering
  • 5% Employers Contribution to the Pension Scheme
  • £250 annual 'Live and Learn' allowance to spend on learning any new skill
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay schemes
  • Employee Assistance Programme and health and wellbeing initiatives
  • A wide variety of exciting learning and development opportunities
  • Interest free loans to assist with the purchase of computer equipment and travel season tickets
  • Monthly staff lottery scheme

We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and minority ethnic candidates as they are currently under-represented within our organisation.



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