Supported Housing Worker

Julian House is a charity dedicated to making a difference to the lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in society. We are currently seeking a like-minded and enthusiastic Supported Housing Worker to join our dynamic team on a permanent basis.
If youd like a real sense of job satisfaction, great career prospects and a competitive benefits package, you could be who were looking for

**Job Role**: Supported Housing Worker
**Salary**: £22,000 £23,345 (based on experience)
**Hours**: Full-time 37.5 per week
**Working Pattern**: 5 days a week, participate in an out of hours call rota.
**Contract type**: Permanent
**Location**: Dorset

**The Role**:
This role is based in a 6 unit property called Roundhayes that will be used to accommodate individuals with a recent history of homelessness / rough sleeping. The Supported Housing Worker is expected to hold day to day responsibility for managing referrals, assessing, and supporting clients in a way that allows them to maintain accommodation and make positive changes in their life. As a Supported Housing Worker, you are required to work closely with clients to establish effective management of personal finances for example, supporting the client to complete benefit claims and budgeting.
This is a really rewarding role for those who are passionate about helping others, with continuous support and training from your Team Leader and Team Members to help you develop.

Responsibilities include
- Progress and track referrals made into the service and outcomes for service users moving on from service.
Complete needs assessment/risk assessment for clients leading to the delivery of key elements of support plans which meet individual clients needs and self-selected aspirations.
Give clients advice, information and provide an enabling service so that they can be signposted to and access appropriate services.
Manage the planned and positive move-on of clients through the service, ensuring staff are supported to meet their targets around length of stay.
Pro-actively manage neighbourhood and community relations, responding appropriately to any concerns when they occur.
To proactively manage the safety and security of building(s), ensuring that any maintenance issues are quickly identified and reported to Dorset Council.
Ensure that all clients are provided with a high-quality person-centred service which takes a strength-based and trauma-informed approach.
Work collaboratively taking a multi-agency approach to safeguard clients.
Participate in the on-call rota system providing support to clients outside of core working hours.
Any other duties within the scope of the post as directed by the Service Manager or other senior staff.

Qualifications / Requirements
Understanding of the causes of homelessness and social exclusion and approaches which seek to address these
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to undertake Needs Assessment and Planning for people with complex social needs which includes multi agency working and partnerships
Previous work with socially excluded people
Working as part of a team in a social or health care setting
Working with people with complex needs and challenging behaviour
Be able to take responsibility for all work-related travel needs
If youd like to find out more, the full job description can be found here.
There are many great reasons to join our team Great opportunities for career development and f ree monthly training sessions from experienced facilitators Sliding salary scale with salary increases every year for the first 3 years Wellbeing related support and advice and up to 6 free counselling sessions through our Employee Assistance Programme 25 days annual leave, increasing to 27 after 3 years continuous employment 20% staff discount at Julian House charity shops and bike workshops A generous and competitive pension scheme Instant access to healthcare professionals and discounts on a variety of health treatments through our Simply Health Scheme A supportive culture where staff feedback is highly valued and regular supervisions with line managers are conducted Reflective Practice sessions from objective, external facilitators
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Get in touch
If you have any questions about the Supported Housing Worker role, please get in touch with Vishnupriya Venkatesan (Resourcing Assistant) on
07720737770
. We look forward to speaking with you soon