Supported Housing Worker

4 days ago

Weymouth, United Kingdom Prospero Health & Social Care Full time

**Job details -**

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. The worker is responsible for maintaining accurate and timely records of all client interactions.

**You will -**
- Build positive and effective working relationships and agreements with relevant external agencies.
- Progress and track referrals made into the service and outcomes for service users moving on from service.
- Ensure all new clients moving into the service understand their rights and responsibilities and the conditions of their license agreement and have a valid Housing Benefit claim in place.
- Manage the planned and positive move-on of clients through the service, ensuring staff are supported to meet their targets around length of stay.
- Manage incidents and safeguarding and to ensure action is taken and followed up where required.
- Ensure that administration is done promptly and to a high standard using the electronic case management system; with detailed, concise and accurate records.

**You should have (essential) -**
- Previous worked with socially excluded people.
- Worked as part of a team in a social or health care setting.
- Worked with people with complex needs and challenging behaviour.
- An understanding of the causes of homelessness and social exclusion and approaches which seek to address these.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

**You should have (desirable) -**
- Personal experience of homelessness or social exclusion.
- Understanding of Benefits and Housing Benefits systems.

**Why work for us? -**
- Great opportunities for career development and free 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 plus bank holidays, increasing to 27 after 3 years continuous employment.
- 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.

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 22.5 per week

**Salary**: £13,464.00-£14,287.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Store discount

Day range:

- Monday to Friday

Shift:

- Day shift
- Night shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

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

Work Location: On the road

Reference ID: SHWWEYM

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