Support worker

Look Ahead Care and Support ,
London, Greater London
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Salary: Up to £21944 per annum

Overview

Recruiting a Support Worker to join our Homelessness and Complex Needs Service in Southwark GBP 21,944 per annum plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more. This role is working 40 hours per week. David Barker House is located on Blackfriars Road in the borough of Southwark is a 45 bed homeless complex needs hostel for single males only. Manor Place Hostel is located in Kennington area in the borough of Southwark which is a 34 bed homeless complex needs hostel for single females only. All our residents have shared facilities and are aged between 18 and 60 years old. We support them with a range of support needs from domestic violence, substance misuse, mental health and offending. Job Overview: To enable and support vulnerable individuals with complex needs to address this while maintaining their tenancy with the long term goal of living in an independent setting by providing flexible and individually tailored support package. Working with excluded and hard to reach customers can be challenging however, with intensive support this challenge can be broken. You will need to be able to engage our customers in a non-judgmental way. You will also be responsible for dealing with emergencies that may arise during your shift whilst remaining calm and using initiative then writing up incident reports amongst other administrative tasks. As a support worker, you will be working as part of a team as well as with external agencies such as London Probation Service, local substance misuse services, Mental health teams, and police amongst others. Sometimes customers may not be linked in with agencies when they enter the service, as a support worker it is part of your role to ensure they are receiving the correct support from agencies required. Ideally, you will have experience of working with vulnerable people. You will be required to support customers with managing their arrears; ensuring housing benefit is applied for as well as monitoring payments and acting appropriately if payments are suspended in order to ensure customer does not fall into any arrears. You will be responsible for supporting the working shift pattern of the service which is a five week rolling rota which consists of working some weekends as well as long days. Key Responsibilities: - Undertake key-working responsibilities for a caseload assigned by the Team Leader/ Manager - Undertake initial and continuous assessment of needs and potential risks and agree levels of support and actions - Create support/action plans for providing appropriate services based on the assessment and reflecting the services and resources available - Support customers to undertake all domestic tasks wherever possible, including practical assistance where they have not yet developed the skills, to ensure customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation - Develop and maintain links with all key agencies and service providers in the local community - Empower customers to ensure they receive the service and benefits they are entitled to - Undertake all administrative work and keep accurate and comprehensive tenant/customer records to professional standards - Encourage and enable tenants to pay their rent and to ensure that rent accounts are managed effectively in conjunction with the Housing Management team - Ensure that referrals are chased proactively so that properties which can be used to house those in need are filled as efficiently as possible - Adhere to Look Ahead's Policies and Procedures - Engage in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills - Undertake any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as may be reasonably assigned This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead. Skills, Knowledge and Experience: Essential: - Up to NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent or experience in the social care/charity sector Desirable: -Experience working in homelessness For the full job description, please visit the Look Ahead website. Please note that we have the right to close any vacancy before the advertised closing date if we have received a high number of applications. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89909152

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