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Catalyst Housing Group
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St Albans, Hertfordshire
Senior Project Worker
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Salary: Up to £23,175 |
Overview
We're looking for A customer-focused individual with energy, experience and a strong sense of purpose to join us as a Senior Support Worker . Catalyst is all about homes people love. That means everything from developing and maintaining great properties, to delivering excellent service to our customers, every day. We provide housing for those who can’t afford a home without our help, and offer a wide range of homes for rent, shared ownership or purchase. In doing so, we build more than homes – we build communities. We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations, and a member of the G15 group. We're at a particularly exciting point in our story, having recently merged with another large housing association, Aldwyck. The merger makes us stronger and more able to deliver our social purpose - in every part of our organisation. We’re a Sunday Times top 100 Best Company to Work for. We invest care, time and resources in our people because we know it’s our people who will drive our purpose. If you’d like to be part of what we do, please get in touch. The role As a Senior Project Worker you will play an active role in delivering our support service to young people. You’ll primarily be working with young people aged 16 to 25 preparing them to live independently once they leave the project. You’ll work closely with your Project Manager and line manager a team of Project Workers, to ensure them with engaging young people in their support programme and achieving their goals. In addition to this, you’ll be manage the referral and interview process, whilst developing and maintaining good relationships with external agencies. You’ll need to ensure the project is clean and tidy, and ensure that rent accounts are properly monitored and issue warnings as appropriate. Key requirements You may have some experience of working in a similar role, however if you have a passion or desire to work with vulnerable and complex young people then we’d still love to hear from you. You’ll need to be able to work with minimal supervision, and be confident when dealing with tense or difficult situations. You will have strong IT skills and be an excellent all round communicator. Due to the nature of the role, a discreet and sensitive approach with strong professional boundaries is also required. You’ll need to be flexible and able to work overnight and unsociable hours when required. An understanding of safeguarding and protection from abuse would be useful, but not essential . Please note this role will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, and requires a full driving licence and use of a vehicle.