Support Service Worker

Thirteen Group ,
Durham, Durham
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The person and the role We are looking for a Support Service Worker for 17 hours a week to join our School View scheme in Durham. School View is a young parents scheme, providing supported accommodation for young families and single parents, as well as expectant mothers or couples aged 16-25 years. The successful candidate must have the ability to work as part of a team to achieve the outcomes set out by the commissioning bodies, whilst also demonstrating a Team Thirteen approach to customer service delivery. In this role you will provide support to clients in order to promote independent living within the relevant parameters, as appropriate. Clients can be defined as individuals, families or children that might have a range of diverse needs. We are looking for someone with emotional resilience, who can confidently deal with stressful situations and can use their initiative. Previous experience of working with and supporting vulnerable young adults and the ability to understand support plans, risk assessments, safeguarding policies and procedures is essential. At Thirteen we're about homes and so much more... We're the largest housing association in the North East and amongst the 25 biggest nationally - but we're more than just a landlord. Our experience extends to supporting vulnerable people with thoughtful and effective additional services and improving our homes and estates, as well as building new places for people to live. Working in communities between Redcar and Newcastle, we provide services to meet the needs of vulnerable people to support you to make changes to improve the quality of your life. We support a wide range of people who face challenges in their lives and provide services for homeless people, ex-offenders, people with mental health issues, people recovering from substance misuse, families, women and young people. Thirteen people are deeply passionate about what they do and why they do it. We seek to employ people who share our ambition to think and work differently. This means sourcing those passionate individuals who ensure every relationship matters, are reliable, passionate and adaptable in their approach and can work progressively in a high performing, commercially minded environment. Are you up for the challenge of bringing our vision to life? For further information about the role please contact Amy Robinson 0191 3864648. Please note that if you are invited to an interview, this will be held via a video call Education: Not Specified Employment Type: Permanent

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