Project Worker for Housing Support - £14 to £15.50p/h
Full time position available on a temporary basis with the potential to apply and secure the position on a permanent basis.
21 HSC are looking to recruit a Project Worker for a highly regarded homelessness charity. The organisation is a sector leading charity that works with young people between the ages of 16- 25 who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. The role is on a full time basis working 35 hours per week mainly Monday to Friday based in Fife.
As a Project Worker, you will be a leading member of the team, working directly with young people to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support on a 1:1 basis. You will work with young people in their supported tenancy and in their local community. Your support will help ensure that a young person's experience of homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
* To be responsible for the direct provision of practical, personal/emotional, social, and intellectual support to service users.
* To participate in the “on call” rota in accordance with agreed guidelines.
* To advocate, where appropriate, on behalf of the service users in dealings with all relevant external agencies.
* To participate in the referral, selection and placement process to ensure that all available places are filled appropriately and promptly.
* To contribute to achieving the agreed standards of service and targets reflecting the aims and objectives of the organisation, service level agreements or guidelines provided by statutory and regulatory authorities.
* To line manage and provide formal and informal support to allocated staff, sessional staff and/or volunteers. This will include individual supervision sessions and participation in annual appraisals.
* To ensure that all necessary unit repairs, and tasks involved in attaining health and safety requirements, are dealt with as quickly and efficiently as possible.
* To participate in the gathering and processing of relevant statistical information to evaluate the effectiveness of the service and the demands being made of it.
Essential/Desirable Skills and Attributes
* Experience working within a housing support service is essential.
* Experience working with children & young people is essential.
* HNC is Social Services is desirable.
* SVQ 2/3 in Health and Social Care or Children & Young People is desirable.
To Apply
To apply for this role, please click apply and send an up-to-date CV in support of your application in the first instance. For more information about the position available and a detailed job description, please contact Sean Carruthers or Danielle Frame at 21 HSC. Suitable applicants will be contacted asap with a view to securing an interview with the Service Managers of the service and will be invited for an initial face to face/teams interview with one of our recruitment team.
21 HSC Limited is an equal opportunities employer