Housing Support Worker

Employer: Carefuge Housing Ltd

Position: Housing Support Worker

Salary: £14.00 an hour 

Job Type: Part-time, Freelance

Work location: Birmingham

FULL JOB DESCRIPTION

Do you have experience supporting vulnerable adults in accommodation, with varying needs?

Would you like to work in a respectful and friendly team, where your contributions will be valued?

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career in an ambitious, sector-leading organisation where you can really make a difference.

*Please don’t delay applying since we may interview on a rolling basis – we look forward to reading your application.*

Carefuge Housing provide supported housing options and deliver a holistic housing service to help vulnerable adults to sustain their tenancy, develop their skills and prevent homelessness.

Support Workers will be required to carry out risk assessments and create support plans for each tenant in their case load. Support Workers will carry out weekly support sessions with the tenants to ensure they are able to manage their tenancy effectively. 

Your Responsibilities include:

• Visiting and meeting tenants in their accommodation (all accommodation is across the Birmingham area);

• To assist and enable tenants to gain or maintain their accommodation and to support them into independent living;

• Creating support plans in respect of each tenant through careful observation, assessment and writing up of daily reports with input from other relevant multi-agencies and/or the senior manager accordingly;

• To monitor the tenant’s progress and review support provided;

• Assist tenant’s to have an improved quality of life and empower them to make choices;

• Support tenant’s to register with local health services and have the opportunity to have their health needs addressed

• Support tenant’s to access opportunities for educational development and/or to improve their literacy or numeracy;

• Support tenant’s to access opportunities for development through activities such as training, volunteering or employment;

• Ensure that tenant’s have, where possible, a well organisedand supported transition towards independent living when leaving the service.

• The role can be challenging and demanding at times working with vulnerable adults, but at the same time very rewarding.

Work schedule 

Part-time hours: 24 per week

You will have

• Non judgemental

• Resilient

• Empathetic

• Flexible to change

• Patient

• Enthusiastic

Requirement 

• Certificate of Higher Education (preferred)

• Language: Fluent English (required)

• Licence/Certification: NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care (preferred)

• UK Driving Licence and own a car (required)

• Work authorisation: United Kingdom (required)

Benefits:

• Free parking

• Ability to commute/relocate:

• Birmingham: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

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Application Process

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