Community Outreach Worker
Immediately Required
A reputablesupport provider in Bristol is looking for Community Outreach Worker to begin a full time temporary contract. The post holder will deliver a valuable service to the community by offering holistic and client-centred support to vulnerable individuals at risk of homelessness and with complex needs.
Location: Bristol
Contract Type: 3 Months +
Hours: Mon – Fri(9am – 5pm)
Salary: £12.66 via Umbrella
Vacancy: J64314 / 64477
Day to Day Duties:
- Develop professional boundaries with the clients to create trust and provide support
- Liaise with professionals and housing providers; preparing clients for move-on accommodation
- Co –produce, update, and implement support plans, crisis plans, and relapse prevention tools
- Undertake defined interventions to enable the client to meet their daily living skills, physical, mental health, social care and wellbeing needs
- Identify and prevent or reduce risk to ensure risks are minimised
- Ensure the Health and Safety policies are implemented and adhered to; ensuring safeguarding issues are properly managed
- Work with a diverse range of individuals with different needs from young people to older people, LGBT service users, disabled people and with a range of backgrounds and ethnicities
- Tailor the service to meet their individual needs, challenging stigma and discrimination, advocating for person if appropriate, and ensuring up-to-date community knowledge
- Manage a caseload effectively, communicating any changes with managers and other staff contentiously
- Collaborate with other team members to maximise service performance, meet targets and Service Level Agreements, and promote effective communication and teamwork
- Maintain hope and optimism for the individual with high expectations for recovery. Use lived experience (if appropriate) to positively support the individual’s recovery
Essential Skills:
- Experience of supporting vulnerable clients with complex needs
- Current enhanced DBS
- Access to own car
If you have a current DBS, relevant experience, are immediately available and would like to be considered for this position please call Ashleigh Clarke or Paulo Davis on 0117 930 8760 or send an updated CV to aclarke@venngroup.com
Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.