Senior Accommodation and Support Worker
Venn Group are currently recruiting for an Senior Accommodation and Support Worker for our client based in South Somerset to begin a full time temporary to permanent contract in providing practical support to young people at risk of homelessness
Location: South Somerset
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 per week hours on a rota basis to include weekends and evenings
Salary: £24,500 per annum
Vacancy: J67238 / 68451
Day-to-Day Duties:
- Work as part of a team to provide a safe and homely environment for young people in the evenings and at night
- Provide cover in South Somerset Dispersed provision; ensuring the delivery of accommodation and support services to young people when required
- Support the Accommodation and Support Manager when required
- Deliver practical support for users offering flexibility and choice in methods of intervention, consultation and advice-giving to young people
- Provide timely and appropriate interventions to meet the needs of the individual
- Adhere to Safeguarding policies and procedures to maximise young people’s safety and minimise harm
- Provide a high quality of support work t to meet needs of the young person, with the aim of developing independent living skills in areas such as: accommodation, financial management: (daily expenses, rents and debts, offending, health and wellbeing, social networking to enable the individual to live independently in the short and longer terms; reducing homelessness and avoiding repeat homelessness and eviction)
- Develop young people’s independence using personalised independence plans with their own SMART goals to achieve healthy sustainable outcomes
- Support young people into training/educational/vocational opportunities as a priority
- Signpost young people to relevant agencies and support services where appropriate
Essential Skills:
- Experience of supporting young or vulnerable clients with complex needs
- Enhanced DBS issued within the last 3 months or on the update service
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.