Female Housing Support Worker

Job description

Female Housing Support Worker

Rochdale

Temporary

Full time

£13.00 - £15.00 per hour

Our client

Our client is part of a large group who are committed to enriching communities and improving lives. They provide residential and day support services to people who are homeless or in housing need. Services offers a safe environment where people can develop their skills and independence to empower change.

Morgan Hunt is recruiting for a Female Housing Support Worker, to join the a service in Rochdale on a temporary basis. This is a full-time role, with the potential of being permanent for the right candidate.

The role

• To be involved with admission and selection of service users, in conjunction with the Project Leader.
• To encourage and assist service users, via support plans, to develop themselves and their independence within the service or by moving on.
• To work in consultation with other members of the staff team and to liaise with the staff of other projects.
• To ensure the upkeep and the security of the building and to take responsibility for any cash and equipment under your control.
• To carry out regular key-working sessions with service users at the agreed period, to meet their individual needs and keep comprehensive records of all contacts made.
• To issue warnings and take appropriate action to promote the health, safety and welfare of all service users in line with policies and procedures.
• Support individuals in a way that is trauma informed and solution focused and promotes resilience.
• The efficient keeping of appropriate records including case notes, support plans, financial and administrative records.
• To support and assist service users in participation and consultation processes.
• Foster and maintain positive relations with volunteers, local community and other voluntary and statutory organisations and external agencies and with other services.
• To ensure compliance with the Group's Health and Safety policies.

The candidate

• Able to assess need and to plan and deliver effective, stimulating and dynamic support.
• Able to develop service user, volunteer and community involvement and work in an enabling way including facilitating group activities.
• Able to address equality and diversity issues and an understanding of the needs of volunteers and service users.
• Able to demonstrate personal organisational skills: attendance /timekeeping, planning workload; record keeping, use of IT, managing resources effectively, meet deadlines.
• Able to demonstrate strong communication skills including record keeping, report writing, use of IT and social media platforms.
• Able to be an effective team member and inter agency worker.
• Able to use training, supervision and other feedback to continually improve performance.
• Able to manage risk and associated and ensure that procedures are followed, and risk is managed appropriately.

An Enhanced DBS is required for the role of Female Housing Support Worker.

This is an urgent requirement for our client, so for more information or to be considered for this role, please apply today!

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.