Support worker - Young Parents Accommodation

Are you a passionate Support worker looking for your next role? 4Recruitment Services are currently recruiting for a Support Worker to work within the Young Parent’s Accommodation Service based in Swindon.

Pay Rates: £13.21 - £16.74 umbrella rate  

Information on the Role: Successful candidates will be offered 37.5 hours a week for two months initially working Monday-Friday.

What you will be doing:

• Leading on Co-producing bespoke support and move-on plans, involving key stakeholders (e.g. family/other support providers), where appropriate
• Organising and carrying out regular planned reviews of support and risk plans, or following an incident/significant change in a customer’s circumstances
• Engaging customers to meet agreed outcomes and develop life skills
• Assisting customers with day-to-day support and tenancy-related matters
• Identifying and promoting opportunities for employment, education and training and supporting customers to remove barriers to accessing these opportunities
• Supporting customers to be ‘tenancy ready’ to enable successful move on
• Supporting customers to be financially independent through budgeting plans and maximising income
• Supporting and monitoring customers’ healthcare needs, ensuring appropriate contact with healthcare professionals
• Empowering customers to move towards self-management of their medication by following the medication procedure
• Ensure the safety of our customers by following local safeguarding procedures, recognizing and acting on any significant risk, and escalating appropriately
• Record and update clear, factual, accurate, strengths based customer information on the local or appropriate digital platform
• Resolve difficult and challenging situations in a sensitive and informed way, balancing the needs of the individual with responsibilities for the safety of the service
• Organising and carrying out regular planned reviews of support and risk plans, or following an incident/significant change in a customer’s circumstances
• Engaging customers to meet agreed outcomes and develop life skills

Skills & Professional Characteristics needed:

• Experience of delivering structured support and risk management
• Be a team player with a caring, empathetic, flexible and have a resilient, can-do attitude
• Competent administrative and IT skills (to be able to produce reports and other communications)
• Previous experience in positively resolving incidents
• An understanding of the barriers faced by vulnerable and diverse customer groups and individuals with complex needs
• Demonstrate initiative and confidence to make and act on decisions
• Candidates must have at least 6 months paid UK experience working as a support worker. 

Desirable:

• Knowledge of Psychological or Trauma Informed approaches to support
• Experience of working in challenging environments with the ability to plan, prioritise, organise tasks to achieve results
• Knowledge of current benefit systems
• Experience of working in a care and support environment

What we offer:

• 24 hour one on one specialist consultant based within your geographical area
• 4Recruitment Services Employee Benefits Programme
• Our own dedicated payroll support ensuring you get the full benefits of your payment

Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. 4Recruitment Services is an equal opportunities employer.

To find out more information about this role please contact: miaj@4recruitmentservices.com or call: 02085149137