Field-Based Support Worker — Empower Lives & Housing

Nacro; Bangor; On-site; GBP 26,807 - 28,851; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Nacro is seeking a dedicated housing/education/health and wellbeing support worker to join our expanding team in the UK. The role involves delivering high-quality, person-centred support across an allocated area, with regular travel requiring a Full Driving Licence and access to your own vehicle with business insurance.

The starting salary is £26,807 with progression to £28,851 within the first year, with transparent progression points and opportunities for further pay progression.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with vulnerable people with a range of support needs, especially substance misuse issues.
• Ability to assess and manage risk.
• Excellent communication skills to motivate service users.
• Ability to carry out assessments for all service users to identify individual needs or barriers and then produce an agreed action plan that must be regularly reviewed, monitored and outcomes collated.
• Organisational and planning skills, able to deal with conflicting priorities.
• Ability to work effectively on own initiative and in a highly pressurised environment whilst responding appropriately to the needs of the service users.
• Ability to work flexibly and proactively.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality, effective support services.
• Uphold Nacro’s values and behaviours and translating those into everyday activity.
• Ensuring safeguarding and risk management is a key part of our support work and that any safeguarding alerts and/or incidents are safely managed.
• Meeting service quality standards and adhering to all operational and policy standards.
• Ensuring all service user support and safety plans are in place.

Skills

Risk assessment

Communication skills

Self-motivation

Organised

Job description

Nacro is seeking a dedicated housing/education/health and wellbeing support worker to join our expanding team in the UK. The role involves delivering high-quality, person-centred support across an allocated area, with regular travel requiring a Full Driving Licence and access to your own vehicle with business insurance.

The starting salary is £26,807 with progression to £28,851 within the first year, with transparent progression points and opportunities for further pay progression.