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Riverside

Liverpool

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GBP 25,000 - 28,000

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Job summary

A leading housing association is seeking a Floating Support Worker to empower vulnerable customers facing challenges such as homelessness. The role involves delivering personalized support, understanding complex needs, and collaborating with a committed team to enhance community well-being. Full-time position with competitive pay and benefits.

Benefits

Competitive pay & generous pension

28 days holidays plus bank holidays

Flexible working options available

Investment in learning and personal development

A wide range of benefits

Qualifications

Understanding of barriers faced by vulnerable customers.
Knowledge of the UK Benefit System and Universal Credit.
Caring and flexible attitude.

Responsibilities

Support customers to achieve their goals and aspirations.
Work in the community and visit customers in their homes.
Assist customers with tenancy-related matters.

Skills

Empathy

Teamwork

Resilience

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Job Title: Floating Support Worker

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: £25,965.41 (£27,112.48 is achieved after 18 months successful performance in the role)

Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week, full time

Working Pattern: Mondays to Fridays from 9.30 am to 17.30

Location: HOST, Guilford

If you share our values and are excited about making a significant impact at Riverside, please ensure you attach a current CV and covering letter. At Riverside we recruit to potential not just on skills and experience, so we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all the essential criteria on the job description.

The difference you will make as a Floating Support Worker

You will work collaboratively as part of a committed team to deliver an outstanding service and a range of personalised support that puts customers first, empowering them to achieve their goals and aspirations.

You will also be required to work in the community and visit customers in their own homes. The customers you work with will be facing challenges and may be at risk of becoming homeless.

About You

We are looking for someone with:

An understanding of the barriers faced by vulnerable and diverse customer groups and individuals with complex needs.
An understanding of the current UK Benefit System and working knowledge of Universal Credit
Team player with a caring, empathetic, flexible and have a resilient, can-do attitude.

Why Riverside?

At Riverside, we’re a housing association with a difference – enhancing the everyday for all our customers. For 90 years, we’ve been revitalising neighbourhoods and supporting communities by providing the homes they need to live full, fulfilling and rewarding lives.

We have a portfolio of over 75,000 affordable residential and retirement homes across the UK. Our work ranges from homelessness services to social care, employment support to retirement living, and we need the best people on board to help us.

Working With Us, You’ll Enjoy

Competitive pay & generous pension
28 days holidays plus bank holidays
Flexible working options available
Investment in your learning, personal development and technology
A wide range of benefits

Diversity And Inclusion At Riverside

We are inclusive. At Riverside, we value diversity in all its forms. We foster a workplace where all individuals are respected, empowered, and heard. Our commitment to inclusivity drives our success and enriches the lives of our customers and colleagues.

Riverside is a Disability Confident Employer and operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for any applicant who declares they have a disability. If the applicant meets the minimum requirements for the role (as set out in the role profile and/or person specification) they will be guaranteed an interview.

Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to be considered

Role Profile

Support Customers

Use Psychologically Informed Approaches And Trauma Informed Care Principles - Supporting Customers To Develop New Ways Of Thinking And Make Steps Towards Independence, By

Co-producing bespoke support plans that enable customers to sustain their own tenancies, involving key stakeholders (e.g. family/other support providers) where appropriate.
Leading on the organisation and delivery of scheduled 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 independent living 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 who may be living in temporary accommodation to be ‘tenancy ready’ enabling successful move on and tenancy sustainment.
Signposting customers to appropriate external support services, including interventions such as food banks and other community resources.
Supporting customers to maintain financial independence through budgeting plans and maximising income.
Assisting customers with sign-posting for specific debt advice, financial statements and negotiating with third parties where necessary.
Supporting and monitoring customers’ healthcare needs, proactively encouraging appropriate contact with healthcare professionals.
Ensuring the safety of our customers by following local safeguarding procedures, recognizing and acting on any significant risk, and escalating appropriately.
Recording and updating clear, factual and accurate strengths-based customer information on the local or appropriate digital platform.

Service Delivery

Facilitate the referral process into the service and assess potential new customers.
Work in partnership with local authority, social and private rented housing to identify suitable accommodation for customers who are living in temporary accommodation or at risk of homelessness too set up and maintain a tenancy either virtual or face to face support.
Carrying out housing support assessments for vulnerable customers and ensuring they are linked into relevant support and health services as indicated by assessment.
Provide initial tenancy related support, advice and assistance directly to tenants as required, to prevent escalation of issues and sustain the tenancy.
Advise and advocate on behalf of the customers.
Develop and maintain local partnerships to provide a holistic range of support for customers, liaising with them to facilitate access to support.
Record and update clear, factual, accurate, strengths based customer and statistical information on the local or appropriate digital platform.

Other Information

You Will Be Required To

Work flexible hours to meet customer and business needs, which may not include normal office hours.
Travel to customers’ homes within an identified geographical area.
Use the Lone Worker system as and when necessary.
Ensure customers are safe at all times - carrying out all of your duties within Riverside’s Policy and Procedure framework e.g. health & safety, safeguarding, dignity at work, GDPR, cash handling, etc.
Deliver your role in line with the Riverside company values – “Our Riverside Way”.
Participate in team meetings, regular supervisions and reflective practice sessions.
Undertake regular training and take responsibility for your own continuous development to enable you to deliver your role safely.
From time to time you may be required to undertake additional duties and responsibilities in consultation with your Line Manager.

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