Housing Floating Support Worker

Solace Women's Aid; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable organization in Greater London seeks a Housing Floating Support Worker to assist women with tenancy sustainment, enabling them to recover and move towards independence. The role includes providing resettlement support, financial independence guidance, and facilitating employment opportunities. Ideal candidates should possess experience in risk management and case procedures, along with strong administrative skills. A comprehensive benefits package is included.

Benefits

Flexible working

Learning and development opportunities

Generous holiday entitlement

Employer pension contribution

Family-friendly leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Daily clinical debriefing

Staff discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in providing practical tenancy support to women.
• Ability to develop safety plans and link clients with other agencies.
• Experience in case management procedures.

Responsibilities

• Provide resettlement support and ongoing housing assistance.
• Help clients achieve financial independence and training opportunities.

Skills

Experience in managing risk

Excellent administrative skills

Time management skills

Ability to conduct risk assessments

Knowledge of housing and welfare benefits

Job description

As a Housing Floating Support Worker, you will help women with practical tenancy sustainment, as well as ongoing support to cope, recover and move towards independence. You will achieve this through providing resettlement support, financial independence, training/employment opportunities, and ongoing housing support.

You will be joining a team of committed and inspiring individuals whose dedication has saved the lives of thousands of women, men and children in the capital. We are looking for friendly and diligent individuals to join our services and help us make a difference.

The ideal candidate will have experience of managing risk and following case management procedures to meet the needs of the client group, and the ability to work with women to help them to understand their needs, risk assess, develop safety plan and support them in linking with other agencies. You will have a working knowledge of housing and welfare benefits and will have excellent administrative and time management skills.

We provide a comprehensive benefits package to all our employees, including:

• Flexible working
• Focus on learning and development (internal career progression and training)
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Employer pension contribution
• Family-friendly leave and enhanced maternity pay
• Access to Inclusion Networks
• Daily clinical debriefing
• Employee Assistance Programme providing free 24/7 support and advice
• Employee Benefits Platform offering staff discounts, benefits and savings
• Flow & Restore yoga classes
• Meditation sessions
• Cycle to Work Scheme