Housing Related Support Worker

Creative Support's Development Pathway; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A national charity organization in Grimsby is seeking a supportive individual to provide housing-related mental health support. You will work with service users to improve their mental health, sustain tenancies, and enhance independent living skills. A full UK driving licence is required. The role offers career progression, tailored learning, and a variety of benefits, including a probationary bonus and pension contributions.

Benefits

Probationary bonus

Pension contributions

28 days Annual Leave

Company paid enhanced DBS

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence is essential due to travel.
• Experience in mental health support is preferable.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to individuals over 18 needing housing assistance.
• Help improve mental health and sustain tenancies.
• Enhance engagement with landlords and improve money management.

Skills

Motivated individual

Outcome-focused support

Excellent communication

Job description

Overview

Creative Support is a thriving and progressive national charity delivering high-quality, person-centred services. We are seeking a warm, motivated individual to join our team in Grimsby, focusing on housing-related mental health support alongside our Service Manager and Community Links and Assessment Co-ordinator.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will provide outcome-focused support to individuals over 18 who need housing-related assistance. Your work will help improve mental health, sustain tenancies, maximise independent living skills, enhance engagement with landlords and accommodation providers, improve money management and reduce debt and arrears, enhance home safety, reduce homelessness and the threat of homelessness, better manage substance misuse issues, and access volunteering opportunities both within and outside the service.

Qualifications

Please note, a full UK driving licence is an essential requirement for this role, due to travelling around the community to provide support to service users in their own households.

Benefits

Creative Support's Development Pathway offers a structured induction and values-led training to help staff grow from entry-level to leadership roles. It empowers career progression through tailored learning aligned with national strategies and the WE CARE framework.

Benefits of working with Creative Support include a probationary bonus, pension contributions, 28 days Annual Leave and company paid enhanced DBS.

We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organization - Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Gold awarded.

Application

Vacancy Reference Number: 85130. Applications for this role must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the above vacancy reference number.