Housing Related Support Worker

Mountain Financial Printing & Design Group; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a progressive organization as a support worker in Grimsby, focusing on providing housing-related mental health assistance. You'll help individuals enhance their living skills, access essential services, and reduce homelessness. Full training is provided along with the chance to earn QCF Diplomas. Benefits include a bonus, pension contributions, and annual leave.

Benefits

Probationary bonus

Pension contributions

28 days Annual Leave

Company paid enhanced DBS

Qualifications

• Full UK driving license is essential.
• Experience in housing-related mental health support is preferred.
• Ability to engage effectively with service users.

Responsibilities

• Provide outcome-focused support to individuals needing housing-related assistance.
• Advise service users on housing and support options.
• Travel around the community to support service users in their households.

Skills

Communication

Empathy

Crisis Intervention

Problem Solving

Education

QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care

Job description

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.

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, maximize 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.

You will offer advice and guidance on housing and support options, helping service users access and engage with these services. Additionally, you will signpost other services that may meet their support needs.

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

Vacancy Reference Number: 83341

Applications for this role must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the above vacancy reference number

Full training is provided, as is the opportunity to work towards QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care. 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.

Applications are reviewed as they are received, we do not provide feedback for unsuccessful applications. We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK.

Application Instructions

In order to apply, please read the job description and then complete the online application form using the links above.

You can also download a copy of our application form using the links above. Completed Application Forms must be submitted to our Head Office address (below) or emailed to to be considered for the vacancy. If you have not received a response to your application within 10 working days of the closing date please accept this as notification of an unsuccessful application. Unsuccessful applicants must wait 6 months before reapplying.

If you require any advice on completing your application form, please call us on 0161 236 0829.

Recruitment Department, Creative Support Ltd, Wellington House, 131 Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK1 3TS