Housing Support Worker

Vetro Recruitment; Wales; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in Bridgend is seeking a Homeless Support Worker to assist individuals facing homelessness and mental health challenges. The role involves providing support, ensuring compliance with hostel rules, and promoting equality and diversity. Candidates should have an empathetic approach and ideally some experience in social care. Competitive pay, full-time and part-time hours available.

Benefits

Excellent Rates of pay

Weekly pay

Free online training

Subsidised practical training

Agency worker of the month prize

Holiday pay

Vetro contributed pension

Qualifications

• Strong value base and empathetic approach to individuals in supported housing environments.
• Experience in a similar Social Care setting is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support a wide range of people, including those who are homeless.
• Ensure hostel occupants comply with rules and regulations.
• Provide emotional support to the hostel's occupants.
• Ensure health and safety procedures are adhered to.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Understanding of health and safety

Job description

Overview

• Title: Homeless Support Worker
• Location: Bridgend
• Hours: Full time and Part time hours available
• Shift Pattern: 7am - 7pm / 7pm - 7am
• Salary: £13.68 (including holiday pay)
• Benefits:
• Excellent Rates of pay, weekly pay, and no payroll charges
• Variety of work in different social care and healthcare settings
• Vetro Mobile Booking App for communicating shift availability
• Support from an specialist consultant
• Free online training and subsidised practical training (TMVA, PMVA, PBM)
• Agency worker of the month prize £50
• Entry into our Golden Ticket draw to win £500 every quarter
• 24-hour registration - register from the comfort of your own home
• Holiday pay- paid weekly or accumulated in a holiday pot
• Vetro contributed pension

The role

You will be responsible for supporting a wide range of people, including those who are homeless, people living with mental illness, learning disabilities or recovering from substance misuse, people who have spent their childhood in care or those who are fleeing domestic violence.

• Ensuring that hostel occupants comply with hostel rules and regulations
• Provide emotional support to the hostel's occupants
• Ensuring that health and safety procedures are explained and adhered to within the hostel
• To provide relevant information to all visitors to the hostel
• To liaise with Housing Officers where appropriate to meet client needs
• To promote a sense of equality and diversity throughout the business
• To ensure standards of customer care are to a high standard

The candidate

What you\'ll need to be successful as a Homeless Support Worker

• You will have a strong value base and be able to offer an empathetic approach to individuals within supported housing environments.
• Ideally some level of experience within a similar Social Care setting.

Interested? If you think you\'re right for this Homeless Support Worker role, then click the \'apply\' button below.

Vetro Recruitment acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Vetro is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merit alone.