Jigsaw Homes Group Limited

Jigsaw Homes Group; Oldham; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days holiday + 3 days Christmas + 8

Job summary

Jigsaw Homes Group is seeking a Young Persons’ Keyworker for its SHAP programme across Tameside and Oldham. You will support 18–25-year-old care leavers in our accommodation services, carrying a small caseload and delivering person-centered wrap-around support to help tenants sustain tenancies and progress to permanent homes.

You will address barriers such as substance use, mental and physical health challenges, debt, and other issues, working 8am–8pm with shifts including weekends and bank

Responsibilities

• Carry a small caseload and offer person-centered, wrap-around support to address barriers to tenancy sustainment and move on to permanent accommodation.
• Address barriers such as substance use, mental and physical health difficulties, offending, domestic abuse, debt and money management issues.
• Work shifts to cover services from 8am–8pm, including weekends and bank holidays.

Job description

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Would you like to work for a company who is accredited as an outstanding company to work for in Best Companies 2023?

Jigsaw Homes Group offers employees a very competitive 24 days holiday per annum, plus 3 days for Christmas closure (5 day working week) plus bank holidays, plus additional days after 2 years continuous service (to a maximum of 5 days)We also offer our employees the option to buy/sell up to 5 days extra leave per year.

As a Jigsaw employee you will also receive incremental salaried pay, occupational sick pay, access to the Social Housing Pension Scheme, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, BHSF membership, access to on-site gyms and training/development opportunities.

If you are looking for a career with an outstanding company, then please read on.

Who we are:

Jigsaw Homes Group is one of the largest housing groups in Englandwith more than 37,500 homes across the North West and East Midlands.

We provide quality; low-cost housing and play a wider role in making sure our residents thrive in their homes and benefit from living in healthy, sustainable communities.

About the department:

At Jigsaw Support our focus is on helping people to live happy, healthy lives in a safe home and supporting our most vulnerable individuals is our top priority.

Working within the Jigsaw Support Team you will be part of an innovative, forward-thinking team that encourages success. We are passionate about improving the quality of lives of our customers by supporting them to achieve their goals and independence.

In addition to delivering our existing support services, we are always seeking new innovative partnerships, solutions and funding opportunities, responding to need and working with communities in which we can make a difference. With more than 200 staff from offices in Ashton under Lyne, Leigh and in our supported accommodation projects across the North West, we support over 7,000 people annually through the contracts we manage.

This position is within our Single Homeless Accommodation Projects (SHAP) programme in Tameside and Oldham. The programme offers self-contained longer term temporary accommodation and wrap around support to people with experience of rough sleeping, to enable them to live as independently as possible and gain the skills and confidence to sustain a tenancy and live a fulfilling life.

Role information:

Please note, this is a FIXED TERM role until 31st March 2028, due to external contract funding.

As one of our Young Persons’ Keyworker, you will support 18 – 25-year-old care leavers and young persons in our accommodation services across Tameside and Oldham.

You will carry a small caseload and offer person centered, wrap around support to address any barriers to tenancy sustainment and move on to permanent accommodation. These barriers could include substance use, mental and physical health difficulties, offending, domestic abuse, debt and money management issues.

Please note, you will be required to work shifts to cover these services from 8am-8pm, including weekends and bank holidays.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of applications.