Lead Practitioner – Homelessness and Prevention - 494086

Turning Point Scotland; Dumfries, Lockerbie, Annan; Presencial; GBP 28.000 - 32.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Turning Point Scotland is seeking a Lead Practitioner for our Dumfries & Galloway Housing First Service, working across Dumfries, Lockerbie and Annan. This permanent, full-time role (37 hours) offers a salary of £28,255 to £31,777 and an on-call rota every six weeks, with no sleepovers.

You will support service users as they move into tenancy, accompany health, benefits and court appointments, build partnerships with housing, health and criminal justice sectors, and provide practical and

Formación

• Experience supporting people with complex needs.
• Experience in trauma-informed care.
• Strong IT and record-keeping skills.
• Valid driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Responsabilidades

• Support service users as they move into their permanent home.
• Attend health, benefits appointments and court appearances.
• Build positive relationships with partner agencies across housing, health, substance use and criminal justice.
• Provide practical and emotional support while championing harm reduction.

Conocimientos

Trauma-informed care

IT skills

Record keeping

Driver2s license

Descripción del empleo

Post: Lead Practitioner - Homelessness and Prevention

Service: Dumfries & Galloway Housing First Service

Based: Dumfries, Lockerbie, Annan

Hours: Full Time - 37 Hours per week

Salary: £28,255 - £31,777

Contract Permanent

Do you want to make a real impact on Homelessness?

Our Dumfries & Galloway Housing First Service based in Dumfries, Lockerbie & Annan operates Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm with on call rota every 6 weeks. No Sleepovers.

The Housing First model helps people with multiple and enduring support needs move directly into a tenancy without having to prove they are ready.

Many service users have a long history of homelessness, some have never had their own home and may face multiple and complex issues such as substance misuse, trauma, mental health challenges or offending behaviour.

You will give the support that makes a positive difference and real change in their lives.

About The Role

• Supporting our service users as they move into their permanent home, helping them feel settled and secure.
• Supporting our service users to attend health & benefits appointments and court appearances
• Build positive working relationships with partner agencies across housing, health, substance use and criminal justice
• Give practical and emotional support, champion harm reduction and respect each person's choices

About You

• You bring a calm, caring and non-judgemental approach, guided by strong values
• You bring experience of supporting people with complex needs and understand the importance of person-centred, trauma-informed care
• You bring strong IT skills, to ensure accurate record keeping
• You can share guidance and practical support with colleagues, helping everyone to do their best work
• We do need you to have a driver's licence and access to your own vehicle. (mileage paid weekly)

Please note that IT skills are required for all our vacancies.

Where applicable, successful candidates will be required to register with the SSSC within 6 months of start date.

We value lived experience, please to read more about our views.

We welcome applications from all candidates who are eligible to work in the United Kingdom. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.

Turning Point Scotland offers a Salary Matching opportunity within the pay points of the role and based on experience.