Project Officer

Housing Group; Wigan; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension (matched up to 8%

Healthcare cash plan (Medi cash)

Discount scheme with cinema tickets &

26 days annual leave

Job summary

Housing Group is seeking a Project Officer to provide key worker support to young residents and help them achieve their goals. You will develop life skills, manage your diary and caseload, and build strong relationships with residents, colleagues and external professionals on-site.

The role involves varied daily activities, including 1-2-1 sessions, reviews of action plans, and collaboration with partner agencies to support outcomes.

Qualifications

• Provide key worker support to residents and help them achieve goals.
• Develop independent living and life skills and build relationships with residents and professionals.
• Manage your own diary and caseload while engaging with many people daily.

Responsibilities

• Deliver 1-2-1 support sessions on life skills.
• Review action plans with residents.
• Support residents to attend appointments.
• Contribute to multi-agency meetings.
• Facilitate group activities as part of the learning programme.

Skills

Engage with youth

Diary management

Communication

Team collaboration

Job description

Project Officers work on a 4 week rolling rota - Week A: 8am-4pm, Week B: 10am-6pm, Week C: 11am-7pm, Week D: 12pm-8pm and are part of a multidisciplinary team on site, supporting the young people who can live with us for a maximum of 2 years. The role includes some element of lone working, but only for short periods of time. Lock 20 was designed to promote collaborative working with colleagues, customers and partner agencies. Every day is different; you could be based in our open space having a conversation with young people, delivering 1-2-1 support sessions on life skills, reviewing an action plan, supporting a young person to an appointment, contributing to a multi-agency meeting or facilitating a group activity as part of our learning programme. What will I be responsible for doing? First and foremost, you will be providing key worker support to our young people. You will play a key role in supporting residents to help them achieve their goals, develop independent living and life skills and build excellent relationships with residents, colleagues and professionals from external agencies. One of the great things about this role is being able to bring your own personality. Our young people come from a wide range of backgrounds and we try to mirror that in our staff team. You have an opportunity to encourage, support and inspire young people to reach their aspirations.

Ideally you will be

• An ability to engage with a range of young people
• A tenacity in seeking the best outcomes for young people
• Innovative and creative in your ways of working
• Resilient and flexible in dealing with others

This role is really suited to someone who likes to manage their own diary and caseload and enjoys interacting with lots of people on a daily basis.

Your Housing Group is a registered social landlord helping people at every stage of life to live in quality homes they can afford. As one of the North's sector-leading landlords, we are proud to play our role in tackling the UK's housing crisis by continually reinvesting in our 29,000 properties and tailoring our services to meet the diverse needs of our customers. We also build over 1,000 new homes each year. We're an employer of choice, over 88% of colleagues here recommend us as a 'great place to work'.

In return we offer a 35 hour week, and 26 days annual leave (holidays also increase with time served) plus Bank Holidays, but our employee deal offers much more than just a competitive salary and holiday allowance. Although you are based at Lock 20 you will have access to Youggle House - our wellbeing, social, collaboration and meeting space in Birchwood, Warrington. You may be asked to travel to Youggle House to meet up with your wider team.

On top of this, we'll provide you with a great benefits package,

• a contributory pension where we match whatever you choose to contribute (up to 8%)
• an advanced level Healthcare cash plan through Medi cash, that doesn't just provide dental and optician cashback but also health and wellbeing benefits (such as 24/7 GP Access, money back from prescriptions and alternative therapy treatments)
• an amazing discount scheme that gives you access to half price cinema tickets, subsidised gym memberships and a huge range of discounts with some of the biggest high street and online names.

For more of our great benefits, please review the benefits information sheet available by visiting the vacancy on our website - www.yourhousinggroup.co.uk/careers.

This role also offers genuine progression opportunities, with staff previously progressing into roles such as Learning and Support Officer, Accommodation and Support Officer, and Tenancy Management Officer. Our management team is made up of colleagues who started their careers in the roles listed above. This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 and will require the post holder to carry out 'Regulated Activity' as defined under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006. Therefore, as part of Your Housing Group's pre-employment checks, successful applicants will be required to complete a satisfactory Enhanced DBS with barred list(s) check.