Project Worker

Nacro; Bangor; In loco; GBP 26.807 - 28.851; Tempo pieno

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Descrizione del lavoro

Nacro is seeking a dedicated housing/education/health and wellbeing support worker to join our expanding team in the UK. The role involves delivering high-quality, person-centred support across an allocated area, with regular travel requiring a Full Driving Licence and access to your own vehicle with business insurance.

The starting salary is £26,807 with progression to £28,851 within the first year, with transparent progression points and opportunities for further pay progression.

Competenze

• Experience of working with vulnerable people with a range of support needs, especially substance misuse issues.
• Ability to assess and manage risk.
• Excellent communication skills to motivate service users.
• Ability to carry out assessments for all service users to identify individual needs or barriers and then produce an agreed action plan that must be regularly reviewed, monitored and outcomes collated.
• Organisational and planning skills, able to deal with conflicting priorities.
• Ability to work effectively on own initiative and in a highly pressurised environment whilst responding appropriately to the needs of the service users.
• Ability to work flexibly and proactively.

Mansioni

• Deliver high quality, effective support services.
• Uphold Nacro’s values and behaviours and translating those into everyday activity.
• Ensuring safeguarding and risk management is a key part of our support work and that any safeguarding alerts and/or incidents are safely managed.
• Meeting service quality standards and adhering to all operational and policy standards.
• Ensuring all service user support and safety plans are in place.

Conoscenze

Risk assessment

Communication skills

Self-motivation

Organised

Descrizione del lavoro

· This role does not offer eligibility for visa sponsorship.

This role offers a starting salary within Nacro’s pay structure of £26,807 with expected progression to £28,851 within the first year, subject to meeting clear criteria and performance standards, with further pay progression available in the future. Nacro’s pay framework provides transparent progression points and supports ongoing professional development and career growth.

We are Nacro, we believe that everyone deserves a good education, a safe and secure place to live, the right to be heard, and the chance to start again, with support from someone on their side.

That’s why our housing, education, justice, and health and wellbeing services work alongside people to give them the support and skills they need to succeed. And it’s why we fight for their voices to be heard and campaign together to create lasting change.

We see your future, whatever the past.

This role requires regular travel across an allocated area and therefore, a Full Driving License and access to your own vehicle with business insurance are essential.

Our services look to motivate and support people to stabilise behaviour, make positive changes in their lives; to address underlying causes of their difficulties and to engage in meaningful activities such as training, volunteering and ultimately developing confidence and skills required to live independently and successfully in a permanent tenancy. Support planning is person‑centred, delivered in a psychologically-informed, trauma-informed, gender-informed way.

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Deliver high quality, effective support services.
• Uphold Nacro’s values and behaviours and translating those into everyday activity.
• Ensuring safeguarding and risk management is a key part of our support work and that any safeguarding alerts and/or incidents are safely managed.
• Meeting service quality standards and adhering to all operational and policy standards.
• Ensuring all service user support and safety plans are in place.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with vulnerable people with a range of support needs, especially substance misuse issues
• Ability to assess and manage risk
• Excellent communication skills to motivate service users
• The ability to carry out assessments for all service users to identify individual needs or barriers and then produce an agreed action plan that must be regularly reviewed, monitored and outcomes collated.
• Organisational and planning skills, able to deal with conflicting priorities.
• Ability to work effectively on own initiative and in a highly pressurised environment whilst responding appropriately to the needs of the service users.
• Ability to work flexibly and proactively.

At Nacro, we believe in the power of a diverse and inclusive team. We are a Ban the Box employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including those with criminal records. Convictions are not discussed at application stage and will only be considered later if relevant to the role, assessed fairly, proportionately and confidentially. For advice, contact our confidential Criminal Record Support Service on 0300 123 1999 or [e-mail] .