Project Worker

saha; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Project Worker to support young people experiencing homelessness. This role involves motivating clients, building trusting relationships, and empowering them to develop their skills and talents. With a focus on creating a psychologically informed environment, you will help clients transition to independent living while navigating complex situations. The organization offers a supportive work environment, comprehensive training, and a range of benefits, including generous annual leave and performance bonuses. If you are driven to make a real difference, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Starting Bonus

Annual Leave

Birthday Off

High Street Discounts

Pension with Life Assurance

Discounted Private Medical Insurance

Financial Emergency Loans

Occupational Sick Pay

Role-Specific Training

Long Service Awards

Qualifications

• Experience working with young people aged 16-25 years.
• Ability to apply safeguarding principles in practice.

Responsibilities

• Support young people in achieving their full potential.
• Engage with clients to help them sustain their accommodation.

Skills

Motivational Skills

Resilience

Relationship Building

Knowledge of Homelessness Issues

Community Resource Familiarity

Job description

About The Role

Exciting opportunity for a Project Worker, based in our Newhaven Foyer, key working a caseload of young people who are homeless or who have recently experienced homelessness.

At Salvation Army Homes, we are dedicated to providing comprehensive, good quality housing services, support, and resettlement.

The Project Worker will work with young people who have experienced homelessness in a psychologically informed environment (training provided) and will engage creatively with clients to:

1. Grow their strengths and talents
2. Develop their skills and resources to transform their lives
3. Support tenancy sustainment
4. Improve understanding of financial management
5. Enable better health and wellbeing
6. Move on to independent living

About You

You will be passionate about making a difference and thrive in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same. You will work in a manner that aligns fully with our delivery values and behaviors, demonstrating energy, passion, and a positive, can-do attitude in your daily contribution to transforming lives.

You will be able to:

1. Motivate young people to recognize and unlock their talents to achieve their full potential
2. Engage and relate to young people aged 16-25 years
3. Build trusting, professional relationships and have a high level of resilience
4. Take an asset-based approach to empowering people to develop their skills, strengths, and talents
5. Support clients to sustain their accommodation and manage their license agreement
6. Have good knowledge or experience of working with homeless people, and/or supporting vulnerable groups
7. Be familiar with wider community resources and organizations to support clients, and be comfortable dealing with complex situations
8. Apply safeguarding principles and practices as a core part of your work
9. Participate in a shift rolling rota system over 7 days

We want you to succeed in your work with Salvation Army Homes. In return for helping to transform lives, we offer benefits such as:

• £100 starting bonus, plus £250 at 6 months and 12 months of service
• 26 days annual leave, rising to 31 days
• An extra day off on your birthday
• High Street discount scheme
• Pension with life assurance
• Discounted private medical insurance
• Loans for financial emergencies
• Occupational Sick Pay
• Full induction and role-specific training
• Long service awards from 2.5 years
• Support for career development

About Us

Salvation Army Homes is a registered social landlord and one of the UK's leading supported housing providers. We are committed to transforming lives by providing accommodation and support for vulnerable individuals, mainly those with complex needs or experiencing homelessness.

Our approach is to work with individuals to build on their strengths, creating personalized strategies and plans that support recovery and positive behavior. We believe that recruiting the right people is essential to delivering high-quality services, and we invite applications from all qualified candidates, committed to equality and diversity.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply promptly.