Project Worker

TN United Kingdom; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player in social care is seeking a dedicated Project Worker to join their Mental Health Service team. This rewarding role involves providing essential support to individuals overcoming homelessness, helping them regain their independence and confidence. You'll assess needs, develop personalized support plans, and liaise with external services to enhance customers' well-being. With a commitment to inclusivity and personal development, this position offers a chance to make a genuine impact in the community while benefiting from comprehensive training and a supportive work environment. Join a passionate team and help shape lives positively!

Benefits

28 days annual leave

Pension scheme with employer contributions

Online discounts and rewards

Health and well-being plans

Life assurance

Flexible working arrangements

Cycle to Work scheme

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working with adults who have faced homelessness is essential.
• Strong organizational skills and a flexible attitude are required.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to customers to maximize their potential and independence.
• Assess customer needs and develop support plans.
• Maintain high-quality written records and handle emergencies.

Skills

Experience with adults facing homelessness

Strong organizational skills

Ability to work in a team

Functional literacy and numeracy

Enthusiastic and flexible attitude

Ability to react to changing priorities

Education

NVQ3 in Health and Social Care

Job description

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Rockbourne House, 49 Roman Road, Salisbury SP2 9BJ

£13.34 per hour

8 hours per week

Sanctuary Supported Living is delighted to be recruiting for a Project Worker at our Mental Health Service, at Rockbourne House, Salisbury.

At Sanctuary Supported Living, we specialise in delivering a wide range of personalised housing, care, and support services to help people across England to live as independently as possible.

We’re a national organisation, but we’re not-for-profit and we think locally by putting our customers at the heart of what we do. We’re committed to being our best and helping customers to be their best, as we support them on their pathways for independence.

No matter your job – delivering support directly or working in our offices to support our frontline teams – your work makes a difference every day.

And working with us isn’t just another job. It’s rewarding, inspiring, exciting and it provides an opportunity to make a real, positive impact on people’s lives. Plus, we’ll support you in reaching your aspirations and career goals, through comprehensive training and benefits.

The role of Project Worker will include:

• Providing support to encourage our customers who have faced homelessness to maximise their own potential and independence
• Assessing customers’ needs by writing and updating support plans
• Being a first point of call to receive and direct all customer queries
• Developing relationships with customers, ensuring that customers maintain personal choice, privacy, and dignity
• Liaising with external support links to improve customers’ confidence, health and wellbeing and offer training and encouragement towards employment and education
• Handling occasional emergency situations
• Keeping accurate and high-quality written records

Skills and experiences:

• Experience of working with adults who have experienced homelessness
• Enthusiastic and flexible with a strong “can-do” attitude
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
• Strong organisational skills as well as functional literacy and numeracy
• Ability to react quickly to changing priorities whilst working to deadlines and targets
• NVQ3 in Health and Social Care, or willingness to work towards is essential

Are you ready to be your best?

Brilliant work deserves brilliant benefits! As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary Supported Living a great place to work, here are just some of the ways we’ll reward you:

• 28 days annual leave (including public holidays)
• A pension scheme with employer contributions
• A variety of online discounts and rewards from major retailers
• Health and well-being plans
• Life assurance
• Family friendly arrangements, including opportunities for flexible working
• Tax efficient savings through our Cycle to Work scheme
• A wide range of learning and development opportunities

Job Reference: 223858

We are only currently accepting applications from those with the right to work in the UK.

If you are applying internally, don't forget to use your internal careers account to submit your application.

We might get a lot of applications so reserve the right to withdraw this advertisement at any time. Don’t miss out, please apply early.

Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.

Building Equality and Diversity

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.

We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working.

An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be necessary in the event of a successful application which we will pay for.

Sanctuary Supported Living is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association and Sanctuary Home Care Limited, both exempt charities.