Project Worker

Pobl Group; Wales; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A supported accommodation service in Wales is seeking a full-time Project Worker to support individuals experiencing homelessness. Your role will involve engaging service users, delivering workshops, and managing support plans. Strong interpersonal skills and a driver's licence are required. The position offers a competitive salary and various benefits including holiday entitlement and psychological support.

Benefits

Competitive salary

26 days holiday plus Bank holidays

Pension scheme

Sick Pay

Wellbeing and psychological support

Qualifications

• Must have a driver's licence and access to a car.
• Experience with complex behaviours and support needs preferred.
• Ability to engage and support individuals with diverse backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Support service users to develop key life skills.
• Lead shifts and direct the work of support officers.
• Deliver workshops on tenancy management and wellbeing.

Skills

Driver's licence

Ability to adapt to diverse clientele

Experience in mental health or substance misuse

Job description

Summary

Caersalem House, our Supported Accommodation service in the Rhondda area, has an opportunity for a Project Worker to join its well-established team on a full-time, permanent basis.

Overview

The successful candidate will need to have a drivers licence and access to a car with appropriate business insurance.

Where does the role fit it?

Caersalem House is a supported accommodation service which provides a housing solution for homeless people with varying support needs. Here at Caersalem, we work with the people we support to plan goals that will enable them to live independently in their own tenancy. It is also a chance for people who were homeless to engage with specialist services who will attend to their other support needs.

Day To Day Duties

As a Project Worker, you will support service users to develop the key skills they require to achieve positive progression and to develop the skills to re-settle in the community. Project workers are expected to lead each shift and to direct the work of scheme support officers.

Your Day Will Consist Of

• Engaging and interacting with our service users.
• Writing and following a support plan with the individual you are supporting
• Delivering workshops relating to tenancy management and health and wellbeing
• Liaising with external agencies
• Addressing any additional needs, the people we support might have
• Wellbeing checks
• Organising and participating in day trips
• Maintenance checks such as health & safety, fire safety
• Cleaning as required
• Managing and planning your workload efficiently

Our motivation is to ensure we equip the people we support with the knowledge and tools they need to live independently. This is a challenging role and you will be faced with complex behaviours and needs, including alcohol misuse, mental health, substance misuse and offending behaviour. You will work with a range of different personalities and behaviours so you will need to be able to adapt your approach to engage with a diverse cliental.

This is an exciting opportunity for you to really make a difference to the lives of the people we support and help them to, build on their confidence and skills to move into their own tenancies within the RCT area.

Part of your role will also include sleep-in shifts at the scheme, where you will be provided with a secluded area that includes a bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen facilities.

Pobl Benefits

• Full-time (37 hrs), Permanent position
• Competitive salary of £26,072.00 + £51.11 sleep-in allowance
• Shift pattern: the service is staffed 24/7 therefore you will be required to work: Days, waking nights, sleep in shifts and weekend availability.
• This role requires an Enhanced DBS check, which we pay for
• 26 days (pro rata) holiday entitlement plus Bank holidays
• Pension scheme
• Sick Pay
• Bespoke learning pathway with the support from an experienced Learning and Development team
• Internal Progression
• Wellbeing and psychological support
• Time for Talk service
• 45p per mile

FREDIE

At Pobl Group we are guided, in all that we do, by a group of principles that we call FREDIE, these are: Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, Engagement. This means that whatever your background, you will have an equal opportunity at Pobl Group and we encourage you to apply now.

If you would like any support with your application or to discuss any adjustments that you may require to support you to application process, [e-mail].

What do you need to do now?

If you have the skills, experience and enthusiasm required to be our next difference maker, please follow the prompts to apply now. We occasionally close a vacancy before the end date as we actively review our applications and will sometimes progress to interview very quickly, we would love to hear from you so please apply now to start your Pobl journey.

Further information on the role can also be found on the Job Description.