Project Worker - Homelessness Support (Flexible Hours)

Sanctuary Group; Costessey; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing support

Company-paid life insurance

Parental leave and annual leave buy/s=

Company-funded training

Flexible working options

Inclusive culture and staff networks

Job summary

Sanctuary Supported Living is seeking a Project Worker in Costessey to join our homelessness service, supporting individuals to build independence and personal dignity. 37.5 or 13.5 hours weekly, £13.87 per hour, located at Cannell Court, Costessey, NR5 0PA.

You will assess needs, update support plans, and act as first point of contact, working with external links to improve wellbeing and employment prospects. NVQ3 in Health and Social Care or willingness to work towards is essential.

Qualifications

• NVQ3 in Health and Social Care, or willingness to work towards is essential.

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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

Education

NVQ3 in Health and Social Care, or willingness to work towards is essential

Job description

Sanctuary Supported Living is seeking a Project Worker in Costessey to join our homelessness service, supporting individuals to build independence and personal dignity. 37.5 or 13.5 hours weekly, £13.87 per hour, located at Cannell Court, Costessey, NR5 0PA.

You will assess needs, update support plans, and act as first point of contact, working with external links to improve wellbeing and employment prospects. NVQ3 in Health and Social Care or willingness to work towards is essential.