Support Practitioner

Turning Point Scotland; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning courses

eLearning courses

Funded qualification SVQ

Career progression

Pension 4% employer contribution

Family friendly policies

35 holidays

Job summary

Turning Point Scotland is recruiting a Support Practitioner for WAYFinder North West Locality and Housing First in Glasgow. You will deliver practical and emotional support on an outreach basis, **with 1:1 and team-based work** to adults facing homelessness or at risk, helping them engage in meaningful activities and community life.

The role includes full training, salary matching within role pay points, and opportunities for development. IT skills are required and staff benefits apply.

Qualifications

• No previous working experience is required; full training will be provided.
• IT skills are required for all vacancies.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical and emotional support to individuals with a wide range of needs.
• Encourage and help individuals to achieve their own personal outcomes in daily life.

Skills

Compassion

Respect

Inclusion

Integrity

Education

SVQ Social Services and Healthcare

Job description

Service: WAYFinder North West Locality and Housing First

Based: Glasgow North West

Hours: Full Time (37 hours per week)

Contract: Permanent

If you live your best life, support someone to live theirs!

Do you have a passion for helping vulnerable people enjoy as much fulfilment as they can and feel included in their community? If compassion, care and inclusiveness are an important part of who you are, our opportunities to work away from the routine in a demanding, challenging but emotionally rewarding role could be for you.

Our Turning Point Scotland Services in WAYFinder North West Locality and Housing Firstare looking for people like you to help provide individualised support to adults with a wide range of needs, either on an individual 1:1 basis or alongside others and as part of a team.

Service Model - Outreach Housing and Wellbeing Support

Weprovidea range of different outreach Housing Support services supporting individuals with short to medium term interventions to either move on from their experience of Homelessness or prevent it happening in the first place. We also deliver longer term Housing Support often funded through personalised budgets / Self Directed Support (SDS) to meet individuals housing and wellbeing needs. We believe that Housing Support can be delivered upstream before Homelessness is even the faintest possibility, often where it is difficult to quantify the impact of our prevention work. Similarly, we see the importance of housing support to move people on from their experience of Homelessnessand alsoany long term physical and emotional needs

TheWAYFinderNorth WestLocalityServicedeliversa person-centred delivery model that meets the diverse needs of people presenting to GCC under Homeless Legislation.

Wedeliver measurable,high-qualityand consistent outcome-based interventions,we arecreative and innovative and bring added value to improve both engagement with and outcomes for service users.

We providea robust assertive outreach approachforindividuals whoarein temporary/emergency accommodation or movingon to permanent accommodation.

We work with 500+ people city wide, who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

WAYFinderNWprovides support 365 days per year.

Operating hours – 8-8 Monday to Friday, 10 – 6 Saturday and Sunday.

The support we provide is always person centred, we do this by involving people who know the person well, this includes family and friends, other health and Social Work professionals, Advocacy services and our own staff members.

No previous working experience is needed;full training will be provided to you. We believe having the right values of respect, compassion, inclusion and integrity is all you need to join our team! We would offer you full support in completing your application.

As aSupport Practitioner, you will work with individuals who have a wide range of support needs, providing them with practical and emotional support and encouraging them to achieve their own personal outcomes in all aspects of their daily lives e.g. keeping safe, meaningful activities, community involvement, physical health, relationships, emotional health and wellbeing.

We value lived experience, pleaseclick here to read more about our views.

We welcome applications from all candidates who are eligible to work in the United Kingdom. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.

Turning Point Scotland offers a Salary Matching opportunity within the pay points of the role and based on experience.

Please note that IT skills are required for all our vacancies.

Where applicable, successful candidates will be required to register with the SSSC within 6 months of start date

Turning Point Scotland havePlatinum accreditationinInvestors in People. Our staff are our most important asset, therefore we offer extensive training and impressive personal and career-focused development opportunities. You could be part of an organisation that not only offers excellent careers but makes a real difference to thousands of People’s lives and achieve your own personal fulfilment.

• 123 Learning and development courses
• 29 eLearning courses
• Funded qualification – SVQ Social Services and Healthcare, work basedassessment
  
• Your Career Pathway, we promote from within and advertise internally all jobs
• Pension Scheme, employer contribution 4%
• Wide range of family friendly policies
• 35 holiday/public holidays days' per year.

Does this position require a valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle? No

Does the post include personal care? No

Does the post include cooking and housekeeping skills? No

Will the service users be involved in this process? No

If you would like to chat about any aspect of the role, please call our Recruitment & Engagement Team on 0808 1643100.