Temporary Project Worker

Sanctuary Group; Colchester; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 12,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading housing and support organization in Colchester seeks a Temporary Project Worker to assist adults facing homelessness. This role specializes in providing support to help customers achieve independence, requiring previous experience with similar populations. The position offers flexible working arrangements, a competitive salary of £14.01 per hour, and various benefits including 25 days holiday and a pension scheme.

Benefits

At least 25 days paid holiday

Pension scheme with employer contributions

Health and well-being plans

Flexible working opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience of working with adults who have faced homelessness.
• Strong organisational skills along with functional literacy and numeracy.
• Ability to react quickly to changing priorities while working to deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Providing support to encourage customers to maximise their independence.
• Assessing customers’ needs by writing and updating support plans.
• Developing relationships with customers to ensure personal choice and dignity.

Skills

Experience of working with adults who have experienced homelessness

Strong organisational skills

Ability to work as part of a team

Enthusiastic and flexible

Functional literacy and numeracy

Ability to react quickly to changing priorities

Education

NVQ3 in Health and Social Care or willingness to work towards it

Job description

Overview

Temporary Part Time Project Worker – Blackheath, Queen Elizabeth Way, Colchester, CO2 8PE – £14.01 per hour – 14 hours per week – Temporary position until the end of March 2026.

Sanctuary Supported Living is delighted to be recruiting for a Temporary Project Worker at our Homelessness Service at Blackheath in Colchester.

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.

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

Skills and qualifications

• 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

Benefits

• At least 25 days paid holiday (plus public holidays) pro rata
• 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: 226121

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.

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