Housing Support Worker

Hours: 35 hours per week. Working on a rota covering 7 days a week, early shifts (8am-3.30pm) and late shifts (2.30pm-10pm) Contract: Permanent Location: London Borough of Wandsworth Job reference number: 1749 Who we are -Cranstoun is a social justice and harm reduction charity. We offer a wide range of services across England including housing and homelessness, substance use, domestic abuse, children and young people and criminal justice. About the job - An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our supported housing services in Wandsworth. The service has 30 units of accommodation across 5 sites. This role will operate across our various levels of supported housing, including a flexible threshold unit that adopts a harm reduction approach with flexible tolerance toward drug use. You will be part of a team providing support to the residents in the service and will be required to work on a rota basis that includes every other weekend. The service is set up to support residents to stabilise their substance use, focusing on harm reduction whilst improving independent living skills and achieving their individual goals. As a keyworker, you would keywork not less than 2 residents, providing support and advice through regular planned keywork sessions. In addition, you would work closely with our partner organisations to ensure that the residents receive support tailored to their needs. You would also contribute to the running of in-house groups and sessions, as well as ..... full job details .....