Specialist Housing Support Worker (Immediate starts available)

Specialist Housing Support Worker (Immediate starts available) Role Type: Permanent Salary: £29,000 per annum (Rises to £30,500 after 1 year) Hours: Full-Time 40hrs per week (8am 8pm, approx. 1in4 weekends) Location: Coventry ROLE OVERVIEW: We are currently recruiting for Specialist Housing Support Workers to join a small team working for a large national organisation who partner with local authorities to tackle homelessness throughout the UK. You will be providing support to a caseload of individuals with a variety of complex needs including substance misuse and a range of mental health conditions. Immediate starts are available for candidates with a DBS certificate already in place but we are also still keen to hear from candidates who require a new DBS or have a notice period. SUPPORT RESPONSIBILITIES and DUTIES: Employ a strength-based and trauma-informed approach to building trusting relationships with residents, using that to help create accurate, realistic and meaningful (outcome focused) support plans. Use your knowledge and experience of working with those experiencing multiple disadvantages to identify and capture risks, using that to help design mitigation strategies and inform coping mechanisms. Engage pro-actively and effectively with residents to help them identify barriers which are preventing them gaining greater levels of independence, then working collaboratively to build (and achieve) a plan for success. Uphold the highest levels of safeguarding ..... full job details .....