Project / Support Worker - Complex Needs Services

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Job description

Do you believe everyone should have a place to call home and the chance to lead a fulfilling life? Do you have the commitment and resilience needed, to work with some of the most vulnerable people in our communities? If the answer is yes, please read on

Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life. We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 10,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.

We are seeking additional staff to join the experienced and committed teams within our Complex Needs Services, across various Central London locations. You will be in a specialist role designed to work with people with complex support needs relating to combined issues; such as mental ill health, multiple physical health needs, poly-substance use and offending behaviour.

As a Project Worker Complex Needs, your role will be to provide support to clients with complex needs to enable them to understand their related needs and to manage these effectively. You will hold a caseload of clients and be responsible for completing comprehensive needs and risk assessments with them, to identify their short-term objectives. You will also support clients to develop their living skills, develop and manage relationships, build social networks and to access various services.

To be successful, you will have previous experience of working with either rough sleepers or people with complex mental health, physical health or substance use support needs. You will also have an understanding of working with people using person-centred approaches, PIE (psychologically Informed Environment), Trauma informed and working collaboratively within a harm minimisation and recovery framework. The ability to manage a caseload and deliver positive outcomes utilising your knowledge of the health and social care sector is also needed. As is a flexible and creative approach to working with a sometimes hard to engage client group.

Flexibility is required, as you will be working a rota inclusive of early shifts, late shifts, weekends and bank holidays.

Closing date: 31st January 2022

Rounds of Interviews: held on an ongoing basis until positions are filled

Advert may close early if all posts are successfully recruited to

This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.

Our attractive benefits package includes:

A salary increase after successfully completing six months.
A 37.5 hour working week including flexible working hours (core hours are 10am - 4pm) in non-accommodation services
25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays),
A contributory pension scheme: Single Homeless Project will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary
Staff Health Cash Plan and discounts scheme
Comprehensive and integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in our work

Single Homeless Project is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces. We are also Disability Confident Committed and are IIP Silver accredited.