Floating Support Worker - Monmouthshire

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Job description

Our Monmouthshire Temporary Accommodation and Resettlement Service are recruiting for Floating Support Workers to join the team!
This role is an interesting and exciting opportunity for someone to work with a diverse cliental in getting homeless individuals out of temporary accommodation and into their own tenancy. This is such an important role that involves supporting someone with their different needs to get them settled into a place they can call home.
No 2 days will be the same in this role and you will work across Monmouthshire meeting and supporting different people every day.
Please read on for more information and to apply for this opportunity to join our team of difference makers at Pobl…

Being part of the team:

Our Monmouthshire Floating Support team are responsible for ensuring everyone who has been housed in temporary accommodation since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic is given the support they need to help them move on into a tenancy. By joining this team, you would play an influential role in delivering on our pledge to get as many people as we can a safe home that they can independently manage.

This role does have it challenges, you would be working with people who have their own unique experiences and support needs including substance misuse issues and offending backgrounds. However, this is also an incredibly rewarding role as you get to support someone to live independently and a more fulfilling life. You will also be working alongside an experienced team and manager who will support you to develop skills and relationships with external agencies.

What we are offering you:

We have 37 hour per week, permanent Floating Support Worker positions available.

Working days are predominately Monday to Friday between the hours of 9 & 5, but flexibility is required as you may on some occasions work outside 9 to 5 to support individuals when needed.

We offer flexible working to help individual employees with work/life balance, and we have implemented agile working practices.

We provide all training required to successfully deliver the role and you will have access to a bespoke learning pathway with the support of an experienced Learning & Development team.

We pay for an Enhanced DBS check, which is a requirement for this role.

As a Floating Support Worker your day will consist of:

* Managing your own caseload and keeping accurate, up-to-date records.
* Traveling to the people we support's temporary accommodation or public place.
* Engaging and interacting with the people we support to establish goals to work towards.
* Providing advice on finances, health, welfare benefits, housing options and tenancy management skills.
* Working with external agencies and signposting the people we support to the appropriate services suited to their needs, specifically treatment and mental health services.

Please refer to the job description for more details.

Who we are looking for:

To be successful in this role, we are looking for:

* The ability to deal with challenging situations
* Experience or understanding of working with people with substance misuse issues and/or offending backgrounds
* The ability to build good relationships
* The ability to work as part of a team
* Someone who upholds our values of being Positive, Considerate & Connected
* Full driving license and access to a vehicle

Please demonstrate, with examples, how you meet the above criteria.

Please use the person specification on the job description to support your application.

How we support you:

In Pobl, people really are at the heart of everything we do and there are endless opportunities for training and career development and progression. We provide all training required to successfully deliver the role and you will be surrounded by a fully experienced and supportive team and manager.

We also are passionate about developing our employees and have a management secondment programme for individuals looking to progress.

We also care about our employee's wellbeing and offer a Time for Talking service where counselling and psychological wellbeing support 24/7, 365 days a year is available to you should you need it.

Other benefits include:

* 25 days holiday.
* Excellent Pension options.

* Mileage paid at 40p per mile'
* Pobl Wellbeing Team
* Pobl savings scheme

And so much more!

To begin your journey with Pobl, click "apply now"

Pobl are required by law to check a candidate's eligibility to work in the UK. The successful candidate will be expected to provide their documentation to us in person at our offices prior to the start of their employment with Pobl. A socially distant appointment system and COVID safe environment will be in place and in line with the Welsh government guidance.

Pobl is an organisation with equality, diversity and inclusion at its heart. As an Investors in Diversity organisation, we recognise the importance of promoting equity for all, eliminating discrimination and creating a Pobl culture that is truly open and inclusive and where every individual can be themselves. We welcome applications from all areas of the community, however we particularly encourage applications from members of the BAME community as well as individuals with disabilities, who are currently under-represented within our workforce.

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Reference ID: 506347

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £20,337.00 per year

Benefits:
* Casual dress
* Company pension
* Flexible schedule
* Sick pay
* Work from home
Schedule:
* 10 hour shift
* 8 hour shift
* Day shift
* Monday to Friday
* Weekend availability