Project Worker
Posted a day ago
- Dunfermline, Fife
- Any
- External
- Expires In 3 months
Project Worker for Housing Support - £14to £15.50p/h
Full time position available on a temporary basis with the potential to apply and secure the position on a permanent basis.
21 HSC are looking to recruit a Project Worker fora highly regarded homelessness charity. The organisation is a sector leadingcharity that works with young people between the ages of 16- 25 who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. The role is on a full time basis working 35hours per week mainly Monday to Friday based in Fife.
As a Project Worker, you will be a leading member of the team, working directly with young people to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support on a 1:1 basis. You will work with young people in their supported tenancy and in their local community. Your support will help ensure that a young persons experience of homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
To be responsible for the direct provision of practical, personal/emotional, social, and intellectual support to service users.
To participate in the on call rota in accordance with agreed guidelines.
To advocate, where appropriate, on behalf of the service users in dealings with all relevant external agencies.
To participate in the referral, selection and placement process to ensure that all available places are filled appropriately and promptly.
To contribute to achieving the agreed standards of service and targets reflecting the aims and objectives of the organisation, service level agreements or guidelines provided by statutory and regulatory authorities.
To line manage and provide formal and informal support to allocated staff, sessional staff and/or volunteers. This will include individual supervision sessions and participation in annual appraisals.
To ensure that all necessary unit repairs, and tasks involved in attaining health and safety requirements, are dealt with as quickly and efficiently as possible.
To participate in the gathering and processing of relevant statistical information to evaluate the effectiveness of the service and the demands being made of it.
Essential/Desirable Skills and Attributes
Experience working within a housing support service is essential.
Experience working with children & young people is essential.
HNC is Social Services is desirable.
SVQ 2/3 in Health and Social Care or Children & Young People is desirable.
To Apply
To apply for this role, please click apply and send an up-to-date CV in support of your application in the first instance. For more information about the position available and a detailed job description, please contact Sean Carruthers or Danielle Frame at 21 HSC. Suitable applicants will be contacted asap with a view to securing an interview with the Service Managers of the service and will be invited for an initial face to face/teams interview with one of our recruitment team.
21 HSC Limited is an equal opportunities employer.
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Full time position available on a temporary basis with the potential to apply and secure the position on a permanent basis.
21 HSC are looking to recruit a Project Worker fora highly regarded homelessness charity. The organisation is a sector leadingcharity that works with young people between the ages of 16- 25 who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. The role is on a full time basis working 35hours per week mainly Monday to Friday based in Fife.
As a Project Worker, you will be a leading member of the team, working directly with young people to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support on a 1:1 basis. You will work with young people in their supported tenancy and in their local community. Your support will help ensure that a young persons experience of homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
To be responsible for the direct provision of practical, personal/emotional, social, and intellectual support to service users.
To participate in the on call rota in accordance with agreed guidelines.
To advocate, where appropriate, on behalf of the service users in dealings with all relevant external agencies.
To participate in the referral, selection and placement process to ensure that all available places are filled appropriately and promptly.
To contribute to achieving the agreed standards of service and targets reflecting the aims and objectives of the organisation, service level agreements or guidelines provided by statutory and regulatory authorities.
To line manage and provide formal and informal support to allocated staff, sessional staff and/or volunteers. This will include individual supervision sessions and participation in annual appraisals.
To ensure that all necessary unit repairs, and tasks involved in attaining health and safety requirements, are dealt with as quickly and efficiently as possible.
To participate in the gathering and processing of relevant statistical information to evaluate the effectiveness of the service and the demands being made of it.
Essential/Desirable Skills and Attributes
Experience working within a housing support service is essential.
Experience working with children & young people is essential.
HNC is Social Services is desirable.
SVQ 2/3 in Health and Social Care or Children & Young People is desirable.
To Apply
To apply for this role, please click apply and send an up-to-date CV in support of your application in the first instance. For more information about the position available and a detailed job description, please contact Sean Carruthers or Danielle Frame at 21 HSC. Suitable applicants will be contacted asap with a view to securing an interview with the Service Managers of the service and will be invited for an initial face to face/teams interview with one of our recruitment team.
21 HSC Limited is an equal opportunities employer.
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