Senior Support Worker Young People

Job Location	South Wimbledon
Education	Not Mentioned
Salary	£12.68 per hour
Industry	Not Mentioned
Functional Area	Not Mentioned
Job Type	Permanent, full-time

Job Description

Prospectus are delighted to be partnering with a leading sheltered housing provider, striving to help homeless people build firm foundations by facilitating their independence and integration into society. They are now recruiting an experienced Senior Support Workers for one of their young peoples services based in Stockwell. This is offered as a temporary assignment, initial for two months with the possibility of extension.As their Senior Support Worker, your primary purpose is to assist an identified caseload of service users to increase their life skills and become self-sufficient by providing individual and tailored support (such as debt management and benefits advice). Working as a Senior Support Worker you will also be responsible for coaching and mentoring staff in lower grade posts to support their professional development and ensure the best service delivery. You will also be involved in managing relationships with external partners to deliver joint support planning to customers.To be successful, you will have demonstrable experience supporting vulnerable individuals, ideally young people, with complex needs such as mental health, substance misuse or offending. You will also have a good understanding of the causes of homelessness and the unique challenges that service users face in everyday life. Finally, it is important that you have previously worked in partnership with statutory and voluntary agencies to deliver a holistic support service to customers.Please note that this role will be to work 37.5 hours a week of varying shift patterns between 7am & 10pm including weekends.To be considered, you must available immediately and be in possession of a fully enhanced DBS check, issued within the last year or registered to the online update service.To apply for this role, please initially submit a word-formatted version of your CV; suitable candidates will then be contacted.*Please note, we are currently experiencing high volumes of interest in vacancies so it may not be possible to answer any individual queries on positions prior to an application* Required skills

Homelessness

Support Workers

Keyskills :
Homelessness Suppt Wkers

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