Project Worker

Company:  CV-Library
Location: Dunfermline
Closing Date: 02/11/2024
Salary: £14 - £16 Per Hour
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
Project Worker for Housing Support - £14 to £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 for a highly regarded homelessness charity. The organisation is a sector leading charity 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 35 hours 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 person’s 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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