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Support Worker Carmarthen

Employer
Nacro
Location
SA31 1AH, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Salary
£20,009 per year
Closing date
10 Aug 2022

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Housing Support Worker - Wales - Carmarthen
Job type - Permanent/Full-Time

Salary - £20009 per annum

Hours - 40 hours per week - including 5 hours paid lunch break

Location- Boston

Number of vacancies - 2

Who are we?

We are a national social justice charity with more than 50 years’ experience of changing lives, building stronger communities, and reducing crime. Last year alone we helped support, house, educate, advise, and speak out for 38,000 disadvantaged young people and adults - and you could now help us make an even bigger impact going forward.
Our services in Lincolnshire help vulnerable young people, who are homeless or are threatened with homelessness, to live independently. We can offer employment within an established team that employs a non-judgmental approach, sensitivity and understanding.
Our aim is to inspire the young people we support to be ambitious and embrace new opportunities. We offer transparent, positive, and open working environments that foster inclusive working cultures and encourage creativity and an engaging mind-set. We enable the young people we support to have new experiences and develop new skills to become independent and make a positive contribution to society.
The purpose of these services is to transform the lives of Lincolnshire’s most vulnerable young people and our vision is to ensure every person in our services is given the support they need to have a chance at a brighter future.


Who are we looking for?



Nacro are looking to recruit a dynamic individual to work on a partnership scheme delivering Integrated Housing Support service using the principles of Housing First. The service will support people who are homeless, at risk of homelessness and who have multiple, co-occurring needs requiring a high level of support to obtain and maintain a home and lead a stable, independent life. the service will look to motivate and support people to stabilise behaviour, make positive changes in their lives; to address underlying causes of their difficulties and to engage in meaningful activities such as training, volunteering and ultimately developing confidence and skills required to live independently and successfully in a permanent tenancy. Support delivered will be aligned with the following principles;
• Housing is a human right
• Service users should have choice and control
• Housing is not conditional on support or treatment
• The approach is recovery oriented
• The approach is one of harm reduction
• There is active engagement without coercion
• Planning is person-centred, delivered in a psychologically-informed, trauma-informed, gender-informed way
• Support is flexible which can be scaled up or down and is available as long as required



Duties & Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Carry out an initial assessment of the potential or actual service users
• Regularly update service users risk assessments, taking any necessary action as required
• Design and deliver an effective support plan with the service users referring to specialist agencies as applicable. .
• Maintain contact on a regular basis with service users in accordance with the requirements of the service. This includes maintaining a professional relationship and being a good role model to service users. All contacts should be appropriately recorded

The successful candidate should have:
• Experience of working with vulnerable people
• Experience of support planning and a good understanding of the needs of people that are at risk of becoming homeless
• Experience of Welfare Rights and Welfare Benefits is desired
• The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable but not essential.
• A driving license and access to your own vehicle is essential.

• DBS check required



Please apply online



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