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Homeless Recovery Worker

Two Saints
locationPoole, UK
PublishedPublished: Published 3 weeks ago
Full Time
The Vacancy

Full Time, Permanent

Are you looking for a challenging and rewarding role where you are able to empower people every day to develop their skills and move towards independence? Do you enjoy working in an environment where every day is different to the next? Then this could be the role for you.

BCP Housing First supports individuals aged 18 and over, who have high support needs and a history of long term rough sleeping and homelessness. Our aim is to give them a home of their own, where they can regain stability, safety, and support. We work in partnership with BCP council and all support services within BCP, this helps us deliver a strength based, person-centred approach, creating a positive environment to help them sustain a home.

Our dedicated team provides intensive one to one support to help our clients achieve their goals, everything we do is to coach and empower our clients to eventually achieve independent living.

If you love working with people and are looking for a role where you can make a real difference in the lives of those you support, then this is the role for you!

About the role

As our Homeless Recovery Worker, you will lead on the case management of clients and be part of a team that provides accommodation based and community support services to clients to keep them safe and help them achieve their goals. The role will provide people with homes and specialist support, so they feel more valued and secure, and ready to take the next steps.

Further information:
  • This role will require an Enhanced with Barred List(s) disclosure and barring service check is a requirement for this role. This would be completed on appointment of the role
  • This role will require a full drivers' licence and access to a vehicle
  • This role will require you to work flexibly across several sites
  • This role will require you to work with clients on a one-to-one basis
  • This role will require you to work nights and/or weekends
  • This role will require you to lone work
About you

You will have:
  • Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Clear verbal and written English
  • Good keyboard skills for data inputting
  • Good working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word
  • Confident and assertive manner
  • Ability to self-motivate as you will work on your own
  • Effective team working
  • Ability to respond calmly to crisis
  • Deal promptly with and effectively react to challenging situations
  • Have an interest and genuine concern for homelessness and related issues
Experience of managing a caseload of clients along with of risk assessment and person-centred, outcomes-based delivery would be preferable although not essential.

An understanding of the support needs of people experiencing homelessness or those with complex needs would also be beneficial

We reserve the right to close our adverts early if a successful candidate is found, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Two Saints is committed to safeguarding and safer recruitment. We carry out pre--employment checks such as DBS checks, Overseas police checks (where appropriate), reference checks, and CV gap querying for all new staff members.

About Us

We offer support to people who are homeless, vulnerable or at risk of becoming homeless and need help rebuilding their lives for a brighter future. Our services include safe, flexible and reliable client led housing and support with a focus on reducing homelessness, improving health and wellbeing and building on individual's skills and resilience to break the cycle of homelessness, poverty and exclusion.

We work in partnership with multiple agencies and authorities to deliver support and accommodation needs across Berkshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Dorset.

We are dedicated to safeguarding all young people and adults with our services. We follow safer recruitment practices for all our vacancies to assure that all successful candidates are suitable to work with our clients.

We're committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce that embodies our values and promotes a tolerant and respectful environment where everyone can feel empowered to succeed.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and will support with any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.

Our vision
To be a safety net for people in tough times and the springboard to a brighter future.

Our mission
To provide people with homes and specialist support so they feel more valued and secure, and ready to take the next steps.

Our values
Everyone matters
We know we're stronger together
We do the right things, for the right reasons
We never give up

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Our Benefits

Extra mile awards

Pension with life cover

Blue Light Card

Champions of equality

Employee assistance programme

Staff discounts via Wider Wallet

Dedication to wellbeing

GP helpline

Length of service awards

Generous and flexible holiday

Refer a friend scheme