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Housing Support Worker

companyYMCA Thames Gateway
locationBrentwood, UK
PublishedPublished: Published 3 weeks ago
Social care
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We're looking for a Housing Support Worker to join our progressive Housing team and assist in the day to day running of the hostel.

The successful candidate will have experience of working with socially excluded young people as well as specific experience in one area of support work i.e. skills training, drug dependency, work with offenders etc.

If you are able to conduct yourself in a professional manner, have the skills to manage a tenancy case load with minimal supervision and have good knowledge of current and future benefits arrangements, you just may be the person we are looking for.

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Thank you for your interest in finding out more about YMCA Thames Gateway Group. Whether you're looking for your first role, coming back to work after a career break, or simply looking for a new challenge, we're happy you're considering us.

As a community-based organisation for over 150 years, we are a vibrant and ever-changing charity that offers inclusive Programmes in health & wellbeing, childcare, housing and youth work. We are passionate about providing opportunities to those who are most in need, and have successfully adapted to the needs of the communities in which we're based on a number of occasions.

Our staff are dedicated to making other people's lives better through the services we provide, and live our Values to Be MORE - Motivated, Open, Respectful, Empowered - so if this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, we look forward to hearing from you.

Summary of Job Profile:
  • Hours: 37.5 hours per week
  • Work Pattern: Monday - Sunday (includes evenings, weekends and bank holidays)
  • Contract Type: Permanent
  • The Job Description and Person Specification can be found here: Housing Support Worker Brentwood.pdf
Additional Information:Please note YMCA Thames Gateway Group does not have a Sponsored Licence to recruit non-UK workers and therefore all candidates are expected to provide evidence that they are eligible and have the right to work in the UK.

To be considered for this role please click the 'Apply for this job button' at the top of this page. We don't accept CVs or Resumes as applications. You are required to download the application form to complete and re upload to the system for the Recruiting Manager to review.

YMCA Thames Gateway is serious about safeguarding; this role will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check.

At YMCA Thames Gateway we are a Disability Confident Employer and we are committed to Equal Opportunities. Therefore we value the importance of diversity and positively welcome applicants from all members of the community. The Association is committed to ensuring that all current and potential staff, members, users and visitors are treated with dignity, fairness and respect regardless of their protected characteristics, within the Equality Act (2010).

We strongly encourage applications from applicants of a BAME background, those with a disability and those who identify as LGTBQ+.