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Julian House is a charity dedicated to making a difference to the lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in society. We run several projects and every year we help thousands of people out of homelessness, into employment, away from domestic abuse, and more. If you'd like a real sense of job satisfaction, great career prospects and a competitive benefits package, you could be who we're looking for! Job Role: Supported Housing Worker Salary: £24,500 per year Hours:33.5 hours per week Contract type: Permanent Location: Exeter Additional information: <ul><li>Valid driver's license and access to a car business purposes</li><li>Participation in an out-of-hours on-call rota, £100 per week when on-call</li></ul>The Role: As a Supported Housing Worker, you'll play a vital role in our Supported Housing Service, providing support to individuals with a recent history of homelessness. Our broader service includes: 21 units for clients with medium support needs, 16 units designed for medium and high-risk prison leaves, and 8 units dedicated to young people under 24 years old with medium to low support needs. In this role, you will help manage 11 units, providing essential support to clients. Your responsibilities will include handling referrals, conducting assessments, and supporting clients to maintain their accommodation while empowering them to make meaningful, positive changes in their lives. You will also play a key role in building and maintaining effective, collaborative working relationships with partner agencies involved in supporting each client's journey. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful different in the lives of vulnerable individuals as they work towards stability and independence. Responsibilities include: <ul><li>Progress and track referrals made into the service and outcomes for service users moving on from the service</li><li>Ensure all new clients moving into the service understand their rights and responsibilities and the conditions of their license agreement</li><li>Complete needs/risk assessments for clients ensuring they have a tailored support plan in place </li><li>Carry out effective multi-agency working with external agencies to maximise opportunities for clients</li><li>Maintain client records that they are accurate and fully updated using our client record system</li><li>Since job descriptions cannot be exhaustive; the post holder may be required to undertake other duties, which are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities</li></ul>Qualifications / Requirements: <ul><li>A valid UK driving licence and access to own vehicle - business insurance will be required for roles involving travel for work</li><li>Experience working with vulnerable adults and/or people with complex needs and challenging behaviours</li></ul>There are many great reasons to join our team! <ul><li>Great opportunities for career development and free monthly training sessions from experienced facilitators</li><li>Wellbeing related support and advice and up to 6 free counselling sessions through our Employee Assistance Programme</li><li>27 days annual leave, including an extra day off for your birthday, increasing up to 30 days after 4 years of continuous employment</li><li>30% staff discount at Julian House charity shops</li><li>20% staff discount at Julian House bike workshops</li><li>For all the fantastic and valuable work you'll be doing makes you eligible for the Blue Light Card which offers amazing discounts on thousands of brands.</li><li>A generous and competitive pension scheme</li><li>Instant access to healthcare professionals and discounts on a variety of health treatments through our Simply Health Scheme</li><li>A supportive culture where staff feedback is highly valued and regular supervisions with line managers are conducted</li><li>6 weekly Reflective Practice sessions from objective, external facilitators</li></ul>Our Ethos As an Equal Opportunities employer, we have an Equality and Diversity Action plan in place showing our commitment in ensuring continuous improvement in creating an inclusive culture. We also have a committed group of Inclusion &amp; Diversity champions who meet monthly to ensure progress is being made. We invite applications from people from all backgrounds and cultures, especially minority groups that are underrepresented in the workplace. We also welcome applications from those with lived experience. We embrace flexibility and are proud to be a Disability Confident and Mindful employer, as well as an Armed Forces Covenant Supporter. If you have any special access requirements or other support needs throughout the application process (including interview), please contact us so that we can let you know how we can support you. DBS Checks We welcome applications from people with lived experience. All applicants working with our clients will be expected to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. A criminal conviction will not necessarily prevent you from becoming an employee, the decision will depend on the type of offence and its relevance to the role. If you would like to discuss any convictions you may have, please contact the person named in the advert. All information will be dealt with according to our Data Protection Policy. Get in touch If you have any questions about Supported Housing Worker role, please get in touch with the team at <a href="mailto:recruitment@julianhouse.org.uk" target="_blank">recruitment@julianhouse.org.uk</a>. We look forward to speaking with you soon! Please note: We reserve the right to close our vacancies once the perfect candidate has been found. We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible so that you don't miss out!

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