The successful candidate will be required to work 37.5 hours per week, working across Monday - Friday. The core hours are between 10AM - 4PM; with flexible starting/finishing hours between 9AM-5PM. Temporary cover is required for approximately 3 months, with the possibility of extension.
Please note: you will be supporting clients within the community, their own homes and from the service in Redbridge.
In this position, you will be expected to;
- Hold a caseload of up to 25 key clients and undertake regular key working sessions resulting in agreed SMART Support Plans.
- Complete comprehensive needs and risk assessments
- Assess referrals to the service to ensure the criteria are met and suitable clients accepted.
- Work closely with Redbridge Council, estate agencies/landlords, and external support services to ensure clients are appropriately housed
- Identify, report and following up any safeguarding concerns.
- Arrange and carry out formal case reviews that are client led and predominantly take place in the community.
- Work in partnership with other department and external community agencies in order that client needs are assessed and can be met.
- Work with clients to identify activities that they would like to take part in to prepare them for independence and move through and assist them with accessing these activates internally/externally.
- Take part in running activities or small groups in response to identified client needs or as part of a project wide programme of group work.
- Support clients that are ready to move into work, education or training by assisting them to access suitable courses or placements
Please note: this role involves loneworking.
To apply for this role, you must have;
- Experience and understanding of the range of approaches appropriate to working with the following needs; mental and physical ill health, challenging behaviour, substance misuse, antisocial behaviour and/or offending
- Experience of floating support
- Experience of supporting clients into supported accommodation and/or other floating support services
- An understanding of Housing and other related legislation
- The ability to motivate people to move towards an appropriate level of independence and inclusion
- The ability to effectively liaise with a range of service providers and agencies in order to establish or improve services for clients
- Experience of supporting clients to carry out tasks such as budgeting, calculating benefit entitlements and understanding rent arrears
- Experience of working with vulnerable people presenting significant levels of need and risk, with an ability to devise and deliver on action plans through high quality risk management and needs assessment.
- An understanding of safeguarding procedures
Candidates must confirm their interest as soon as possible, with interviews scheduled shortly after and the appointed candidate expected to start as soon as possible