Higher Needs Floating Support Worker - Bristol, United Kingdom - Second Step

Second Step
Second Step
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Second Step is a leading mental health charity in the South West offering housing, support and hope to thousands of people with mental health and other support needs.

Our goal is to inspire hope and deliver change for everybody and every community we work with.


Post:
Higher Needs Floating Support Worker (3 Posts)


Hours:
Full Time Post - 37 hours per week


Contract:
Permanent


Salary Scale & Range:
£23,037- £25,182


Location:
Bristol

  • The Higher Needs Floating Support Service is a newly commissioned service working with people in temporary accommodation or at risk of homelessness across a variety of settings. The team work closely with the local authority, health, treatment and specialist support providers to improve outcomes and work towards more settled accommodation for those facing multiple disadvantage

As a Floating Support Worker within the Higher Needs Floating Support Service, you will:

  • Work to make current accommodation sustainable, work with the local authority to identify new or more appropriate accommodation, and work in a motivational and psychologically informed way.
  • Work to engage and support clients with complex needs and/ or facing multiple disadvantage to maximise their choice and control over the support they receive by developing a network of support.
  • Work with landlords, support agencies, family, friends and others to create a comprehensive network of support that remains beyond the end of support provisions.

You will:


  • Be experienced in supporting people facing multiple disadvantage.
  • Have some experience in improving housing outcomes for people who have been homeless.
  • Be great at building trust with those you work with.
  • Have compassion, empathy and passion for supporting others.
  • Be IT literate and be able to record and report information.
  • Have confidence in lone working in the community.
  • Have the ability to travel across Bristol.

Here is what someone doing the job had to say:

  • 'I work with between 12 and 15 people across the city, all different but all have been homeless and all are working towards more settled accommodation. The work I do varies from practical support and a listening ear to connecting people with other services and helping to iron out problems with landlords. Every day is different I love working in this team; Im supported to manage my own workload, there are spaces to connect and reflect regularly with the team, and I also feel able to bring a lot of myself and my own skills to the role'._

Closing date: 5pm on 1st September
**Interview date: Week beginning 4th September
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