Trauma-informed Care Specialist Support Worker - Hackney, United Kingdom - Look Ahead Housing and Care

Look Ahead Housing and Care

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Hackney, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Job profile:

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

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Job details:
Job details:

Job reference

REQ00461
Date posted
22/03/202 Application closing date
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Location
Hackney
Salary

- £25,896.00 per annum

Package
Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.
Contractual hours
40
Basis
Full time
Job category/type
Full Time, Permanent

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Trauma-Informed Care Specialist Support worker:

Job description
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We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Specialist Support Worker to join our Hackney Road service in Hackney. No personal care or experience is required, just the right values.

£25,896.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.

Want to feel like you're making a difference? You'll feel at home here.**Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team.

After all, our people are doing something amazing:
helping to transform lives every day.

East London Apartments provides 24-hour accommodation based support for up to 31 individuals with complex histories, multiple traumas, complex personality disorder(s) and a varied, disrupted housing history with experience of homelessness as well as individuals who have been diagnosed with severe and enduring mental health conditions who are under the Care Programme Approach (CPA).

Specialist Support Workers within Look Ahead are required to have either an extra dimension of experience or a higher qualification level as determined relevant for the particular post.

Shift work, 6 week rolling rota including some evenings and weekends.

Early shifts 7:30am-4pm

Late shifts 2pm-10:30pm

No night shifts required for this role.

This role requires a valid Right to Work for the UK as Look Ahead are not a sponsoring organisation._

What you'll do:

Building supportive, trusting relationships with customers and external partners, creating a positive atmosphere
Carrying out holistic assessments of new customers which incorporate relevant statutory referral information
Conducting regular key work sessions that are innovative and engaging in order to achieve Support Plan goals
Keyworking the most complex serviceusers with particular needs aligned with the post holder's specialism
Trauma informed Care
Create support plans for providing appropriate services based on ongoing assessment and reflecting the services and resources available to enable customer to progress in their recovery
Ensuring ongoing assessment and management of risks associated with customers within an attitude of 'positive risk taking'
Provide support and access to relevant services to enable customers to continue their recovery and empower customers to selfmanage their medication regimes through individual reenablement programmes and informed decision making
Undertake support work in partnership with external stakeholders to compliment their interventions, leading on partnering with specialist stakeholders;
Upskilling staff team in particular area of expertise
Trauma informed Care
Developing productive relationships with partner organisations to improve service outcomes
Demonstrate strong commitment to the functioning of the staff team and to support colleagues in providing a high level of service and safety to customers
Involving customers in the design, development and delivery of the service
Adhering to lone working protocols and maintaining high levels of awareness in relation to the health and safety of yourself and colleagues
Ensuring Look Ahead Health and Safety policies and local protocols are adhered to at all times e.g. fire risk assessments, fire alarm checks etc.
Being responsible for the handover of key information between shifts
Provide structured support and guidance to other frontline staff in their area of expertise
To lead groups and activities offering a range of appropriate therapeutic and recovery focused interactions and activities

Undertaking any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as assigned by the Team Leader/ Manager

To uphold all health and safety responsibilities within relevant policies and local protocols
Adhere to all the policies and procedures of Look Ahead Care & Support plus those specific to the project including any statutory requirements

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