Senior Housing Project Worker - Macclesfield, United Kingdom - Emerging Futures

Emerging Futures

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Macclesfield, United Kingdom

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Description

Permanent, full-time post (37.5 hours per week)

Location Macclesfield, Cheshire East

Salary £24,775 - £26,597

This requires the ability to work on a rolling rota basis covering days, evenings, weekends and occasional waking nights across our Housing Related Support provision across Cheshire East.

As a Senior Project Worker, you will provide Housing Related Support and recovery support people who have a history of failed accommodation placement, substance and/or alcohol misuse, criminality and often challenging and negative behaviours.

Working within a Psychologically Informed Environment you will be responsible for case coordination of individuals residing in the project and the provision of both opportunistic and structured interventions.

You will also take a senior role in supporting and leading the staff team and covering for our Housing Team Leader in sickness or absence.

Working with a blend of Housing First and harm reduction techniques, you will be assessing need, preparing tenancy support plans and supporting tenants to achieve their individual goals.

What you will be doing

Providing ongoing support for staff within the team and be involved in the recruitment, induction and training of staff and professional volunteers.
Working with the Local Authority and other agencies to create moveon options and improve the health and wellbeing of tenants through direct 11 work.
Within a delegated portfolio of services, ensure the effective implementation of serious untoward incident reporting in line with policy and procedures, and implementing lessons learned.
Supporting the development of recovery and employment initiatives for tenants across Cheshire East, working with local third sector and grass roots organisations, associations, and individuals.
Implement and manage systems to ensure residents are safe, meaningfully engaged and moving forward in their lives.
Liaison with Housing Services to ensure benefit claims are submitted and processed efficiently and effectively.
Ensuring residents understand their tenancy agreement and their rights and obligations.

Some of the skills, knowledge and experience you will have

A keen and comprehensive awareness of homelessness issues, interventions and understanding specific ways to support tenants with ingrained and entrenched negative behaviours.
Excellent allround communication skills and the ability to manage relationships.
Experience of housing management or working in a residential setting with those with complex needs including challenging and/or negative behaviour.
An ability to undertake accurate and comprehensive assessments of need, identifying levels of risk, recovery potential and establishing immediate and longerterm recovery goals.
Excellent skills and demonstrable experience in report writing and incident reporting.
A flexible attitude towards your work and a knowledge of local services and geography in Cheshire East.
Flexibility and access to transport as you may be required to visit other sites across Cheshire East.

If you would like to discuss the roles in more detail, please contact Sarah Nelson on

Closing date 25th July 2023

Interview dates to be confirmed.

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Salary:
£24,775.00-£26,597.00 per year

Benefits: