Project Worker - Colchester, United Kingdom - Sanctuary Supported Living

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    The role of Project Worker will include:
  • Providing support to encourage our customers who have faced homelessness to maximise their own potential and independence
  • Assessing customers' needs by writing and updating support plans
  • Being a first point of call to receive and direct all customer queries
  • Developing relationships with customers, ensuring that customers maintain personal choice, privacy and dignity
  • Liaising with external support links to improve customers' confidence, health and wellbeing and offer training and encouragement towards employment and education
  • Handling occasional emergency situations
  • Keeping accurate and high-quality written records
  • Skills and experiences:

  • Experience of working with adults who have experienced homelessness
  • Enthusiastic and flexible with a strong "can-do" attitude
  • Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
  • Strong organisational skills as well as functional literacy and numeracy
  • Ability to react quickly to changing priorities whilst working to deadlines and targets
  • NVQ3 in Health and Social Care, or willingness to work towards is essential
  • Are you ready to be your best?

    Brilliant work deserves brilliant benefits As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary Supported Living a great place to work, here are just some of the ways we'll reward you:

  • At least 25 days paid holiday, rising to 30 days after 5 years' service (plus public holidays) pro rata
  • A pension scheme with employer contributions
  • A variety of online discounts and rewards from major retailers
  • Health and well-being plans
  • Life assurance
  • Family friendly arrangements, including opportunities for flexible working
  • Tax efficient savings through our Cycle to Work scheme
  • A wide range of learning and development opportunities
  • The full time equivalent for this role is 37.5 hours
  • Job Reference: 217939