Casual Worker - Camden, United Kingdom - The Riverside Group

The Riverside Group

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Camden, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Title:
Casual Worker

Salary:
£14.02 per hour

Working Hours:
As required

Location:
Camden Park House, London

The difference you will make as a Casual Worker
You will contribute to the day-to-day running of one of our supported housing services. The priority in your role includes the safety and wellbeing of everyone in our accommodation, including our customers.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

Engaging with customers daily to build their trust and encourage them to take part in various activities within the service and wider community.
Working with customers to raise their awareness of local services and facilities to ensure they have access to training, education, and work.
Carry out support planning and risk assessments for high need customers with the support of a Support Officer.
Working with the Specialist Support Officer to arrange and facilitate group sessions or activities.
Collaborating with relevant community agencies to ensure customers receive appropriate advice and support.
Ensuring that key performance targets are met and that all customer records are up to date.

About You

We are looking for someone who believes in working together as part of a team, who shares our values and who is friendly, engaged and committed to achieving great outcomes for our customers.

We are looking for someone with:

Experience of working with vulnerable people with a range of needs in a support capacity
Good communication skills and the ability to engage with and respect the needs of vulnerable people
Excellent team working skills
Housing sector knowledge
Strong IT skills to manage and maintain administration and recording systems
Excellent team player who can work flexibly to meet business requirements
Flexibility to cover shifts, sometimes at short notice

Why Riverside?
One Housing Group is now part of Riverside. At Riverside, we're a housing association with a difference - enhancing the everyday for all our customers.

For 90 years, we've been revitalising neighbourhoods and supporting communities by providing the homes they need to live full, fulfilling and rewarding lives.

We have a portfolio of over 75,000 affordable residential and retirement homes across the UK.

Our work ranges from homelessness services to social care, employment support to retirement living, and we need the best people on board to help us.

Working with us, you'll enjoy:

Competitive pay & generous pension
Investment in your learning, personal development and technology A wide range of benefits

Diversity and Inclusion at Riverside:

We are inclusive. At Riverside, we value diversity in all its forms. We foster a workplace where all individuals are respected, empowered, and heard. Our commitment to inclusivity drives our success and enriches the lives of our customers and colleagues.

Role Profile

We use Psychologically Informed approaches and Trauma Informed Care principles to support our customers to make positive choices, develop new ways of thinking and take steps towards independence, by:
Assisting in the planning and delivery of a range of personalised support and move-on plans.
Understanding the risk management process and assisting the team to organise and undertake regular reviews of support and risk.
Inspiring and motivating customers to meet agreed outcomes and develop life skills.
Assisting customers with daytoday support and tenancyrelated matters.
Assisting the team to identify and promote opportunities for employment, education and training and support customers to access them.
Signposting customers to appropriate external support services, such as food banks and other community resources.
Supporting customers to be 'tenancy ready', enabling successful move on.
Supporting customers to be financially independent through budgeting plans and maximising income.
Supporting and monitoring customers' healthcare needs, ensuring appropriate contact with healthcare professionals
Empowering customers to move towards selfmanagement of their medication by following Riverside's medication procedure.
Maintaining and updating clear, accurate and strengthsbased records on the appropriate digital platform.
Assisting in the promotion of customer involvement and consultation.
Assisting with the delivery of a range of group work sessions.

Deliver a support service:

Support the delivery of the referral process for new customers.
Contribute to the delivery of a housing management service, including income collection and providing customers with tenancyrelated support.
Work with customers to maintain a safe environment, including reporting any repairs or health and safety concerns
Clean and prepare customer rooms as appropriate.
Resolve difficult and challenging situations in a sensitive and informed way, balancing the needs of the individual with the safety of the service
Ensure customer safety