Housing Project Worker - Camden Town, Greater London, United Kingdom - Corus Consultancy

Description

Central is currently recruiting for a Project Worker, to work in the Hammersmith & Fulham area.

The service is a 24 hour male only high support hostel, providing support to those who have experiences of mental health concerns, some with additional complex needs including substance use and offending behaviour.

5 hours per week, working across Monday - Sunday on a rota basis covering early (8AM - 3:30PM) and late (2:30PM - 10PM) shifts.

There is a requirement to work every other weekend. 74 per hour, with £1.54 holiday pay, totalling £14.28 per hour.

The primary role of the project is to enable clients to understand their emotional and mental health needs and manage these effectively.

The role focuses largely on supporting clients to manage their accommodation and sustain their tenancies, develop their living skills, develop and manage relationships, build social networks and access education, training and employment.

Manage a caseload of 2-3 key clients, producing comprehensive needs and risk assessments

• Support clients to identify their long term goals, and shortterm objectives to meet these goals
• Support clients that are ready to move into work, education or training by assisting them to access suitable courses or placements
• Carry out room and building checks, and ensure that issues are reported and addressed in a timely fashion
• Contribute to the projects income through the minimisation of void loss and arrears
• Monitor rent accounts and address arrears with clients before they build up

Key working experience, including working with people who have complex or troubling experiences and/or behaviours.

• Understanding of the Recovery Model, and the ability to engage and motivate people to move towards independence and inclusion
• Proven ability to work in partnership with external stakeholders, particularly community mental health services and/or substance use services
• Proven ability to create and deliver SMART action plans with clients through high quality risk and needs assessment.
• Knowledge of Housing Management as applied to a residential setting, and an understanding of the rights and responsibilities associated with various forms of tenure including excluded licenses

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