Bridges Safe Accommodation Team Keyworker - Tameside, United Kingdom - Jigsaw Homes Group

Jigsaw Homes Group

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Tameside, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Who we are:

Jigsaw Homes Group is one of the largest housing groups in England with more than 35,000 homes across the North West and East Midlands.

We provide quality, low-cost housing and play a wider role in making sure our residents thrive in their homes and benefit from living in healthy, sustainable communities.

About the department:

Jigsaw Support provides a range of contracted services aimed at helping vulnerable people with complex needs.

Our services are split into the following service areas:

Homes & Safe Spaces homelessness prevention and support
Support & Refuge support for people fleeing domestic abuse
Motivation & Empowerment supporting families, children and individuals

Prevention & Communities

Preventative services and community support

We also run a peer mentoring and volunteering service enabling people with lived experience to help our customers on their journeys to recovery.

Bridges is the commissioned Domestic Abuse service for Tameside.

We are going through an exciting time of change, growth and development.

There are 3 parts to the service:
Our refuge supports women and children who have fled domestic abuse, providing a place of safety and support.

Our Outreach team consists of IDVAs and Keyworkers, who support all domestic abuse victims across all risk levels on an outreach basis.

The Outreach team also includes a Safe Accommodation Service Team, who support victims and their children to access safe accommodation and support them whilst there.

Our children's team supports children and young people impacted by domestic abuse.

Role information:

Please note this role is Fixed Term until 31st March 2024
The Bridges Safe Accommodation Team Keyworker will support domestic abuse victims who do not feel safe at home.

They will support them through a range of options including home security measures, accessing refuge and accessing other emergency, temporary accommodation.

The keyworker will be co-located between the Bridges Outreach team and Tameside Housing Advice

Jigsaw benefits:

You will be rewarded with not only knowing that you have helped someone access a much-needed new home, or take that first step on the property ladder but also with some great benefits.

Working as part of Jigsaw Homes Group means you have the option to choose flexible working that suits you as well as the organisation, allowing for a great work/life balance.

You will also get:

27 working days holiday per annum (based on a 5day working week) plus bank holidays, plus additional days after 2 years continuous service (to a maximum of 5 days) and the option to buy/sell up to 5 days extra per year,
Incremental salaried pay

- occupational sick pay,
- on-site gyms,
- access to the Social Housing Pension Scheme,

Simply Health membership,

- enhanced maternity/paternity leave,
- training/development opportunities.

**We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of CV's