Support Worker - Beckton, United Kingdom - Prospect Us

Prospect Us
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Beckton, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Prospectus is pleased to be working with a homelessness charity based in Newham, whose mission is to provide support to people who find themselves sleeping rough in East London by providing a safe and welcoming place to stay, and offering support throughthe provision of personalised support, educational and life skills opportunities.

They are now seeking a Support Worker to join their Supported Housing Team in Beckton. This position is offered as a temporary assignment initially for 3 months.


As their Support Worker, you will be a principal provider of support to residents in the Supported Accommodation service and will also work alongside Assistant Support Workers, to promote resident engagement through the development of positive relationshipswith our residents and contributing towards the promotion of a fulfilling, safe and inclusive environment.

You will motivational and asset based interviewing techniques to interview, assess and create support plans and risk assessments, take a positive, trauma-informedapproach to working with residents, as well as using a pro-active approach in multi-disciplinary support and conducting regular reviews of support plans and risk assessments.


To be considered, you will have experience in building relationships with vulnerable, disadvantaged or excluded client groups, as well as dealing with challenging behaviours within a similar setting to the homelessness sector such as within local authority,voluntary, independent, charity or social housing sector.

You will have experience and an understanding of the range of approaches appropriate to working with challenging behaviour including current drug /or alcohol use, antisocial behaviour, offending, substancemisuse and complex need and be able to work with service users in a trauma-informed way with proven effectiveness.

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