Project Worker Complex Needs - London, United Kingdom - Single Homeless Project

Single Homeless Project

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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About us:

Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity.

Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.

We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change.

About the role:

SHP currently have opportunities for you to join our teams as a Complex Needs Project Worker, for our service in Westminster.

Reporting to the Manager, your role will require you to develop, support and motivate the people who we support and accommodate.

We run a service that is creative, responsive and that provides a foundation which empowers people to achieve their aspirations and make positive and sustainable life changes.

You will be crucial to making that happen.

This role can make a real difference to individual's lives and crucially, support individuals many of whom face multiple disadvantages and have complex needs.

About you:

To succeed, you will have knowledge and experience of substance use and recovery & harm minimisation models, as well as an understanding of working within the homelessness sector or housing.

You will also have strong communication skills and engagement skills, to work with a wide range of people. Other requirements include strong IT skills.

Demonstrable level of relevant experience of working with complex needs as presented by former rough sleeping or homeless people, (e.g. combined issues either relating to polysubstance use, mental ill health, multiple physical health needs, unmet social care needs, complex trauma, or repeat offending/street based ASB) in an environment where these needs are not supported by a statutory agency at the point of referral.
The ability to work intensively with clients, respond calmly to crisis and deal promptly, effectively, safely and creatively to complex and challenging situations.
A strong understanding of the issues that typically disrupt progress in journeys towards independence, such as mental health, substance misuse, selfharm, domestic violence, anger management, learning impairment and frailty due to illness.
Excellent time management skills, ability to work on own initiative, manage competing priorities and maintain high standards.
Excellent teamworking and interpersonal skills, maintaining a collaborative approach to delivering service objectives across work specialisms

Interviews to be held on:

21st September

This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant or the equivalent in their home country

Our attractive benefits package includes:

A salary increase after successfully completing six month's probationary period
A 37.5 hour working week including flexible working hours (core hours are 10am 4pm) in nonaccommodation services
25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays),
A contributory pension scheme: Single Homeless Project will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary
Staff Health Cash Plan and discounts scheme
Comprehensive and integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in our work
Single Homeless Project is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces. We are also Disability Confident Committed and are IIP Silver accredited._