Link Worker - Norwich, United Kingdom - St Giles Trust

St Giles Trust
St Giles Trust
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Norwich, United Kingdom

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Job Summary:

Are you an engaging, collaborative and compassionate individual with a proven record as a caseworker delivering gender-specific and trauma responsive interventions, which supports helping men to find work or training and supporting them overcome barriers to doing this?


If so, St Giles is looking for fluent Albanian speaker with an understanding of Albanian culture and community to join us a
Link Worker and to deliver our holistic and trauma-informed service in the Norwich area.


About
St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need.

Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.


About this key role


We will count on you to create a safe and trusting environment, using trauma informed practice to facilitate a supportive and constructive relationship with service users and to deliver a range of interventions to service users which contribute towards the achievement of helping them find work, volunteer placements, or training.


Developing and maintaining positive working relationships with external agencies who can assist in achieving prescribed outcomes for service users and working towards contractual targets and outcomes within agreed timescales are also key elements of this role.


What we are looking for

  • Experience in engaging successfully with challenging people
  • Proven record of delivering onetoone and group coaching solutions
  • Experience working with partner agencies as part of a multiagency team
  • Fluent Albanian speaker with an understanding of Albania culture and community
  • Knowledge and understanding of the requirements of managing a caseload
  • The ability to assess a client's needs and provide tailored, personled support
  • Excellent interpersonal, relationshipbuilding and communication skills, both verbal and written


In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, season ticket loan and much more.


Closing date: 11pm, Thursday 24th
August 2023.


Interview date:
Monday 4th
September 2023**.


St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.

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