Outreach / Floating Support Worker

Outreach / Floating Support Worker Location: TW3 Reporting to: Service Manager Salary: £12.03 per hour Contract: Temp on going Hours: Monday to Friday 09:00 – 17:18 Key responsibilities: * To deliver housing related support to adults with a range of needs, to understand their strengths and build on these to help clients meet their aspirations in a range of areas of interest and value to the individual. * Improve each client’s quality of life; prevent homelessness through promoting or maintaining independent living skills and appropriate move on. * Provide relevant support in accordance with the client’s range of needs via support and safety planning and aspirations assessments and through one-to one keywork sessions. * Assist service users to attend educational, leisure and health related activities, accompanying as appropriate * To maintain accurate service users’ records and all other records relating to the upkeep and maintenance of the service. This includes electronic based records on our organisational system. * To carry our Housing Management functions including the collection and management of rent, reporting of repairs, and managing the beginning and end of tenancies/licences at the schemes. * Encourage and promote effective multi-agency working to ensure that the risks of services users are mitigated and that the needs and aspirations of service users are met to a high standard, including establishing close contacts with various communities, statutory and voluntary organisations. * To assist with domestic tasks, when appropriate * Have knowledge of and follow relevant legislation, policies, and procedures. * To take part in regular supervisions and annual appraisals and seek out and take up opportunities for continuous professional development within the service, organisation and externally. Key Skills: * Excellent interpersonal skills and relationship management skills. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills. * Creative Problem-Solving skills including Conflict Resolution. * Organisation and Planning skill to deliver multiple priorities to tight deadlines * Creativity in engaging residents to co-produce initiatives to engage individuals via activity and event planning * Ability to use a range of approaches to ensure effective person-centred support planning. * Ability to maximise independence by motivating and supporting service users towards their goals. * Ability to travel and work across the services when required. * Basic awareness of health and safety issues * Willingness to cook and clean with the service users (where appropriate) * Excellent literacy and numeracy skills. * Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding issues and ability to address them appropriately. Extra: DBS or willing to do a new one for a fee. Updated training or be willing to do online training with us. Please apply with your CV via the apply button