Project Worker Complex Needs

Project Worker Complex Needs

Team: Ashley Road, Highbury New Park, Milton House
Location: Islington
No. of Vacancies: 2
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37.5
Salary: £26,246.32 rising incrementally to £28193.12 per annum
Closing Date: 16/05/2023
Ref No: SHP1517

Do you believe everyone should have a place to call home and the chance to lead a fulfilling life? Do you have the commitment, enthusiasm and resilience needed, to work with some of the most vulnerable people in our communities? If the answer is yes, this could be the role for you.

SHP (Single Homeless Project) is one of London’s leading homelessness prevention charities and a dynamic and growing organisation changing 8,000 lives every year across London - from supporting people in crisis, to helping them take the final steps towards independence and employment.

About the Project Worker Complex Needs role:

We are seeking experienced and highly motivated Project Worker Complex Needs for our Complex Needs Accommodation Service. This Project is a 15 bed mix gender supported accommodation based in Islington. The role will require you to work alongside the Regional Services Manager and Service Manager, to provide a high level of support to these clients.

You will be in a specialist role designed to work with people with complex support needs and multiple disadvantage relating to: mental ill health, physical health & substance use needs, offending behaviour and / or domestic abuse. You will also play a key part in reducing harm and liaising with external professionals, preventing homelessness and promoting the independence and social inclusion of these clients.

The working rota for this post is Monday - Friday. (no weekend shifts) and a mixture of earlies (8am - 3.30pm) & lates (3pm - 1.30pm)

What we're looking for in our Project Worker Complex Needs:

To be successful, you will have previous experience of working with people who are multiply disadvantaged. You will also have the ability to manage a caseload and deliver positive outcomes utilising your knowledge of the health, social care and criminal justice sector. A flexible, innovative and creative approach to working with a sometimes hard to engage and challenging client group, is also required.

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 non-accommodation 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

Closing date: 24th May 2023
Interviews to be held on: 2nd & 3rd June 2023

Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to join the Single Homeless Project team – please click ‘apply’ now to become our Project Worker Complex Needs - we'd like to hear from you!

This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.

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.