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Support Worker (Rough Sleeper Initiative)
| Posting date: | 12 March 2025 |
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| Salary: | £12.60 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 April 2025 |
| Location: | Lowestoft, Suffolk |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Access Community Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
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Summary
Hours: 30 / 37.5 hours per week which includes evening and weekend working. Rota will comprise of 7.5 hours shifts (plus break) on a 3-week rolling rota. There will be a mix of early (8am-4pm) and late shifts (2pm – 10pm). The Safe to Stay Hub is a 24/7 covered building.
Contract: Fixed term until 31st March 2026
Pay: £24,570 per annum (pro rata for part time working) which is equivalent to £12.60 per hour
Purpose Statement
Access Community Trust provides housing support to residents which is heavily focused on working them to provide personal resilience and skills to be able to live independently within the community. Each referred individual should be supported in a way which encourages residents to be empowered and to help build independence. A key part of gaining independence is being able to maintain an ability to live independently in the community and the role will focus on enabling our customer to build the skills and resilience to achieve this.
Principal Responsibilities
The key responsibilities will require the postholder to work proactively and reactively with their caseload, ensuring regular key working sessions, risk assessment updates and connecting clients with internal and external support mechanisms which help to enrich the customer’s journey and successful move-on.
Performance Indicators
Key indicators are focused on the regular engagement with residents and their progress within their own individual journey up to and including move-on outcomes.
Experience
We actively encourage those with lived experience to become support workers and therefore whilst vocational experience is heavily valued, equally so is that of someone with lived experience. To encourage applications from all sections of the community we view the role of support worker to need key skills around listening, supporting, guiding, enabling and encouraging. Full training can be provided to candidates evidencing the key skills listed above, however if you have previously worked in a similar role or have transferable skills then we would also welcome and encourage your application.
For further details on the role responsibilities, please click the link below.
Contract: Fixed term until 31st March 2026
Pay: £24,570 per annum (pro rata for part time working) which is equivalent to £12.60 per hour
Purpose Statement
Access Community Trust provides housing support to residents which is heavily focused on working them to provide personal resilience and skills to be able to live independently within the community. Each referred individual should be supported in a way which encourages residents to be empowered and to help build independence. A key part of gaining independence is being able to maintain an ability to live independently in the community and the role will focus on enabling our customer to build the skills and resilience to achieve this.
Principal Responsibilities
The key responsibilities will require the postholder to work proactively and reactively with their caseload, ensuring regular key working sessions, risk assessment updates and connecting clients with internal and external support mechanisms which help to enrich the customer’s journey and successful move-on.
Performance Indicators
Key indicators are focused on the regular engagement with residents and their progress within their own individual journey up to and including move-on outcomes.
Experience
We actively encourage those with lived experience to become support workers and therefore whilst vocational experience is heavily valued, equally so is that of someone with lived experience. To encourage applications from all sections of the community we view the role of support worker to need key skills around listening, supporting, guiding, enabling and encouraging. Full training can be provided to candidates evidencing the key skills listed above, however if you have previously worked in a similar role or have transferable skills then we would also welcome and encourage your application.
For further details on the role responsibilities, please click the link below.
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