Vacancy Detail
Floating Support Worker
Role: Floating Support Worker
Based: Northamptonshire
Salary: £10 - £13 per hour, depending on experience and pay status
Hours: Full time
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: Ongoing
Our client, a well-respected charity who provide support, advocacy and housing to people that have complex needs are looking to recruit a Floating Support Worker within their Northamptonshire service.
Synopsis of duties:
- Key working approximately 20 clients weekly and supporting clients with both their practical and emotional needs including safety, housing, benefits, financial, social inclusion, schooling, mental health, addiction or substance misuse.
- Responsible for carrying out initial assessments, risk assessments, devising support plans and liaising with appropriate agencies
- Supporting clients to complete housing and welfare benefit applications and accompanying clients to various meetings and appointments, working with them to ensure they are tenancy ready.
- Signposting clients to additional services and agencies including counselling, group programmes (including the Freedom Programme), housing, solicitors etc
- Facilitating multi-agency and partnership working including social services, specialist support charities and housing departments
Essential Requirements:
- Proven track record of supporting vulnerable young people and/ or adults either within an accommodation or community-based service. Preferred experience of working with addictions, substance misuse, homelessness or mental health
- Strong safeguarding and risk assessments skills and experience
- Enhanced DBS issued within the last 12 months and/ or registered on the DBS Update Service
- Proven track record of successfully carrying and managing your own caseload
Supporting Futures Consulting acts as both an employer and an agency.
Location: Northampton | Salary: 10 - 13 per hour | Job type: Contract | Posted: 24/10/2022