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Project Worker (Women's Homeless Service)

Role:               Project Worker (Homeless Women’s Service)

Based:            Greater Manchester

Salary:               £22,700 – 25,100pa

Start Date:      ASAP – July 2023

Duration:        Permanent

Hours:             36 hours

Shift Rota:      1 in every 4 weekend/ Hours are 8am to 8pm (i.e. 8am – 2pm, 10am – 6pm and 12 – 8pm shifts)

 

Supporting Futures are currently recruiting for a Project Worker to support homeless women in a specialist supported housing project in Rochdale.

 

We are looking for an experienced Support Worker to support homeless women with both their practical and emotional needs and to empower them to make positive choices, find safe sustainable housing and move towards independent living.

 

The service support women with a range of needs including homelessness, tenancy sustainment, substance misuse, mental health, domestic abuse, ex-offenders and those exiting sex work.

 

Synopsis of duties:

  • Key working clients and supporting clients with both their practical and emotional needs
  • Responsible for carrying out initial assessments, risk assessments, devising support plans and liaising with appropriate agencies
  • Supporting clients with housing applications and for supporting clients with all aspects of resettlement including accompanying on viewings and sign ups, signing up to utilities and accessing local facilities and applying for crisis fund and to local charities for furniture and amenities
  • Supporting clients with income management and for understanding their tenancy rights and obligations
  • Supporting clients to complete housing and welfare benefit applications and accompanying clients to various meetings and appointments
  • Signposting clients to additional services and agencies including counselling, debt management, group programmes, housing, solicitors etc
  • Working in partnership with other agencies and facilitating multi-agency meetings
  • Supporting clients to access the community services and facilities

 

Essential Requirements:

  • Experience supporting vulnerable clients in supported housing
  • Experience of key working clients including carrying out support plans and risk and needs assessments
  • Valid driving license and access to a car
  • Enhanced DBS issued within the last 12 months and/ or registered on the DBS Update Service

 

For more information, please call the team 

 

Supporting Futures Consulting acts as both an employer and an agency.

 


Location: Rochdale | Salary: 22700 - 25100 per year | Job type: Permanent | Posted: 21/03/2025

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