Adult Lead Worker

Trident Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A community support organization in Birmingham is seeking an Adult Lead Worker to provide targeted support for vulnerable individuals. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills and experience in linking clients with essential services. Key responsibilities include delivering flexible support, helping clients develop independent living skills, and working with various agencies. Generous benefits include 34 days of annual leave and flexible working options, fostering a caring and accountable work environment.

Benefits

34 days annual leave

A day off for your birthday

Flexible Working options

Employee Assistance programme

Qualifications

• Positive attitude towards working with vulnerable individuals.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Reliable and punctual across diverse customer locations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver flexible support to vulnerable adults in their homes.
• Support customers to develop skills required for independent living.
• Act as a community navigator linking customers to services.

Skills

Experience with multiple vulnerabilities

Excellent communication skills

Proficient in IT packages

Ability to maintain confidentiality

Education

Relevant qualification specific to the role

Job description

Reference 142981

Adult Lead Worker

Birmingham

£24706.50 per annum

37.5 hours per week

Closing date 30th January 2006

About the role

To provide early and targeted support to aid the recovery and resilience of single adults or childless couples with multiple vulnerabilities, working flexibly across the city supporting people in their own homes within supported housing settings, or in locations of their choice.

Working closely with other agencies to provide seamless support to service users

Demonstrating a commitment to safeguarding in line with policy and procedure you will support vulnerable adults to develop the knowledge and skills they need to better manage their lives, including accessing appropriate services, empowering them to build successful relationships within their community, improving health and wellbeing and increasing levels of independence as they move through a prevention pathway model.

What you’ll be doing

• Deliver a flexible service, increasing or reducing the frequency and intensity of support as required and re-introduce support to dormant cases should any tenancy or support issues arise.
• Support customers to sustain accommodation, improve health and well‑being outcomes, develop skillsrequired to live independently, including offering practical support, maximising income, budgeting, addressing debt.
• Act as a community navigator, linking customers into local services and activities to establish networks of support and reduce social isolation.
• Co-ordinate interventions provided by other agencies to ensure that the right support is offered at the right time to enable the recipient to build resilience and prevent crisis or worsening health and well‑being.
• Work inilarly with key agencies such as housing, health and substance misuse services and act as an advocate, unblocking barriers to facilitate access to services.
• Lead on the completion of Risk Assessments with individuals and professionals, taking a proportionate approach to prevent or minimise risks using risk enablement techniques.
• Demonstrate a personalised approach to safeguarding, working in line with policies and procedures and in accordance with the six key principles of safeguarding.
• Support customers to access employment, education and training opportunities.

Who we’re looking for?

• A positive attitude around working with people with multiple vulnerabilities.
• Experience of agile working across locations to support a case load of customers is desirable but not essential.
• Excellent communication skills
• Proficient in using IT packages to capture all elements of support provided
• Ablity to keep accurate and contractually compliant records
• A relevant qualification specific to the role is desirable but not essential.
• A working knowledge of legislation
• Reliable and punctual to meet the needs of a diverse caseload of customers across different locations.
• The ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and work in accordance with GDPR legislation

Why join us?

This is not just a ‘job’ this is the feeling of knowing that you are part of something bigger and being able to go home each day with job satisfaction and pride in what is achieved by Trident Group every day.

Our purpose is putting people and communities at the heart of our services and the safe homes we provide. To deliver against our purpose we will be:

• Trustworthy
• Collaborative
• Accountable
• People Focused
• Caring in all we do

The benefits

• 34 days annual leave, plus the option to purchase up to 5 additional days
• A day off for your birthday
• 4 days off when you move home
• Life assurance (3 x salary)
• Employee Assistance programme & wellbeing programme
• Flexible Working options
• Learning & Development opportunities

Who we are?

Trident Group has over 60 years’ experience of delivering homes, services and innovationfor up to8,000 people in over 3,600 homes in some of the most disadvantaged communities in the Midlands. The Group employs more than650 staff, works with volunteers and provides training places and apprenticeships for many more.

The Group मैs;

• Trident Housing, which provides landlord services for the Group in respect of housing management and maintenance
• Trident Reach, which is a registered care and support charity delivering trauma informed care and support services.

We celebrate Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and as a trauma informed organisation we are continually striving to build a community where everyone feels valued, respected and equally guided by our beacon of hope.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we have committed to:

• ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
• communicating and promoting vacancies
• offering an interview to disabled people
• anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work
• at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

How to apply?

If you think this role is a good fit for you, click apply and upload your CV!

All applicants must provide their right to work documentation at interview stage, such as a valid passport which will be verified to check your eligibility to work and live in the UK.

Relevant roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from Disclosure and barring service (DBS).

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.

At Trident Group, we only consider agency introductions where a signed agreement is in place, and where the agency has been specifically contacted by a member of our People & Culture Team. We do not accept responsibility for any fees related to unsolicited or speculative CV submissions made directly to our employees or outside of the above.