Project Worker

Sanctuary Group; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 20,000 - GBP 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A non-profit organization is seeking a Project Worker to join their Homelessness Service in Ipswich. The role involves providing support to individuals who have faced homelessness, developing personalized support plans, and ensuring their dignity and choice. With a focus on helping customers achieve independence, the ideal candidate will possess relevant experience and a strong can-do attitude. This fulfilling job offers comprehensive benefits and training opportunities.

Benefits

At least 25 days paid holiday, rising to 30 after 5 years

A pension scheme with employer contributions

A variety of online discounts and rewards

Health and well-being plans

Life assurance

Family friendly arrangements

Tax efficient savings through Cycle to Work scheme

Wide range of learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience of providing support to customers facing homelessness.
• Ability to assess customer needs and write support plans.
• Capable of keeping accurate and high-quality written records.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to customers to maximize their potential and independence.
• Assess needs by writing and updating support plans.
• Develop relationships ensuring personal choice, privacy, and dignity.

Skills

Experience of working with adults who have experienced homelessness

Enthusiastic and flexible with a strong “can-do” attitude

Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative

Strong organisational skills

Functional literacy and numeracy

Ability to react quickly to changing priorities

Education

NVQ3 in Health and Social Care or willingness to work towards

Job description

Department: Health and Social Care (Qualified and Non-Qualifie)

Operation: Sanctuary Supported Living

Closing Date: .

Requisition: 227200

Project Worker

£13.34 per hour

37.5 hours per week

Sanctuary Supported Living is delighted to be recruiting for a Project Worker at our Homelessness Service, Cavendish Lodge, Ipswich.

At Sanctuary Supported Living, we specialise in delivering a wide range of personalised housing, care, and support services to help people across England to live as independently as possible.

We’re a national organisation, but we’re not-for-profit and we think locally by putting our customers at the heart of what we do. We’re committed to being our best and helping customers to be their best, as we support them on their pathways for independence.

No matter your job – delivering support directly or working in our offices to support our frontline teams – your work makes a difference every day.

And working with us isn’t just another job. It’s rewarding, inspiring, exciting and it provides an opportunity to make a real, positive impact on people’s lives. Plus, we’ll support you in reaching your aspirations and career goals, through comprehensive training and benefits.

Responsibilities

• Providing support to encourage our customers who have faced homelessness to maximise their own potential and independence
• Assessing customers’ needs by writing and updating support plans
• Being a first point of call to receive and direct all customer queries
• Developing relationships with customers, ensuring that customers maintain personal choice, privacy, and dignity
• Liaising with external support links to improve customers’ confidence, health and wellbeing and offer training and encouragement towards employment and education
• Handling occasional emergency situations
• Keeping accurate and high-quality written records

Skills and experiences

• Experience of working with adults who have experienced homelessness
• Enthusiastic and flexible with a strong “can‑do” attitude
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
• Strong organisational skills as well as functional literacy and numeracy
• Ability to react quickly to changing priorities whilst working to deadlines and targets
• NVQ3 in Health and Social Care, or willingness to work towards is essential

Benefits

• At least 25 days paid holiday, rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service (plus public holidays)
• A pension scheme with employer contributions
• A variety of online discounts and rewards from major retailers
• Health and well-being plans
• Life assurance
• Family friendly arrangements, including opportunities for flexible working
• Tax efficient savings through our Cycle to Work scheme
• A wide range of learning and development opportunities

Job Reference: 227200

Please note: If you have lived or worked overseas, you may be required to provide an overseas police check. Any costs incurred for this will be reimbursed once employment has commenced.

We are only currently accepting applications from those with the right to work in the UK.

If you are applying internally, don't forget to use your internal careers account to submit your application.

We might get a lot of applications so reserve the right to withdraw this advertisement at any time. Don’t miss out, please apply early.

Building Equality and Diversity

Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be necessary in the event of a successful application which we will pay for.
Sanctuary Supported Living is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association and Sanctuary Home Care Limited, both exempt charities.