Independent Living Coach - Young Persons Support Worker

General Description

Independent Living Coach – Young Persons Support Worker

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£26,141.57 a year
Stoke-on-Trent
Hours per week: 40.25
Contract type: Permanent
As an Independent Living Coach, you will provide advice and support to people who have experienced homelessness across our young persons, male and female 24/7 schemes.Youllwork as part of a team to manage the day-to-day running of the scheme, supporting customers with tenancy management, signposting foradditionalsupport with housing,healthand welfare.
You will beallocateda main scheme base, with the expectation that you could be requested to cover shifts across all the schemes.
Job requirements
Cover all reception tasks, including the phone,postand enquiries. Respond to neighbourhood concerns appropriately by recording details of any queries or concerns.
Support new customers when they move in tomake surethey understand their rights and responsibilities. Make sure they feel comfortable and informed about their agreement, the localareaand other services.
Support customers to manage their rent and service charge payments, including their benefits claims where necessary, arranging appointments with organisations such as DWP. Provide advice to customers on health,housingand other issues as necessary, signposting them to other agencies andaccompanyingthem to appointments whereappropriate.
Maintain the safety and security of customers and the building by supervising the entrance and exit and undertaking regular health and safety checks of the rooms and communal areas.
Deal with the immediate needs of customers asappropriate. Provide crisis intervention, defuse difficult or dangerous situations in a sensitive and effective way.
Support with financial and administrative duties when needed.
Whatwerelooking for
Educated to GCSE level or witha good levelof Maths and English.
Some experience dealing directly with the public and/or clients or customers in a busy service environment.
Some experience dealing with complex and difficult behaviours in relation to people facing multiple disadvantages.
Knowledge of confidentiality and the importance of discretion in relation tomaintainingprofessional boundaries.
Knowledge of how to support vulnerable people make changes in their lives.
Genuine understanding and compassion for people without a home, whowontjudge butwill insteadempower and give them a voice.
Great communicationskills.
Able to work on a rota, including mornings, evenings and weekends and bank holidays including Christmas and New Year.
Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple tasks and demands.
Full UK driving licence and use of your own vehicle for work.
DBS checkrequired.
Help us give those without a plan,voiceor home to build concrete futures by tackling the issues that keep people from finding their own home. Apply now!
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Who we are
Werepart ofHoneycomb Group, a team of social-minded brands championing happy homes in our region by providing services and support that help people across Staffordshire and its surrounding areas feel secure,connectedand confident.
Homelessnessisnta choice. It can happen to anyone.

Concrete is a local charity, support network and campaigner leading the fight to erase homelessness within Staffordshire and its surrounding areas. xwzovoh

Through a community-led approach, Concrete helps those without a plan, without a voice and without a home build concrete futures by tackling the underlying issues that keep people from finding and securing a home of their own.

Join us on our fight to make homelessness history across Staffordshire and everywhere.