Senior Support Worker - Offenders (Supported Housing)

Work Relief Charity Recruitment is recruiting for one of the world’s most recognisable charities. We are looking to recruit a Senior Support Worker for their Croydon project to be responsible for the support of an identified caseload of customers (single homeless young people) with complex needs and a history of offending.

Senior Support Worker – Offenders

West Croydon

37.5 hours (on a rota basis), Permanent

£26,000 per annum

Benefits:

Competitive salary, comprehensive training and development programme, 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, occupational sick pay, contributory group pension scheme, free life assurance and salary sacrifice schemes (eg. childcare vouchers).

The Role:

• You will be responsible for the support of an identified caseload of customers with complex needs and a history of substance misuse issues with responsibility for key working, coordinating support packages and proactively ensuring all required tasks and activities are completed.


• Be able to support customers in a way which suits their individual needs, and engage with those who can often be ‘difficult to engage’.


• Undertake specialist interventions appropriate to the customers needs including but not limited to those related to substance misuse, mental health and offending behaviour.

The Candidate:

• Interested applicants must have similar experience of working in a complex needs environment, ideally within a residential setting.


• Experience of supporting vulnerable people with offending histories and who may be at risk of re-offending


• Experience of occupancy agreements and dealing with voids and rent arrears targets


• Experience of working in partnership with Statutory and Voluntary Agencies to deliver co-ordinated support to customers


• Experience of supporting individuals to address offending behaviours, manage court orders and work jointly with the Criminal Justice system, Police and other specialist partner agencies

To apply, please email a copy of your up to date CV. All suitable candidates will be asked to complete an application form.

Deadline for completed applications 6:00pm, Tuesday 17th November.

Due to the high number of applicants, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you have not heard from one of our representatives within 1 week of applying, then your application has been unsuccessful.