Pay: £12.85 per hour
Location: Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
Employment: Full-Time/Part-Time
Vacancy Reference Number: 92392
Creative Support is looking to recruit a support worker experienced in working with people who have mental health support needs for our Gateshead based service. You will be working with an outcome‑focused floating support team for people over the age of 18 who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of homelessness and have housing related support needs. The service is commissioned by Gateshead Council and will provide a time‑limited support service from an office in Gateshead.
Support Focus Areas
- Resettlement & tenancy sustainment
- Prevention of tenancy failure or homelessness
- Maximised income
- Financial management and resilience
- Meaningful activity including volunteering, training and employment
- Improved health and wellbeing including smoking cessation, reduction in alcohol consumption and substance misuse, increased physical activity, improved diet and greater engagement with primary and specialist health care services
- Improved engagement with probation and rehabilitation services, and criminal justice agencies
- Improved self‑reported quality of life and self‑reliance
- Improved connections to local community activities and leisure opportunities
You will manage a case‑load and provide direct support to service users in accordance with their holistic support plans. As a recovery worker you will support service users who have complex and multiple needs, taking a multi‑agency approach that ensures people have access to appropriate services that meet those needs. You will promote inclusion, independence and wellbeing with the aim of enabling service users to become active and productive citizens. You will work with service users who require longer‑term support to stabilise their lives through developing the necessary skills and confidence for finding and managing a tenancy.
Support will focus on one‑off interventions and longer‑term support, devising clear exit strategies that build resilience, local connections and knowledge of local service provision.
Benefits
- Full training is provided
- Opportunity to work towards a QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care
- Probationary bonus
- Pension contributions
- 28 days Annual Leave
- Company‑paid enhanced DBS check
The role offers unique and challenging opportunities with great job satisfaction. You will be required to work in a flexible manner on a rota which may include evenings, weekends and nights. In addition to opportunities for personal and career development, we offer good conditions of service and a supportive, hands‑on management culture.
We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti‑racist organisation – Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer and recent Investors in People Gold award holder.
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