Floating Support Worker

Overview

Floating Support Worker – SW8 1SJ

Salary: GBP
15 per hour. The role is for 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, between 8:00 and 18:00. Core working hours are 10:00 to 16:00. Temporary cover for approximately 2 months. The role requires office work in Vauxhall with 3 days per week hybrid working and supporting clients within the community and their own homes. This role involves lone working.

• Hold a caseload of up to 27 key clients and carry out regular key working sessions resulting in agreed support plans reviewed regularly.
• Produce comprehensive and high-quality risk assessments and risk management plans.
• Provide housing advice to clients to help them maintain their tenancies, including advising on rights and responsibilities and advocating as necessary.
• Support clients to upskill regarding daily living skills to enable independent tenancy sustainment, including bill management and household management.
• Provide a shorter intervention for clients moving from temporary to permanent accommodation, potentially including supporting bids and viewings, and coordinating packing and setting up in a new home.
• Liaise closely with City Council housing pathways and landlords.
• Minimise risks by identifying, reporting, and following up safeguarding concerns and incidents.
• Proactively liaise, communicate, and negotiate with internal and external specialists and agencies to maximise client support, services, resources, and funding.
• Support clients to access activities that promote greater independence and participate in running activities or groups as identified.
• Assist clients ready to move into work, education, or training to access suitable courses or placements.
• Cover office duties as part of the team rota and the drop-in service supporting current and ex-clients.
• Record all client contacts accurately on the database in line with policy and procedures.

• Experience of Floating Support.
• Experience and/or understanding of approaches appropriate to working with issues such as substance use, mental and physical ill health, dual diagnosis, challenging behaviour, risk of homelessness, offending, antisocial behaviour, social isolation, domestic violence, gang-related issues, young parents, leaving care, and learning disabilities.
• Understanding of budgeting, benefit entitlement calculations, rent arrears, and housing options.
• Experience of working in a client-centred support service with vulnerable people presenting significant needs and risk.
• Ability to devise and deliver action plans through high-quality risk management and needs assessment.
• Ability to liaise effectively with a range of service providers and agencies to establish or improve services for clients.
• Current understanding of safeguarding and ability to undertake comprehensive risk assessments.
• Ability to work within a strength and recovery-based model and engage and motivate clients toward independence and inclusion.
• Proficiency with computers to input data, communicate via email, and produce minutes, client notes, letters, and reports.

Please note:

travel expenses can be claimed for this role.

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