Job Description:
We currently have exciting job opportunities within our organisation of Fresh Start Project CIC.
Fresh Start Project CIC has 2 facilities in the Stockton-on-Tees area and supports males from the local and surrounding Tees Valley areas. The clients we work with have complex and varied needs, whether this be issues with homelessness drug and alcohol dependency; mental health issues, challenging behaviours or past criminal convictions.
Essential/Desired Skills
- Experienced within a supported housing organisation
- Knowledge of policies procedures required
- Non-Judge mental
- Open minded
- Versatile
- Flexible
- Proactive
- Be able to use initiative and adapt to an ever-changing environment
- Good communication skills
- A great team player- but also able to work alone and use their own initiative
The post holder must be competent in record keeping and have good literature skills to ensure reports and daily notes are accurate and consise .
The Job role will consist of:
· Ensure clients adhere to all rules and regulations of Fresh Start Project CIC in line with all policies and procedures within all buildings
· Identifying support needs of the client and signposting them to services to support these individual needs
· Document and Record – ensure that all care plans / records are kept and updated regularly
· Daily building checks – ensuring rooms are free from hazards and adhering to the organisations policies and procedures.
· Promoting independence skills
· Promote health and well being in all day to day working practices/ harm minimisation / drug information
· Advocate for the client for application for benefit claims and phone calls
· To ensure the buildings are fully clean and adhering to infection control procedures
· To organise activities -cooking/ education activities
· Monitor and collect weekly service charges from clients
It would be desirable to have past experience of working with service users with complex needs such as mental health problems and alcohol and drug dependency and also challenging behaviour.
This post is for Nights full/ part time hours over a 7-day period within our Westbourne and Portrack Project.
An enhanced DBS is essential and on the update service if possible this can be applied for prior to starting the post the organisation can part fund this if necessary
Driver would be advantage
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract, Permanent
Pay: From £12.00 per hour
Expected hours: 30 – 40 per week
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Company pension
- Flexitime
- Health & wellbeing programme
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekend availability
- Weekends only
Experience:
- Support: 1 year (preferred)