A valid driver’s licence and access to a car are essential for this role.

Where does the role fit into Pobl?

This position is part of Pobl’s Floating Support Service, which provides tenancy-related support in the Blaenau Gwent area to vulnerable individuals who’s lead need is Learning difficulties. The primary goal of the service is to help individuals manage their tenancies and reduce the risk of homelessness.

What is great about the role?

As a Floating Support Worker you will assist individuals in maintaining their tenancies, modifying negative behaviours, ensuring health and wellbeing, progressing towards independent living, and making informed decisions.

The individuals supported may have varying needs, including challenging behaviour, mental health issues, learning difficulties, or substance misuse. The role involves inspiring, challenging, and enabling people to lead successful and independent lives through guidance and support.

Day to Day Duties:

As a Floating support worker you will:

• Carry a caseload of clients within the community. With a variety of differing needs and levels of need, depending on their situation.
• Be responsible for drawing up the Support Plans for the clients, and have overall responsibility for maintaining and updating these, on an ongoing basis.
• Encourage clients to fully participate in their community and to engage with the services available to them.
• Regularly visit clients and provide support, information, advice and other help to enable clients in the pre- and post- tenancy stages of their resettlement.
• Support clients to deal with issues that may threaten their tenancy or housing status, especially with matters regarding benefits and household management, health and wellbeing, budgeting skills, anti-social behaviour.
• Offer appropriate levels of support in a sensitive manner, taking into account the emotional and intellectual needs of the client, respecting their choice and privacy.
• Visit local community hubs to offer drop in sessions to individuals who require support and guidance. 

What skills and experience do you need?

The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of housing-related support and welfare benefits. Additionally, awareness of issues faced by individuals at risk of homelessness will be highly beneficial.

Reliability is essential, as the role involves supporting people who depend on you. Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, are necessary, along with basic IT and numerical abilities. Effective organisational skills are also crucial for managing your own caseload efficiently.

What are the pay and benefits? 

• Full-time (37hrs), fixed term (1^st October – 31^st December)
• Competitive salary of £24,531.00
• Base: Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent, NP22 3NG
• Work Pattern: Predominantly Mon-Fri office hours although flexibility is required depending on the needs of the service users.
• 26 days holiday, pro rata entitlement plus Bank holidays  
• Pension scheme 
• Sick Pay  
• Mileage is paid at 45p per mile (Car Driver essential for this role)
• Enhanced DBS which we will pay for
• Colleague Referral Scheme (£250 per referral) 
• Time for Talking – a free counselling service 
• Health Cash Plan 
• Savings Scheme 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Eyecare plan 
• Training and progression opportunities

FREDIE 

At Pobl Group we are guided, in all that we do, by a group of principles that we call FREDIE, these are: Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, Engagement. This means that whatever your background, you will have an equal opportunity at Pobl Group and we encourage you to apply now.  

If you would like any support with your application or to discuss any adjustments that you may require to support you to application process, please contact Support.talent@poblgroup.co.uk or 0300 3735262

What do you need to do now?   

If you have the skills and enthusiasm required to be our next difference maker, please follow the prompts to apply now. We would love to hear from you so please apply now to start your Pobl journey.

Further information on the role can also be found on the Job Description.