Floating Support Worker

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Work type: Full time, Part time
Salary: 23,585.00 FTE
Location: Powys, Llandrindod Wells
Categories: Support
Job Description: Customer & Community (Support)

What is great about the role?

Here you will find a welcoming team who are all enthusiastic and motivated to empower the people we support to live independently.

Our focus is not just on providing housing related support, you have the autonomy to come up with innovative ideas, support people to have new experiences and learn new skills. Whilst supporting people to access external services with any other needs they may have, such as mental health and/or substance misuse.

We strive to ensure that everyone we support receives the very best support to enable and empower them to regain control of their life and to sustain their independence. Joining our Floating Support team will give you the opportunity to learn and grow within the support sector. You will work with talented and experienced people whose passion is to support our clients.

Your day will consist of:

  • Encourage and motivate clients to engage with their community and develop life and social skills
  • Provide housing-related support to help clients take on and maintain a tenancy to prevent homelessness
  • Offer advice, information and support to clients
  • Complete all necessary administrative tasks related to the job, including developing risk assessments, support plans and risk management plans
  • Manage a caseload of clients with varying needs and levels of support
  • Liaise and work closely with other agencies and professionals to meet clients' needs
  • Assist clients with potential benefits and help them register with healthcare providers 

Our values are positive, connected and considerate. At Pobl, you will share these values and be motivated to work in an environment that is driven by them.  

Who we are looking for:

Please demonstrate in your application form how you:

  • Have knowledge of housing related support and benefit systems
  • Have good organisation, IT and record keeping skills  
  • Can work part of a team and on an individual basis
  • Deal with difficult situations
  • Have good listening skills

It is essential for the successful candidate to have access to a car, have a full driver’s licence, and be happy to transport customers in their car.

The service also provides support to those who reside at our supported housing project and therefore part of the role will include carrying sleep-in shifts at the project. .

 Pobl Benefits 

  • Full-time (37hrs), Permanent
  • A competitive salary of £23,585.00
  • You will receive an addition payment of £34.54 for each sleep-in.
  • You will work on a rolling shift pattern which would involve: Days, evenings, weekends, and sleep-ins.
  • We have a blended approach to the support we deliver and this can include working from our accommodation based service in Llandrindod, our offices, in peoples home and the local community within the Mid- Powys area.
  • 26 days holiday entitlement plus Bank holidays (Pro Rata)  
  • Pension scheme 
  • Sick Pay
  • Enhanced DBS which we will pay for
  • Time for Talking – a free counselling service 
  • Training and progression opportunities
  • Pobl Wellbeing Team
  • Long Service Awards
  • Mileage Paid at 45p per mile

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, experience and enthusiasm required to be our next difference maker, please follow the prompts to apply now. We just need an up-to-date CV with a few contact details so that we can get back in touch with you. We occasionally close a vacancy before the end date as we actively review our applications and will sometimes progress to interview very quickly, 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.

Position Description

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