Role: Support Worker – Bermondsey Project Salary: £30,859 per annum Hours: 37.5 per week (Shifts Monday – Sunday) Contract: Fixed term contract until July 2024 Location: Southwark (Bermondsey) Closing date: 04/02/2023 Interview date: 14/02/2024 Whatever your experience of street homelessness and its impact on people’s lives – personal or professional – when you join the Thames Reach team as a Support Worker with the Bermondsey Project, we’ll make the best use of all your understanding, compassion, and commitment. About us… Thames Reach runs projects and services that help to end homelessness in London. We work directly with homeless people on the streets and in hostels. We work to prevent vulnerable people from becoming homeless. We help formerly homeless people get their lives back on track. We help people find work and access training and volunteering opportunities. Is our mission easy? No, but we never give up on people. Last year we helped more then 10,000 people. Is our work rewarding? Yes, in every sense. We’re listed as one of the top 100 Best Workplaces in the UK. There’s no better place to develop or transfer your skills and build a fulfilling career. About this role… Thames Reach’s Supported Housing is comprised of Accommodation, Housing First, Navigator and Move on services supporting people to make real and lasting change in their lives. People may present with complex mental health, offending histories, drug and alcohol needs. We are looking for a Support Worker to join the Bermondsey Project team. Please highlight the department: Supported Housing Thames Reach welcomes applications from people with transferable skills. You will: - Engage hard to reach service users who have enduring mental health issues alongside a history of homelessness/complex needs. - Support service users to develop their independent living skills, by helping them to maintain their tenancy in their homes - Manage a case-load offering tailored and holistic 1:1 support, working collaboratively towards mutually agreed goals. - Work in partnership with a variety of organisations and services to ensure information is shared, needs/risks are monitored and reviewed. - Ensure housing management alongside health and safety checks are all completed to ensure quality assurance/compliance. - Work towards supporting service users into their own independent accommodation via the move-on routes offered to our service. To succeed as the Support Worker, you will have: - Excellent communication skills, with the ability to cascade information at all levels. - An empathetic and trauma-informed approach, when working with our hard to reach service user group - Be organised and efficient in your work - Good IT skills with the ability use Outlook, online recording systems, Excel, and Word. - Confidence in representing Thames Reach at external meetings and with outside agencies We are listed in the top 100 UK Best Workplaces 2022 in the UK. As part of a commitment to our employees we offer: - Generous holiday allowance – 29 days per year plus 8 public holidays (pro rata). - Pension – we contribute 6.5% to your pension when you contribute 1.5%. - Excellent development opportunities – career progression, regular supervision and appraisals, and learning programmes to support your career with Thames Reach. - Wellbeing support – our 24/7 employee assistance programme and opportunities for TOIL. - Life assurance – four times your annual salary. - Critical illness cover. - Other benefits including interest free season ticket and cycle to work loans. Thames Reach is committed to achieving a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We value, respect, and celebrate diversity. We welcome and encourage applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their history of homelessness, sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religious belief. To apply visit our website and complete our application form. For further information please contact: Amy Dawe at [email protected] Thames Reach is committed to safeguarding. Applicants must be willing to undergo pre-employment screening appropriate to the post, including, but not limited to checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. Having a criminal record will not exclude you from applying but you will be asked to provide further details as most posts are considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.