Specialist Support Worker

The vacancy

This role is on a FTC for 9 months.

What we're looking for:

• Are you able to work with limited supervision and demonstrate initiative?
  
• Are you able to develop networks and create a positive profile of the service?
  

• Do you have extensive knowledge of Welfare Benefits?
  

If so, this role is perfect for you!

Here at Peabody, we have an opportunity for a Specialist Support Worker to join on a Permanent basis in and around Southend.

A bit about the role:

As an Specialist Support Worker you will deliver high quality and effective support services based at a Complex Needs hostel. You will provide assertive Outreach support to encourage people who have been traditionally hard to engage with to access treatment, health and accommodation services and to support individuals in gaining information that enables them to make informed choices about their lives and to better manage their emotional and personal wellbeing. The service promotes the independence, wellbeing and inclusion of customers whilst complying with Peabody's policies and procedures and the principles of good practice.

• You will provide support and advice in relation to housing and homelessness issues, benefit claims and advice, building skills to manage debts and budgeting, accessing community support groups, health and wellbeing services.
  
• You will promote the independence, wellbeing and inclusion of customers whilst complying with Peabody's policies and procedures and the principles of good practice.
  
• You will engage with and encourage people who have been traditionally hard to engage into treatment, health and accommodation services and to support individuals in gaining adequate information that enables them to make informed choices about their lives and also to better manage their emotional and personal wellbeing.

The service operates Monday to Sunday and the possible shifts are: 7am - 3pm, 9am - 5pm, 1pm - 9pm and 2pm - 10pm. This role also involves street outreach and will include early shifts starting at 7am and late shifts finishing at 10pm.

This role will require an Enhanced DBS check, a UK driver's licence and access to a vehicle.

A bit about us:

160 years after it was established, Peabody is one of the oldest not-for-profit housing associations in the UK.

The Peabody Group is responsible for more than 107,000 homes, with around 220,000 residents across London and the Home Counties. We also have around 20,000 care and support customers.

Our purpose is to help people flourish, and we are getting closer to residents by taking a local approach.

We are committed to delivering a responsive and easily accessible repairs service and investing in our existing homes so they are safe and well maintained. Our retrofit projects will make thousands of our homes more energy efficient.

We work with councils and communities to promote economic inclusion, tackle inequality and poverty, and prioritise wellbeing.

Here just a few of the benefits for working at Peabody:

• Up to 25 days' annual holiday plus bank holidays
  
• Flexible benefits scheme, including options for Healthcare, Dental care, Critical illness cover, vouchers, technology scheme and access to a discount portal.
  
• 4 x Life Assurance
  
• Competitive salaries that are benchmarked regularly against current market rates
  
• Professional development by access to "paid for" apprenticeship programs and qualifications
  
• Two additional paid volunteering days each year
  
• Family friendly policies
  
• Up to 10% pension contribution matched 1:1
  

Are you ready to apply?

Interview Dates - Week Commencing 17th February

PLEASE NOTE: As an employer, Peabody does not provide sponsorship as a licenced UK employer.

To be considered for the position of Specialist Support Worker, please click on the 'Apply Now' button and submit both your CV and a bit about why we should consider you for the role.

If you need to ask us anything else at all, feel free to drop an email to george.murphy@peabody.co.uk and we will be in touch.

Peabody reserves the right to close this advert before the advertised closing date, depending on the number of applications received.