Floating Support Worker

Salary: £37,716
Grade: Level 3 Zone 1
Location: 5 Pancras Square N1C 4AG
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time (36 hours)
Closing Date: Sunday 30^th March 2025; 23:55

About Camden

Camden is changing on the inside to make life better for everyone. Our residents and communities are at the heart of everything we do. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today and we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind.  Here’s where you can help decide a better future for us all.

What You’ll Be Doing

We have a big vision for Housing Services where we will work deep within our neighbourhoods and communities to improve our services with people who use and rely on them. We are looking for two Floating Support Workers 

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about helping residents achieve independence in their daily lives and to improve their quality of life, through support to access relevant support, as well as access to education, training, and employment services. The Floating Support Service supports vulnerable people across a range of tenures, such as private sector, housing association and council, to resettle into and/ or sustain their tenancies and to prevent them from becoming homeless, should their tenancies be at risk. The service supports residents moving into different tenures across the borough of Camden and in other local boroughs. Working to support households out of temporary accommodation and preventing homelessness.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to manage their own caseload of residents, planning support visits, and conducting assessments with referrers. In addition, you will be responsible for creating an agreed support plan and risk assessment for each resident, which reflects the SMART objectives, leading to the resident’s independence. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and will require an Enhanced DBS.

All About You

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience of working in a floating support role alongside experience of working with adults who have difficulty living independently, you will have integrity and be committed to working in social care. Furthermore, you will bring an in-depth knowledge of measuring the needs of a customer, which could include low level mental health, substance misuse and poor independent living skills.

You will bring knowledge of the benefits system, excellent communication skills, an empathetic approach to vulnerable people and basic IT skills. You will use your outstanding interpersonal skills, accountability and excellent time management skills and combine this with a proactive approach to supporting people. If this sounds like you, please apply for immediate consideration.

Your role will encompass visits to hostels, and other agency offices, such as the DWP. You will also carry out home visits as required supporting residents/ tenants to appointments in the community as required, and the work will include periods of home working and working in the Council Offices. 

To find out more about what it is like to work at Camden, meet some of our People by visiting 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/our-stories'.

How To Apply

To apply for this job please follow the "Apply" link. In the ‘Why you?’ section of the application you will be required to demonstrate how you meet the role criteria noted in the Job Profile under the “About You” section.

To view the Job Profile, please CLICK HERE or copy and paste the below URL into your browser: http://camdocs.camden.gov.uk/HPRMWebDrawer/Record/10764494/file/document?inline

What We Offer

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits. From flexible working to 27 days annual leave (+ bank holidays!). We also know that a work life balance is extremely important so we also offer family leave, loan schemes and access to our incredible staff networks. We also have an incredible pensions scheme.

Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.

Inclusion and Diversity

We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit https://www.camdenjobs.co.uk/inclusion-and-diversity 

Asking for Adjustments

Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG,

Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.