Depaul believes that everyone should have a place to call home and a stake in their community
Our aim is to work with those who are socially excluded and marginalised by providing a quality led service in order to produce the best possible outcomes for those accessing our services. We strive to empower our service users to make choices and decisions about the way they live their lives. We work in partnership with central and local government, housing associations and other non-governmental organisations.
Depaul wishes to recruit to the following role:
Support Worker
35 hours per week
Based in our Housing First Service, Belfast
Salary £16,280 FTE, full-time hours, permanent contract
This role is an excellent opportunity to join the Housing First team within Depaul NI.
The role:
The Housing First Service primarily aims to permanently house individuals with chronic addictions and provides comprehensive intensive support to enable these individuals to sustain their own tenancies within the community through a case management approach.
- To be responsible for contacting social housing providers/private landlords to secure appropriate affordable accommodation and through referrals to external agencies put supports in place to assist with sustainment of tenancy.
- To provide a harm reduction and low threshold service to individuals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
- To ensure that all service users have a service user lead needs assessment, safety & wellbeing plan and support plans that utilise harm reduction methods of practice and that these are regularly reviewed.
- To offer advice and practical support across a range of issues including housing, health, safety, addictions and benefits.
- To develop and maintain Support Plans based on the assessment of needs with agreed outcomes that are measured and reviewed regularly.
What we expect you to have:
- Applicants should have one years’ recent paid full-time experience of working with people who have complex needs: (alcohol, drugs, mental health issues etc,) ideally in an outreach or tenancy sustainment capacity.
- A full driving licence and access to a car insured for business purposes*
*this criteria is waived for candidates unable to meet it due to disability
Apply:
Please apply via our website at www.depaulcharity.net
For more information, please contact Human Resources: Tel: 028 9064 7755 or visit our website
Closing date for all applications: 15 November 2017 @ 23:59
Interviews are planned for week commencing 20 November 2017
We are an equal opportunties employer
Closing Date
12:00pm