Multiple Disadvantage Referral and Move on Coordinator
Description✓Central is currently recruiting for a Multiple Disadvantage Referral and Move on Coordinator, to work in the Westminster area
✓The service provides support to people over the age of 18 to navigate various support needs and develop the skills required to maintain independent accommodation long term.
✓The successful candidate will be required to work 37.5 hours per week, working across Monday - Friday, covering 8AM - 4PM and 10AM - 6PM shifts on a week by week rotation
✓Cover is required for approximately 2-3 months
✓The pay rate for this role is £13.80 per hour, with £1.67 holiday pay, totalling £15.47 per hour.
✓In this position, you will be expected to;
✓* Ensure that move on is built in from the beginning of someone's stay and that it is considered through a multiple disadvantage lens to consider both internal and external barriers that may need to be overcome.
✓* Promptly manage referrals into the service, ensuring that all aspects of their experience is considered by undertaking a trauma informed, culturally sensitive assessment
✓* Hold a caseload of key 8 clients living in the step-down service, conducting key work sessions developing holistic and realistic move on goals
✓* Respond in a psychologically informed way to the challenges posed by complex needs in a residential setting
✓* Develop and spearhead an accredited move on programme that looks to develop practical and interpersonal skills required for long term tenancy sustainment.
✓* Conduct skilled and sensitive assessments with people who may be ambivalent about taking up support and who may have had difficult experiences with services in the past.
✓* Build and maintain effective relationships with external agencies such as care teams & GPs/pharmacies, and other providers so that move on referrals are successful.
✓* Participate in housing management procedures and weekly room checks [on rotation] and ensure that issues identified are being addressed as a support need with residents as part of their move on plan
✓* Deliver ongoing support using 1:1, group and community work that focuses on resident's strengths and looks to develop confidence, self-esteem and interpersonal skills alongside practical abilities in life skills and tenancy sustainment
✓* Work with residents to maximise benefit, secure project income through the collection of rents and service charges and minimise arrears and void loss
✓* Use specialist knowledge of complex experiences and/or behaviours to contribute to safety planning, and to raise concerns in respect of children and vulnerable adults where necessary .
✓To apply for this role, you must have;
✓* Experience of working with vulnerable adults [or young people] in an accommodation, outreach, floating support, or other support-based service.
✓* Knowledge of the challenges in working with people who may be experiencing one or more of the following: poor health [physical and/or mental], substance use, contact with the criminal justice system and homelessness
✓* Experience of coordinating projects across multiple teams or people with varying roles to achieve successful outcomes for vulnerable people.
✓* A strong understanding of the intersection of needs in people facing multiple disadvantages, and how the intersection and co-occurrence of these issues can make it difficult for people to engage with support or to move on from services successfully.
✓* The ability to judge the appropriate response to situations that you find challenging or emotionally difficult
✓* Strong administration and IT skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, database usage and e-mail, and the ability to interrogate and extrapolate data from various sources.
✓Candidates must confirm their interest as soon as possible, with interviews scheduled shortly after and the appointed candidate expected to start as soon as possible.
✓Further requirements:
✓In order to register with Central Recruitment Services for temporary agency work, candidates must meet the following criteria:
✓* Current valid right to work in the UK
✓* Minimum 12 months’ of paid experience in a front line social care role within the last 3 years* [unless recruitment criteria states otherwise]
✓* A fully enhanced DBS either registered on the DBS update service or issued within the last 12 months, or willingness to apply for one through Central [at a cost of £50]
✓* Employment or education history to cover the last 5 years which can be verified through the referencing process
✓How to apply:
✓If you feel that you fully meet the above outlined criteria for this role and would like apply for this post, please forward your CV for consideration.
✓*Please note the outlined experience is the 'minimum' first stage criteria, and we will therefore be unable to consider your application unless you are able to demonstrate a relevant work history in line with this position Show more →
✓The service provides support to people over the age of 18 to navigate various support needs and develop the skills required to maintain independent accommodation long term.
✓The successful candidate will be required to work 37.5 hours per week, working across Monday - Friday, covering 8AM - 4PM and 10AM - 6PM shifts on a week by week rotation
✓Cover is required for approximately 2-3 months
✓The pay rate for this role is £13.80 per hour, with £1.67 holiday pay, totalling £15.47 per hour.
✓In this position, you will be expected to;
✓* Ensure that move on is built in from the beginning of someone's stay and that it is considered through a multiple disadvantage lens to consider both internal and external barriers that may need to be overcome.
✓* Promptly manage referrals into the service, ensuring that all aspects of their experience is considered by undertaking a trauma informed, culturally sensitive assessment
✓* Hold a caseload of key 8 clients living in the step-down service, conducting key work sessions developing holistic and realistic move on goals
✓* Respond in a psychologically informed way to the challenges posed by complex needs in a residential setting
✓* Develop and spearhead an accredited move on programme that looks to develop practical and interpersonal skills required for long term tenancy sustainment.
✓* Conduct skilled and sensitive assessments with people who may be ambivalent about taking up support and who may have had difficult experiences with services in the past.
✓* Build and maintain effective relationships with external agencies such as care teams & GPs/pharmacies, and other providers so that move on referrals are successful.
✓* Participate in housing management procedures and weekly room checks [on rotation] and ensure that issues identified are being addressed as a support need with residents as part of their move on plan
✓* Deliver ongoing support using 1:1, group and community work that focuses on resident's strengths and looks to develop confidence, self-esteem and interpersonal skills alongside practical abilities in life skills and tenancy sustainment
✓* Work with residents to maximise benefit, secure project income through the collection of rents and service charges and minimise arrears and void loss
✓* Use specialist knowledge of complex experiences and/or behaviours to contribute to safety planning, and to raise concerns in respect of children and vulnerable adults where necessary .
✓To apply for this role, you must have;
✓* Experience of working with vulnerable adults [or young people] in an accommodation, outreach, floating support, or other support-based service.
✓* Knowledge of the challenges in working with people who may be experiencing one or more of the following: poor health [physical and/or mental], substance use, contact with the criminal justice system and homelessness
✓* Experience of coordinating projects across multiple teams or people with varying roles to achieve successful outcomes for vulnerable people.
✓* A strong understanding of the intersection of needs in people facing multiple disadvantages, and how the intersection and co-occurrence of these issues can make it difficult for people to engage with support or to move on from services successfully.
✓* The ability to judge the appropriate response to situations that you find challenging or emotionally difficult
✓* Strong administration and IT skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, database usage and e-mail, and the ability to interrogate and extrapolate data from various sources.
✓Candidates must confirm their interest as soon as possible, with interviews scheduled shortly after and the appointed candidate expected to start as soon as possible.
✓Further requirements:
✓In order to register with Central Recruitment Services for temporary agency work, candidates must meet the following criteria:
✓* Current valid right to work in the UK
✓* Minimum 12 months’ of paid experience in a front line social care role within the last 3 years* [unless recruitment criteria states otherwise]
✓* A fully enhanced DBS either registered on the DBS update service or issued within the last 12 months, or willingness to apply for one through Central [at a cost of £50]
✓* Employment or education history to cover the last 5 years which can be verified through the referencing process
✓How to apply:
✓If you feel that you fully meet the above outlined criteria for this role and would like apply for this post, please forward your CV for consideration.
✓*Please note the outlined experience is the 'minimum' first stage criteria, and we will therefore be unable to consider your application unless you are able to demonstrate a relevant work history in line with this position Show more →