Supporting Housing Assistant
Ashford
20 Hours
£14,123.20
We are recruiting for a part full-time Housing support worker, working 30 hours per week, including some weekends.
This role is based in Ashford, Surrey which accommodates 31 single homeless individuals with varying and/or complex needs.
The post-holder will be responsible for supporting with tenancy sustainment, maximising income through employment, or by managing successful access to benefits. You will be responsible for connecting tenants to services and activities that will enable them to thrive.
To be successful, you must have experience of key working a case load of adults experiencing homelessness and presenting with complex needs/dual diagnosis. You must also have some experience of working with adults experiencing significant disadvantage, such as ex-offenders or clients with substance misuse, mental health or homeless-related needs, or a combination of these client groups. You will be proficient in conducting risk assessments, have sound working knowledge of safeguarding legislation, including professional boundaries. You must be non-judgemental, able to demonstrate what good support looks like and engage positively with customers. Lived experience of homelessness is also desirable.
If you are passionate about change and really want to make a difference, this is an exciting opportunity.
Please note :- we do not currently offer visa sponsorship.
What?s in it for you?
Our benefits include:-
28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year
2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities
An additional ?Beliefs day? once a year to have an extra a day off
Supported family friendly approach with extended parental leave
Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%
Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave per year
Life assurance cover 3 x your salary
Cycle2work scheme
Hybrid Working - Dependent on job role and department
Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members too
Tenancy deposit ? interest free loan to help with rental deposits and season Ticket loan
Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform
Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues
Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring/coaching programmes, apprenticeships and career planning support
Employee Assistance Programme- We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation
About us
We are committed to developing and implementing or maintaining sustainability initiatives to reduce environmental impact and promote sustainable practices within MTVH.
Learn more about our benefits and organisation by viewing our attached document
Our promise
Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively ?Serving people better every day? to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve.
We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and other?s wellbeing.
We provide a platform of Network groups for employees to share views, tell us what we?re doing well and recommend improvements. We want to create a real sense of community and a workforce who feel that their opinions are valued. Our Networks groups are:-
Gender
Ethnicity
LGBTQ+
Disability
Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people focused business, solving social issues by working together!
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment