Project Worker - Tenancy Support and Sustainment, Waterford

1104380
  • Job type

    Permanent
  • Location

    Waterford
  • Specialism

    Qualified Social Worker
  • Industry

    Charities & Not For Profit
  • Pay

    Competitive

Project Worker- Tenancy Support and Sustainment - Waterford


Your new company
A non-profit organisation that provides services for people who are homeless and people at risk of homelessness in are seeking a Project Worker to join their growing team on a permanent basis in County Waterford. You will be offered a competitive salary along with a healthy work life balance. This is a very exciting time to join a constantly growing non-profit organisation and to develop your career and skills further.

Your new role
  • To work within the overall policies and procedures of the company, inclusive of Health and Safety Policy.
  • To work within the organisation’s model and standards of best practise.
  • To build professional relationships and work effectively with a wide range of agencies and professionals in the community and all sectors.
  • To work as a part of a multi-disciplinary / multi-agency service, ensuring statutory and support services are co-ordinated to meet the needs of the household. Adopt a strong and efficient case management team approach.
  • To work with an agreed number of households (20) to provide agreed appropriate programmes of support, according to the customers’ needs.
  • To conduct assessments as well as develop, monitor and update care plans in consultation with customers. To contribute to the formulation of a customer’s needs assessment and support plan utilizing the company policies and procedures, PASS system and keep up to date case work records.
  • To develop community links with accommodation and service providers to ensure a collaborative approach in working with companies’ customers.
  • To provide one to one engagement, ‘lone work’ with households in remote locations and in people’s homes. To perform to an intensive in-depth support model to agreed standards.
  • To report on Child Protection concerns as required.
  • To ensure customers are maintaining their tenancy / accommodation with particular focus on rent, maintenance, cleaning, anti-social behaviour and managing inter-tenant disputes.
  • To be vigilant to any Health, Safety and Welfare risks in the workplace and bring any concerns to the attention of your Line Manager and/or Health & Safety Representative.
  • To undertake such other duties as might be reasonably assigned from time to time in consultation with the Line Manager.

What you'll need to succeed
  • To succeed you will need A relevant third level qualification at degree level in the area of Social Care i.e, youth work, Social Studies, Addiction, Psychology.
  • You will also need 2 years of direct experience in the Social Care field and a working knowledge and understanding of Therapeutic Crisis Intervention model.
  • Experience of working with customers who have co-existing conditions.
  • excellent report writing and strong IT skills.
  • ability to work well in a team environment.
  • social care based or clinical disciplines and experience of working and liaising with other organisations.

What you'll get in return
  • In return you will be working for a non-profit organisation that provides services for people who are homeless and people at risk of homelessness as a Project Worker.
  • You will be joining their growing team on a permanent basis in County Waterford.
  • You will be offered a competitive salary along with a healthy work life balance.

What you need to do now
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