Project Worker

Pobl Group


Date: 5 days ago
City: Newport
Contract type: Full time
Summary

We are looking to recruit a reliable, proactive, and passionate person to join our team at Oakfield Road, a Supported Housing service in Newport on a full-time, permanent basis.

Overview

Job Specifics

For this position, it is essential that the successful candidate has a driver's license and access to a car.

Where does the role fit in?

Oakfield House is a service that provides a housing solution for people where they can practice and gain independent living skills to improve their opportunity to sustain a tenancy in the near future. The team at Oakfield House will work positively and proactively with clients to change their lives by helping them to establish accommodation back within the community.

Oakfield House consists of 5 individual accommodation spaces and communal areas where the team can carry out workshops and activities that teach new skills or develop existing ones.

Our motivation is to ensure we equip these individuals with the knowledge and tools they need to live independently. This is a challenging role and you will be faced with complex behaviours and needs, including alcohol misuse, mental health, substance misuse and offending behaviour. You will work with a range of different personalities and behaviours so you will need to be able to adapt your approach to engage with a diverse cliental.

Your Day Will Consist Of

  • Engaging and interacting with our service users
  • Writing and following a support plan with the individual you are supporting
  • Delivering workshops relating to tenancy management and health and wellbeing
  • Liaising with external agencies
  • Addressing any additional needs, the people we support might have

Who We Are Looking For

Please demonstrate in your application form how you:

  • Have knowledge of housing related support and benefit systems
  • Have knowledge of mental health & substance misuse
  • Have good organisation, IT and record keeping skills
  • Can work part of a team and on an individual basis
  • Deal with difficult situations
  • Have good listening skills

Pobl Benefits

  • 26 days holiday entitlement (pro rata) plus Bank holidays 
  • Pension scheme
  • Sick Pay 
  • Enhanced DBS which we will pay for
  • Colleague Referral Scheme (£250 per referral)
  • Time for Talking – a free counselling service
  • Health Cash Plan
  • Savings Scheme
  • Training and progression opportunities
  • Pobl Wellbeing Team
  • Long Service Awards
  • Employee Discounts
  • Mileage Paid at 45p per mile

FREDIE

At Pobl Group we are guided, in all that we do, by a group of principles that we call FREDIE, these are: Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, Engagement. This means that whatever your background, you will have an equal opportunity at Pobl Group, and we encourage you to apply now.

If you would like any support with your application or to discuss any adjustments that you may require to support you to application process, please contact [email protected]

What do you need to do now?

If you have the skills, experience and enthusiasm required to be our next difference maker, please follow the prompts to apply now. We occasionally close a vacancy before the end date as we actively review our applications and will sometimes progress to interview very quickly, we would love to hear from you so please apply now to start your Pobl journey.

Further information on the role can also be found on the Job Description.

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