Floating Support Worker

Summary

Our Caerphilly Ffynon Floating Support team has an opportunity for a motivated, passionate, and positive person to join their team on a full-time, permanent basis.

Overview

The service provides housing-related support to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and have a primary need related to substance or alcohol misuse. You could be working with individuals to teach them tenancy management skills, support them with their mental health, and assist with any other needs they may have.

Job Specifics

It is essential to have a full driver's licence and access to a car.

What is great about the role?

This is an exciting opportunity as no 2 days are the same, you have autonomy to structure your week and it is really rewarding when you witness the positive impact you have had on the people we support.

We have a blended approach to the support we deliver, and this can include working from home via the phone and video call, our offices, in peoples home and the local community within the Caerphilly area.

Day To Day Duties

• Managing your own caseload
• Traveling to the people we support’s homes or temporary accommodation
• Engaging and interacting with the people we support to establish goals to work towards
• Providing advice on finances, health & wellbeing, welfare benefits, housing options and tenancy management skills
• Working with external agencies and signposting the people we support to the appropriate services suited to their needs
  
  

Our aim is to ensure we equip individuals with the knowledge and tools they need to manage their home independently. 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.

Pobl Benefits

• 26 days (pro rata) holiday entitlement plus Bank holidays 
• Pension scheme 
• Sick Pay 
• Bespoke learning pathway with the support from an experienced Learning and Development team 
• Internal Progression 
• Wellbeing and psychological support  
• Time for Talk service 
• 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]  or 0300 3735262

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.