Mission Statement

Our long-term vision is to end youth homelessness. Our more immediate mission is to ensure that every young person in Scotland has access to expert youth specific services to assist them to avoid, resolve and move on from

homelessness, making it rare, brief, and non-recurring.

Context

Working as part of our innovative Fife Housing First for Youth Project, the Project Worker will work directly with young people aged 16-25 years to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support to avoid, resolve and

move on from homelessness.

Working directly with young people in their home or within a community setting the Project Worker will support young people to secure/maintain a permanent home, improve their independent living skills, access other services,

manage finances and engage with resources within their communities.

The Project Worker will offer line management, guidance, and support to Support Assistants and volunteers. The Project Workers are responsible for completing support plans and risk assessments and acting as co-ordinator for any key people involved in the care and support of young people.

About the role

As our Finance Business Partner, you’ll be the go to expert for turning financial data into meaningful action. You’ll work closely with operational teams, senior leaders, and project managers to ensure our resources are used wisely and our impact continues to grow.

The postholder will report to the Senior Finance Manager who will provide strategic oversight and support as required for this challenging role within a dynamic charity.

This role requires proven and demonstrable experience in management accounting, in order to support budget holders to plan, deliver and evaluate their work.

About you

You will be reliable, practical and methodical, have advanced IT skills – particularly in Microsoft Excel, and will demonstrate excellent communication skills – both verbal and written.

The ideal candidate will be a part-qualified accountant, highly organised and able to prioritise a varied workload to manage and meet competing deadlines, delivering accurate and well-presented work in a timely manner.

You will be motivated by our cause and have the ability to demonstrate Cyrenians values of compassion, respect, integrity and innovation in the work that you do.

How we’ll support you

You’ll be part of an experienced, knowledgeable team, with a supportive manager. You will also have access to wider Cyrenians support, including our learning programme, and staff wellbeing services.

About Cyrenians

At Cyrenians we take a public health approach to homelessness prevention. We know homelessness impacts on the health of the nation, on the outcomes of our young people, on the life expectancies of people living in dangerous, lonely and precarious circumstances. A public health approach strives to stop people becoming homeless by addressing risk factors and offering support at the earliest opportunity rather than waiting until a crisis happens.

That’s why all our work is values-led and relationships-based. Read about our values here.

Elpis Trust delivers a person centred housing support service to 19 young women who are experiencing homelessness or are care leavers aged between 16-25 years. The supported accommodation is based in the Core service and satellite flats in the Ruchill and Maryhill area of Glasgow. Elpis provides a high-quality support service which addresses young woman’ identified and assessed needs and reflects the aims of the service to work within relevant organisational and statutory policies, including health and safety, employment and equality laws. This includes adhering to Scottish Social Services Council codes of practice, National Care Standards and contractual requirements. Staffs work closely with the young women to write up support plans and deliver an individually tailored service, utilising Ladders to Success and GIRFEC, SHANARRI Outcomes.

Job Purpose:

To have specific working responsibility at present for 19 vulnerable young women, 9 living in the Core building and 10 in scatter flats (to include mother & baby flats) in the Ruchill and Maryhill areas of Glasgow.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide direct support to young women who have experienced homelessness and/or have a variety of complex emotional and mental health needs.
• Provide support to young women in all areas of service.
• Establish a supportive relationship with each young woman, enabling them to maximise their own resources in order to improve their quality of life, and to assist each young woman to be as independent as possible in all aspects of their daily life, in line with their support plans.
• On a daily basis assist and support young women to carry out identified housing support tasks to ensure that they maintain and sustain their accommodation and be flexible and responsive to meet the changing needs of the young women, as well as the housing support service itself.
• Problem solve unexpected and difficult issues that may arise during shift and deal with challenging behaviour when lone working, use own initiative in order to support the young women’s complex issues, and make decisions based on current assessments of risk, following set risk assessments protocols and procedures.
• Resolve complex young women issues, involving discussion with colleagues and relevant agencies through reviews and meetings, ensuring correct procedures are followed.
• Risk assess young woman’s needs and actions and consult with appropriate people such as line manager, social worker, case worker.
• Complete and update all relevant paperwork including housing support plans, risk assessments and case notes for each young woman, complying with National Care Standards, SSSC Codes of Practice, GIRFEC model of outcomes (SHANARRI) to ensure person centred service delivery and to meet service aims.
• Complete regular health and safety welfare checks of the young women, the building environment and equipment, reporting and dealing with any issues raised during these checks.
• Inform line management of any areas of concern or significant change when delivering young women support, to ensure that appropriate risk assessment is undertaken.
• Carry out all duties in compliance with Elpis Trust’s policies and procedures.
• Actively participate in 3 monthly support, supervision and observation.
• Work closely with and with direction from the Duty Manager, to plan and deliver young women’s identified support needs.
• Work co-operatively as part of a team including attending and contributing to team meetings and work in co-operation with other members of the support team, as well as colleagues from other agencies.
• Communicate in a knowledgeable, confident and professional manner with external agencies, including social workers, case work team, commissioning team, carers and relatives of young women. This may include email, telephone calls, letters or face to face meetings.
• Communicate with other team members in a respectful and supportive manner in order to promote positive team work and cohesion.
• Ensure the young women’s views and wishes are central to your work and encourage a high level of young women participation.
• To actively participate in identified training, on-going supervision and performance development.

Note: Duties will be reviewed and modified in line with the exigencies of the service.

Knowledge, education, qualifications, competences and experience:

Essential:

• Membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme.
• Able to meet registration requirements with Scottish Social Services Council, Health and Social Care at S.V.Q. level 3, or be willing to achieve qualifications within specified timescale.
• Have an awareness of relevant National Care Standards and their application to work practice.
• Understand and adhere to the Codes of Practice from Scottish Social Services Council.
• Willing to maintain and enhance own knowledge, practice and competency.
• Previous experience working in Social Care.
• Be registered with SSSC or apply for registration within three months of start date.

Desirable:

• Experience of working with vulnerable young women and an understanding of the issues and needs involved.

We are seeking to appoint a Senior Support Worker to join our dynamic and creative Recovery team in South Lanarkshire. Being a Senior Support Worker is a role where you can make everyday matter. If you are looking for a rewarding career where you can make a tangible difference, and enjoy a varied and active post, this role is for you.

The postholder, will work closely with and support their colleagues. They will primarily support Beacons support workers to provide a range of support interventions opportunities and activities, including 1-1 sessions with participants, encouraging their use of an Asset Based Approach in their practice and ensuring a person-centred approach is utilised. The postholder will act as the primary contact between the Project Manager and Recovery Team, ensuring open communication and team cohesion. Work closely with other Seniors. They will assist, support and encourage team members as needed, be their ‘go-to’ person.

What we’re looking for

We are looking for an experienced Senior Support Worker, who have held a similar role with relevant qualifications and experience. If you have experience and are passionate about people, then we want to hear from you.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have a driving licence and access to a car
• Be experienced and be able to demonstrate working effectively in a similar support role.
• The ability to build trust based effective, relationships, both internally and externally.
• Have a proactive and dynamic personal style, with flexibility in style and approach.

In return we offer

• Competitive salary rates
• Annual leave: 34 days, increasing 1 day each year to a max of 42days.
• Employer contributory pension scheme
• Paid Membership of Disclosure Scotland’s PVG Scheme.
• Working in a supportive environment
• Training & Development Opportunities
• Working for a well-established small organisation with person centred values at the core.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a project at an exciting time of growth and development. Liber8 has operated in Lanarkshire for 20 years; our mission is to improve the health, mental health, wellbeing and the quality of people's lives, with a particular regard to reducing the negative impact of alcohol and substance use on the individual, families and communities. We work hard to uphold our core values of Passion, Respect, Healing, Compassion, Caring and Recovery.

Our values make us who we are and define our actions and behaviours every day. We’d expect the post-holder to uphold and represent our organisation in a way that reflects our values and person-centred way of working.