Accommodation Support Worker

The accommodation service in Southampton helps individuals get back on their feet by providing crucial floating housing-related support in various SSJ properties across the city. We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Support Worker to join our compassionate team. What You'll Do:

• Manage your own caseload of residents, delivering high-quality, day-to-day support. Helping individual who have experienced homelessness, with a person-centred approach support them to achieve goals, retain accommodation and explore move on options into the community.
• Focus on supporting and building/developing residents essential life skills, emotional support, and harm minimisation strategies.
• Build positive relationships and communicate effectively with clients, internal colleagues, and external partners.
• Implement key support processes including comprehensive support planning, risk assessing, and safeguarding vulnerable people., Please note we're not responsible for the content of job ads, as they're posted by the recruiter. We'll aim to resolve the reported issue and we'll use your feedback to improve the quality of our ads.
  
  Someone with experience working with people at risk or in a residential setting.
• A truly empathetic individual committed to our client group.
• A car driver is essential for travel between various locations across Southampton.
  
  This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic Charity and Housing Association. The Society of St James (SSJ) has been working in Hampshire for over 50 years, delivering high impact, person-centred, accommodation services to adults and young people experiencing homelessness, problematic substance use and mental health problems. We believe that every person is of worth and we are prepared to take risks to house and support the most at risk and socially excluded members of society.
  
  SSJ recognises that our staff are our greatest assets. We value and recognise our staff, offering some generous benefits, as well as the satisfaction of helping people at risk:
• 25 days pro-rata annual leave plus public holidays
• Flexible working options
• Buying additional annual leave
• Comprehensive induction and training
• Counselling, financial, personal support and health and well-being services via our Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted laptops and computers with Jamie's Computers
• Electric Car Scheme
• Blue Light Card
SSJ are an equal opportunities employer and we encourage applicants from all backgrounds and walks of life At SSJ, we recognise the benefits of a supported workplace. SSJ is affiliated with Unite the Union. To learn more about their membership benefits or to sign up, you can visit their official website.