Two Saints Limited
The experience expected from applicants, as well as additional skills and qualifications needed for this job are listed below.
Full time, 37 hours. Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, some flexibility required to suit the needs of the service.
£20,619 progressing to £22,910
Are you looking for a challenging and rewarding role where you are able to empower people every day to move towards independence? Do you enjoy working in an environment where every day is different to the next? Then this could be the role for you.
You will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary healthcare team, funded by Public Health England to provide support to our homeless clients and ensure they have access to health provision, located on the site of Portsmouth Homeless Day Service, Hope House hostel and community settings. You will love helping others and enjoy supporting individuals to achieve their goals and to become more independent. Your positive attitude towards your work and others will help to contribute to a great working environment. You will have excellent interpersonal skills, a calm and personable manner and be able to handle potentially difficult situations.
Main Responsibilities
You will have a proven ability of delivering support to diverse clients with complex needs
You will have a proven ability to work effectively within a multi-agency context and report to the team lead (modern matron)
You will be able to advocate for clients by developing positive relationships with other agencies and be the single point of contact
You will build on these positive relationships with agencies to identify and reduce the barriers within existing systems to allow clients improved access to health services
You will be required to work using your own initiative
You will be required to work alone with clients
Support clients to appointments where required
Engage with and support clients to improve their health needs by supporting them to engage with and sustain contact with the healthcare team
Engage with and support clients to access specialist and relevant secondary healthcare services to support their mental health, physical health and substance misuse needs
Support clients to achieve positive health outcomes in order to reduce impact on emergency services and the local community
Follow organisational and statutory safeguarding procedures
Maintain accurate records of all clients who you come into contact with to enable concise data collection
Attend relevant community meetings/forums to ensure best practice
Identify opportunities for service development
Develop and maintain excellent relations with the local community
Any other reasonable task as requested by a member of staff
Essential Criteria For Role
Previous experience in this type of work is not essential but you will have a real passion for wanting to work with homeless people. Your values will match ours, you will be committed to helping others and enjoy the real job satisfaction that this brings.
Clear verbal and written English
Good IT and keyboard skills
Polite, assertive manner, ability to self –motivate and remain resilient
Previous knowledge in health and Safety / First Aid would be desirable
Passion for working in a client/customer facing role
Have an interest and genuine concern for homelessness and related issues
Lone working experience and working face to face with clients would be beneficial
Full drivers licence and access to you own vehicle is essential
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