Role: Support Worker - Employment and Skills
Salary: £30,859 per annum
Contract: Fixed term 31/03/2025
Hours: 37.5 per week
Location: Camberwell
Closing date:01/11/2024
Interview date: 09/11/2024
Whatever your experience of street homelessness and its impact on people’s lives – personal or professional – when you join the Thames Reach team as a Support Worker, we’ll make the best use of all your understanding, compassion and commitment.
About us…
Thames Reach runs projects and services that help to end homelessness in London. We work directly with homeless people on the streets and in hostels. We work to prevent vulnerable people from becoming homeless. We help formerly homeless people get their lives back on track. We help people find work and access training and volunteering opportunities.
Is our mission easy? No, but we never give up on people. Last year we helped more then 12,000 people.
Is our work rewarding? Yes, in every sense. We’re listed as one of the top 100 Best Workplaces in the UK. There’s no better place to develop or transfer your skills and build a fulfilling career.
About this role…
We are looking for an Employment Support Worker to join the Employment and skills Service
Prevention services support vulnerable people by providing them with skills, housing advice, accommodation, and tenancy sustainment support. All these services to help people transition towards leading independent lives.
Thames Reach welcomes applications from people with transferable skills.
You will:
.Provide person-centred support to help low-paid workers in Southwark progress to better employment.
.Build relationships with clinical teams and Thames Reach staff to generate referrals and support employment goals.
.Manage a caseload, creating vocational profiles and action plans to help people achieve their career objectives.
.Build employer relationships to source job opportunities for service users.
.Collaborate with the team and partners to deliver a service that exceeds job
.Keep accurate records, data, and evidence to track and support progress toward employment goals
To succeed as the Support Worker will have:
.Knowledge and experience of providing support to people to find employment.
.Experience in initiating and developing relationships with employers and other agencies for people to access opportunities and overcome barriers to get them closer to employment.
.Empower and motivate people to build the skills and confidence they need to find and keep work.
.Good IT skills and administration – Be effective in recording and reporting data.
We are listed in the top 100 UK Best Workplaces 2023 in the UK. As part of a commitment to our employees we offer:
.Generous holiday allowance – 29 days per year plus 8 public holidays (pro rata).
.Pension – we contribute 6.5% to your pension when you contribute 1.5%.
.Excellent development opportunities – career progression, regular supervision and appraisals, and learning programmes to support your career with Thames Reach.
.Wellbeing support – our 24/7 employee assistance programme and opportunities for TOIL.
.Life assurance – four times your annual salary and critical illness cover.
.Other benefits including a blue light discount card, interest free season ticket and cycle to work loans.
Thames Reach is committed to achieving a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We value, respect, and celebrate diversity. We welcome and encourage applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their history of homelessness, sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religious belief.
To apply visit our website and complete our application form.
For further information please contact, Lorraine Lysons, Lead Manager at lorraine.lysons@thamesreach.org.uk
Thames Reach is committed to safeguarding. Applicants must be willing to undergo pre-employment screening appropriate to the post, including, but not limited to checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. Having a criminal record will not exclude you from applying but you will be asked to provide further details as most posts are considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
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