Casual Support Workers - Bournemouth (Housing & Homelessness) Bournemouth, England
Job description
Are you looking to work flexibly at the times that you choose, in a variety of roles where you can make a real difference helping homeless people to rebuild their lives?
At St Mungo’s we have a locum bank of approximately 320 casual workers who provide temporary cover, ensuring our services can continue to run smoothly when there are staffing gaps.
We are looking for people who would be interested in joining our locum bank to work across the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole area.
St Mungo’s runs a street outreach service and a number of supported accommodation projects in the region and our aim is to support people who may be affected by homelessness to recover from the effects of rough sleeping and move away from a street lifestyle permanently by providing them long term support.
Depending on your skills, expertise and preferences, you may be covering Outreach Worker shifts, where you engage with people who are on the streets sleeping rough, or Support Worker shifts in our accommodation services – this may be day or night.
What we’re looking for
These important roles will suit people with:
- Some experience of helping vulnerable people to identify personal goals and supporting them through a process of change.
- An understanding of the issues faced by homeless or vulnerable people and the difficulties they experience in accessing services.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to build positive relationships with a wide range of people and deal with those who may be in a difficult personal or emotional situation.
Above all we are looking for inspirational, committed individuals who have a genuine desire to support people to rebuild their lives.
What we can offer you
As a casual locum worker you work flexibly, on an ad hoc or temporary basis and can chose to work the shifts that best fit your circumstances – this can be day or night and covering different level roles, depending on your experience. In order to provide you with ongoing support you will be allocated a supervising manager and you will have access to training to ensure you have the tools to keep our clients safe. We offer enhanced pay for bank holidays and you can also accrue holiday pay.
We pay the following rates of pay:
- Assistant Support Worker: £10.90 ph
- Night Support Worker: £12.34ph
- Day Support Worker: £12.56 ph
- Outreach Worker / Housing First Worker: £14.55 ph
How to apply
Click the ‘Apply Now’ Button at the top of the page to start your online application form.
There are 5 person specification points to respond to in your application and these are the same for any role you may be interested. You will be asked to respond to these as you progress through your application - these can also be found in the 'Locum Person Specification' document.
A selection of job descriptions for the different level roles that are casual workers cover are also available to view for your information.
To download these and for guidance on completing your application form, please click on the 'Documents' tab.
Closing date: 10am, 30 May 2023
(There will be an initial sift w/c 22 May 2023 – any suitable candidates shortlisted at this time will be contacted and invited for interview. Any applications completed after this date will be reviewed after the final closing date)
First round of Interview and assessments: w/c 5 June 2023
Second round of Interview and assessments: TBC after final closing date
