support specialist London, England
Job description
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Interview date: To be confirmed
We are looking to recruit a Specialist Support Worker (Substance Use) to join our Homelessness Services team at Founders’ House. Commissioned by Tower Hamlets Council, Founders’ House provides residential supported accommodation for adults who are experience homelessness.
As a Specialist Support Worker (Substance Use) you will;
- Work in partnership with clients at every stage of their stay ensuring that they remain on the project pathway and that support is tailored to their needs.
- Further support clients including around physical, mental, and sexual health, and hoarding.
- Proactively pursue own personal development of specialist area, ensuring you are fully up to date with current good practice, legislation, service delivery and policy in the field, including maintaining an awareness of practice and professional qualifications in the specialist area.
- Lead on supporting clients around substance use, offending or both, subject to your experience. As substance use lead, you will support clients with harm reduction and treatment, as well as preparation, detoxification, and aftercare. As offending lead, you will support clients to overcome barriers to successful move-on that result from offending and antisocial behaviour.
In order to complete your application please download and read the job profile and any other attachments.
In the job profile you will find the criteria required for the role please make sure that you address this in your supporting statement as this forms the basis of our shortlisting.
Appointment subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK and a satisfactory enhanced with the barred list adults DBS Disclosure.
We reserve the right to close this advert earlier if we feel that we have received sufficient applications.
Promoting equality in the workplace and as a disability confident scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
