Floating Support Worker

Job Description

Floating Support Worker

Are you a passionate Floating Support Worker looking for your next role? 4Recruitment Services are currently recruiting for a Floating Support Worker to work within a Drug and Alcohol Service based in Doncaster.

Pay Rates: £16.50 Umbrella Rate

Information the Role: Successful candidates will be offered 18.75hrs per week for 2 months initially.

What you will be doing:

• Co-producing bespoke support plans that enable customers to sustain their own tenancies, involving key stakeholders (e.g. family/other support providers) where appropriate.
• Leading on the organization and delivery of scheduled reviews of support and risk plans or following an incident/significant change in a customer’s circumstances.
• Engaging customers to meet agreed outcomes and develop independent living skills.
• Assisting customers with day-to-day support and tenancy-related matters.
• Identifying and promoting opportunities for employment, education and training and supporting customers to remove barriers to accessing these opportunities.
• Supporting customers who may be living in temporary accommodation to be ‘tenancy ready’ enabling successful move on and tenancy sustainment.
• Signposting customers to appropriate external support services, including interventions such as food banks and other community resources.
• Supporting customers to maintain financial independence through budgeting plans and maximising income.
  • Assisting customers with sign-posting for specific debt advice, financial statements and negotiating with third parties where necessary.
• Supporting and monitoring customers’ healthcare needs, proactively encouraging appropriate contact with healthcare professionals.
• Ensuring the safety of our customers by following local safeguarding procedures, recognizing and acting on any significant risk, and escalating appropriately.
• Recording and updating clear, factual and accurate strengths-based customer information on the local or appropriate digital platform.

Skills & Professional Characteristics needed:

• An understanding of the barriers faced by vulnerable and diverse customer groups and individuals with complex needs.
• An understanding of the current UK Benefit System and working knowledge of Universal Credit
• Team player with a caring, empathetic, flexible and have a resilient, can-do attitude.
• Excellent time management and communication skills
• The ability to demonstrate initiative and the confidence to make and act on decisions.
• Competent administrative and IT skills and ability to produce reports and other communications.

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge of Psychological or Trauma Informed approaches to support.
• Experience of working in challenging environments with the ability to plan, prioritize and organize tasks to achieve results.
• Knowledge of current benefit systems.
• Experience of working in a care and support environment.

What we offer:

• 24 hour one on one specialist consultant based within your geographical area
• 4Recruitment Services Employee Benefits Programme
• Our own dedicated payroll support ensuring you get the full benefits of your payment

Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. 4Recruitment Services is an equal opportunities employer.

To discuss this vacancy in further detail or any other vacancies, please contact out Team on 02085149137 or email careteam@4recruitmentservices.com.