Ealing, London
37.5hrs per week
At St Mungo’s our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions.
Our Project Sixty Five in Ealing, is a purpose built 24 bed hostel, for men and women aged 18 to 60. We are currently looking to recruit two highly motivated and dedicated individuals to join the service.
As a Project worker, you will be involved in undertaking key working activities such as referrals/interviews/booking in clients and housing management activities such as finances, resettlement, health and wellbeing. You will assist our clients to develop and care for themselves by providing advice and guidance on personal development and relevant life skills.
You will also be working in partnership with a multidisciplinary team of support staff, specialist staff and external partners and will be responsible for supporting the working shift pattern of the hostel, whilst holding a case load of clients from the hostel.
To succeed, you will either have personal experience of homelessness or a sound understanding of the issues faced by homeless or vulnerably housed people. You should also possess good interpersonal and listening skills; in order to be able to establish an effective working relationship with clients and an eagerness to learn and work with clients in a holistic and client-centred approach. Good numeracy, IT and written communication skills are also required.
Flexibility is required, as you will be working a shift rota.
In return, we offer a range of benefits including a pension scheme, staff discounts scheme and flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work/life balance. We are also committed to providing our staff with a wide range of learning and development opportunities; in support of their personal and professional development.
To find out more and apply please go to www.mungos.org/work-with-us/careers/current-vacancies/
Closing date: 10.00am, 16th February 2018
Interview and assessments on: 28th February 2018
At St Mungo’s, equality, diversity and inclusion are central to the organisation's values and how we work.We are in the top 100 of Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index 2018, we are also proud to have been awarded BITC 2017 Race Equality Award and we are a Disability Confident Employer. To ensure that our workforce reflects the diversity of our clients as well as the communities that we live and work within, we encourage and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
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