Project Worker Floating Support - Southend

Job opportunity: Project Worker - Floating Support Salary: £26,054 £28,357Location: SouthendContract type: 37 hoursAre you a motivated and passionate individual looking to make a real difference in your local community? Are you also available at the weekends on a rota basis to put your skills to good use helping others less fortunate? If so, we would love you to join our Floating Support Team as a Housing Project Worker To be considered for this role you will need to: Demonstrate patience, politeness and self-control Organised, adaptable, and a good communicator To be enthusiastic and motivated by, a constantly changing and busy environment Flexible to work where you are most need in our supported housing services MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES: Risk Assessment and Management: To produce comprehensive and high-quality risk assessment and risk management plans on an ongoing basis for clients. Minimise risks to clients by identifying, reporting and following up any safeguarding concerns. Provide a comprehensive handover of risks to other professionals who may be involved with cases. Case Review: Arranging and carrying out formal case reviews, making sure that they are client led and should predominately take place in the community. Complete full new needs assessments following case reviews including distance travelled points for each need, highlighting support actions to take forward. Carry a changing caseload of up to thirty cases. Action Planning: In partnership with the client and any significant others involved in their support, translate assessed need into action plans that are SMART and give scope for progression. Housing Management: Provide intensive housing management to residents. Enable residents to retain their accommodation, prevent evictions and assist residents that are ready to move on. Ensure timely housing benefit claims are made and service charge is collected and recorded correctly. Make sure that clients understand tenancy issues, rights and responsibilities. Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

Location: Southend-On-Sea, GB

Posted Date: 2/6/2025