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Family Outreach Support Worker - Liverpool X5
About the Role
Our support workers, operating within the families and adult services, provide personalised 1:1 support to all our service users.
Our dedicated support workers conduct meaningful independence sessions with each service user, focusing on preparing them for independent living. These sessions cover essential aspects such as financial management, property maintenance, and guidance on seeking employment, tailored to the unique needs of each individual.
You will be providing both practical and housing related support to adults or families in temporary accommodation, across the Liverpool region. It involves multi-agency work and would suit anyone who has a desire to help adults or families achieve important life and housing related skills to take forward to their permanent homes.
Due to the areas this role covers, a car driver with a vehicle is essential.
About you
The ideal candidate will be passionate about this sector, looking to make a difference with our service users and will be looking for a challenging but rewarding role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Working across the Liverpool region, Managing a caseload of Service Users, helping to build independent living skills
- Liaising with relevant professionals such as Social Workers, Healthcare practitioners, DWP, and the Police
- Writing detailed reports which assess a service user's independent living skills
- Completely weekly inspections of Service User's properties
- Support with accessing and maintaining education/employment
- Promote physical, mental and emotional wellbeing, de-escalating challenging situations when they arise
- Signposting to appropriate services as required, including mental health, drug rehabilitation services, counselling and education
Requirements:
- Previous experience supporting (not caring) for people with support needs, families or young people to gain independence.
- Travel is essential so must hold a full driving licence and have access to a vehicle insured for business use.
- Must be prepared to travel across the Liverpool region.
- Thorough knowledge of safeguarding adults and children
- Hold or be willing to work towards an NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care qualification.
- Computer literate - Good understanding of Microsoft 365
- Good interpersonal skills
Please see the YouTube link "Day in the life of a support worker" for an overview on Bedspace Outreach. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjlN9TGBweo
About Bedspace
We are Bedspace. Our mission is simple - to transform the lives of the people we support. Our team of 300+ people work to provide housing and support packages to our service users in asylum, leaving care, adults in social care and homeless families and individuals. In 2024, we celebrated our 25th anniversary, during 25 years of Bedspace we’ve supported over 24,000 people to transform their lives.
At Bedspace, we are committed to safeguarding and protecting children and adults in our work. This role involves working closely with children and is therefore exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. As part of our recruitment, selection, and appointment processes we conduct a range of vetting checks including Enhanced DBS and reference checks, to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children and those we support are appointed.
If successfully appointed references will be taken for all roles where you have worked with adults and children; additionally, a full work history needs to be included in your CV with explanations for gaps.
At present Bedspace is unable to provide sponsorships.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £23,996.70 per year
About the Role
Our support workers, operating within the families and adult services, provide personalised 1:1 support to all our service users.
Our dedicated support workers conduct meaningful independence sessions with each service user, focusing on preparing them for independent living. These sessions cover essential aspects such as financial management, property maintenance, and guidance on seeking employment, tailored to the unique needs of each individual.
You will be providing both practical and housing related support to adults or families in temporary accommodation, across the Liverpool region. It involves multi-agency work and would suit anyone who has a desire to help adults or families achieve important life and housing related skills to take forward to their permanent homes.
Due to the areas this role covers, a car driver with a vehicle is essential.
About you
The ideal candidate will be passionate about this sector, looking to make a difference with our service users and will be looking for a challenging but rewarding role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Working across the Liverpool region, Managing a caseload of Service Users, helping to build independent living skills
- Liaising with relevant professionals such as Social Workers, Healthcare practitioners, DWP, and the Police
- Writing detailed reports which assess a service user's independent living skills
- Completely weekly inspections of Service User's properties
- Support with accessing and maintaining education/employment
- Promote physical, mental and emotional wellbeing, de-escalating challenging situations when they arise
- Signposting to appropriate services as required, including mental health, drug rehabilitation services, counselling and education
Requirements:
- Previous experience supporting (not caring) for people with support needs, families or young people to gain independence.
- Travel is essential so must hold a full driving licence and have access to a vehicle insured for business use.
- Must be prepared to travel across the Liverpool region.
- Thorough knowledge of safeguarding adults and children
- Hold or be willing to work towards an NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care qualification.
- Computer literate - Good understanding of Microsoft 365
- Good interpersonal skills
Please see the YouTube link "Day in the life of a support worker" for an overview on Bedspace Outreach. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjlN9TGBweo
About Bedspace
We are Bedspace. Our mission is simple - to transform the lives of the people we support. Our team of 300+ people work to provide housing and support packages to our service users in asylum, leaving care, adults in social care and homeless families and individuals. In 2024, we celebrated our 25th anniversary, during 25 years of Bedspace we’ve supported over 24,000 people to transform their lives.
At Bedspace, we are committed to safeguarding and protecting children and adults in our work. This role involves working closely with children and is therefore exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. As part of our recruitment, selection, and appointment processes we conduct a range of vetting checks including Enhanced DBS and reference checks, to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children and those we support are appointed.
If successfully appointed references will be taken for all roles where you have worked with adults and children; additionally, a full work history needs to be included in your CV with explanations for gaps.
At present Bedspace is unable to provide sponsorships.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £23,996.70 per year