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Homeless Intervention - Social Worker
Pay rate between - £27 - 33
Worcestershire County Council
This post is in the Homeless Intervention Team, Care Leavers service. The Role: The Homeless Intervention Team is a dedicated team working with 16 and 17 year old young people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless within the next 56 days. The team comprises of 2 Social Workers and 2 Specialist family Support Workers. There are 2 Family Support Workers within the team that assist the Social Worker. The focus of the work is to support the young people to remain at or return home to live with their families where it is safe for them to do so. Where young people are unable to remain living at home we explore with them and their families their accommodation options and undertake assessments to identify areas where they may require support to develop their independent living skills to ensure a positive move on into appropriate accommodation. Many of the young people we work with have experiences trauma in their childhood and have additional vulnerabilities and are often hard to reach young people. The team support young people through assessment, as Children in Need and also in some case as Looked After Children. If you are someone who: Shares our passion for working with 16 and 17 year old young people and their families and has a determination to achieve positive outcomes for them Is tenacious, persistent, resilient and excellent at developing positive relationships with young people, their families and partner agencies. Has an understanding of the issues young people have who are faced with homelessness. Understands the legislation relating to homeless young people. Then the Homeless Intervention Team may well be for you!
Benefits of working for Hoop:
* 20 years’ experience of the Social Work market
* Your local agency based in Cardiff
* Welsh-speaking consultant available should you wish to converse in welsh throughout your job search
* PAYE and Umbrella payroll options available – you choose!
* Dedicated point of contact (support team to cover whilst on leave)
* Twice weekly payroll
* Actively supplying every Local Authority in South/West Wales and South West England
* Provides free on-site quarterly training sessions (Contributes CPD)
* Refer a friend scheme available
* Wellbeing sessions
To apply for this role, you will need to hold -
* A relevant Social Work Qualification
* Registration with Social Care Wales
* Enhanced DBS registered on the update service or be happy to apply for a DBS
* 3 Years of referencing
* Driving license with access to a car
Given the nature of the role, only applications from individuals with a social work qualification and registration with either professional body - Social Care Wales / Social Work England can be considered. Please only apply if you meet this criteria.
Please contact Kate Bowen at Hoop Recruitment on (phone number removed) if you want to find out more
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