The Role
Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of vulnerable adults in Bath & North East Somerset?
The Reach Housing & Advice Service provides support to people in Bath & North East Somerset who are experiencing difficulty with their accommodation to enable them to live independently. People may be struggling to sustain current accommodation and/or at risk of homelessness, just moved into accommodation following a period of homelessness or need support to find suitable housing. We are looking for people who can bring creativity and enthusiasm to supporting clients, helping them to make positive changes in their lives.
There is also the opportunity to earn an additional £100 per week by volunteering to take part in DHI’s out of hours on call rota.
A Driving Licence with access to a vehicle and willingness to use it for work travel is desirable .
About You
At DHI we highly value transferable skills and life experience. If you have good organisational skills, can manage relationships, solve problems, and are resilient, adaptable and flexible then we would love to hear from you.
Your background could be from anywhere where you have needed to apply problem solving and motivational skills. Teaching, ex-armed forces, customer service are all examples of just some professions where we believe these transferable skills are often found, or you may have lived experience.
Our Values
We are an award winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and our values underpin this.
If you share DHI’s values of flexibility, stimulation, self- direction and zest for life, then we encourage you to apply.
We look forward to exploring these with you during the interview process should you be successful at the shortlisting stage.
What We Offer
We offer on the job support and mentoring within the team for this role, as well as training with regard to housing and benefits that are relevant to the post.
As an employee of DHI, you will have also access to our Employee Assistance Programme, our Cycle Scheme, 31 days annual leave (Service related) and company pension scheme.
Next Steps
To find out more and apply please visit DHI website.
Reach Housing Support Worker - Bath
Salary:
£23,194 - £27,852 per annum + mileage
Hours:
Full Time 37.5 hours per week
Contract Type:
Permanent
Location:
Bath with some remote working
Close Date:
Friday, 8 September 2023
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