Do you want to make a positive difference to the lives of others, delivering housing-related support in a city wide service to prevent homelessness, facilitate sustainment, integration, and promote self-resilience?
We are looking for a self-motivated individual to join our Engage Leeds team.
As a Housing Support Worker you will work alongside colleagues and partners, managing a caseload delivering housing related support to people at risk of homelessness or require support to sustain their accommodation.
At Connect, our values are at the heart of everything we do and our vision is to contribute towards a sustainable and just society. As a Housing Support Worker you will get an opportunity to contribute to our vision first hand. We are looking for a candidate who:
1. has experience of working in a housing / support environment and understands the issues faced by clients with housing support needs.
2. can deliver high quality, customer focused, responsive and accountable support to those accessing the service.
3. can be an effective communicator, be able to influence others, work under their own initiative and under pressure.
4. Ensure service provision is sensitive to the needs of clients, promote empowerment, self-resilience and respect, individual dignity and self-esteem.
5. Assist Team Leaders and Engage Leeds partners to develop and maintain positive relationships with key stakeholders and local community partners.