Project Worker
We are recruiting a dedicated Project Worker to provide high quality support to residents in supported housing services.
Salary: £27,045- £29,357
Location: Southend on Sea
Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week (including evenings/weekends on a rota)
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: 27/2/26
About the Role
The Project Worker will play a vital role in helping residents move towards safer, more stable and independent lives. Working within supported accommodation services, they will deliver practical advice, personalised support and intensive housing management to people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
Key responsibilities include:
1. Creating a welcoming, supportive environment that helps residents adjust to a more settled way of life.
2. Managing a caseload, completing assessments, delivering key working sessions and maintaining support plans and reviews.
3. Building warm, professional relationships with service users while prioritising their wellbeing and best interests.
4. Providing guidance on welfare rights, housing, benefits and legal entitlements, and assisting residents in accessing them.
5. Supporting individuals to obtain medical, dental, mental health and substance use services where required.
6. Encouraging engagement with specialist addiction support agencies.
7. Helping residents develop essential...