Directorate: Customer, Place and Services
Job Title: Weekend Female Support Worker (including sleepovers) Permanent
Salary: £27,508 – £30,125 (Grade F) Pro rata per annum (Plus Casual User Mileage)
Hours: Part time – 38.5 hours per 4 week rota, working weekends to include sleepover – Please note: this weekend only role on the 3 Sunday shifts per 8 weeks, there is a requirement to work until 9.30am on the Monday morning. (Rota attached to the recruitment pack).
Payment for sleepovers £45.47 per – night only paid additionally to salary.
Location: Based at Cotswold House, Winsford.

Do you want to work for a ‘Best Companies Top 100 company’?

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity working as part of a professional, engaged, and friendly organisation? Our values are Fairness, Openness, Respect, Enthusiasm, Collaboration, Commitment and Customer Focus, we are constantly striving to demonstrate these values in our day to day working environment and culture.

The Opportunity
Cotswold House provides 24 hour supported accommodation to 9 women experiencing homelessness. Our women are aged from 16 upwards and can have a baby living with them.

We also offer a resettlement service recognising how vital this follow on work is for tenancy sustainment. Based in Winsford, we have been a part of this supportive community for over 20 years as part of Weaver Vale Housing Trust. A rare opportunity has arisen for 1 person to join our friendly, supportive, and professional team working at weekends.

What Will You Do?
You will join a small but close-knit team who constantly strive to provide the best possible support to our women from crisis to move on. We don’t have a magic wand, instead we have a dedicated and committed team who can adapt their approach to the individual and what they need, taking time out to build up a trusting relationship that will hopefully encourage lasting change.

Minimum Requirements For This Role
• NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care, CIH Supporting Homeless Clients or equivalent level of relevant qualification.
• A good understanding of working with women/young people who have experienced trauma is a must, with the patience and belief that each person we work with has the right to feel safe, supported and believed.
• Our Support Workers have an in depth understanding of Safeguarding and Child Protection Procedures and are required to make observations, keep accurate records, complete reports, and have the confidence to attend meetings including Case Conferences representing the service.
• You must possess excellent communication skills and have experience in supporting vulnerable women.
• You will have the ability to deal with crisis situations with reassurance and understanding.
• You must be flexible, self-motivated, and adaptable to change.
• You must feel confident to lone work and make decisions based on procedures and using your own initiative and rationale.

This role will require an Enhanced DBS check prior to commencement of employment.

We are advertising for females only, and this post has a genuine occupational qualification and is therefore exempt from current legislation in this area. We also welcome applicants who have experienced homelessness or related issues.

In line with the Trust’s Disclosure & Barring Policy, please confirm WITHIN YOUR APPLICATION if you have any current convictions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

For more information contact:
For an informal discussion contact Angela Kandeh via our website: https://www.wvht.co.uk/jobs/weekend-female-support-worker-417/

Benefits
• Competitive salary
• Generous annual leave entitlement – 24-29 days (entitlement increases 1 day each year, over the first 5 years) holidays plus UK public/bank holidays (based on level of service) (part time pro rata)*
• Ability to buy up to 5 days additional annual leave* (pro rata for part-time) each year*
• 5% employer contribution to our Pension Scheme (minimum 3% employee contribution) with life assurance benefit*.
• Contribution to the cost of nursery or afterschool care to help with childcare costs*
• Commitment to support your ongoing learning and development, with the opportunity to develop a range of transferable skills.
• Day off for your Birthday to be taken during your birth month (based on contractual hours)
• An annual Health and Wellbeing Allowance or the option to enrol in a Health Cash Plan*
• ‘Thank you’ gift for your continuous service starting at 5 years’ service, and every 5 years’ thereafter.
• 24/7, 365 day Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) including free counselling
• Compensation for professional memberships which are an expressed requirement
for the role.
• Free annual flu vaccines and free Eye Care Vouchers every 2 years*
• Discounts on a gym membership and phone contract
• Cycle to work scheme*
• Free to use car park at our office on Gadbrook Park / Cotswold House
• Involvement in regular health and wellbeing initiatives and charity fundraising activities
• Opportunities to give feedback and join various colleague forums, to help shape change at the Trust.
* Benefits offered providing you meet the eligibility criteria

HOW TO APPLY:
Closing date for applications: Wednesday 28/06/2023 (12:00 noon)
(Please be aware that applications received after this time may not be considered)

In person Interview and assessment date(s): Wednesday 12/07/2023

Please review the job Information pack (on our website: http://www.wvht.co.uk) for further information and submit your CV with a covering letter (max. 2 pages) demonstrating how you meet the minimum criteria in relation to the accountability profile and person specification, please send to: [email protected].
Those applicants that consider themselves to have a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the role will be guaranteed an interview. Please confirm within your application if you consider yourself to have a disability and if so, what reasonable adjustments may be required for you to attend an interview or assessment.

Disclaimer:
• We may conduct social media checks from sources such as Google, Facebook and LinkedIn to assist us in our assessment of your suitability for the role.
• We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.
• Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
• The recruiting manager will review your skills and experience to determine if there is a match with the position you have applied for. If there is, we will contact you by phone or email to schedule an interview / assessment. If not, you will not be contacted.
• Please note due to the high volume of applications we are unable to respond to all unsuccessful applicants. If you haven’t heard from us within 3 weeks of the vacancy closing date, unfortunately we will not be pursuing your application further.
• Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK evidence of essential qualifications, complete a health questionnaire and undertake a DBS check (if relevant to the role).
• We reserve the right to refuse applications if they do not have an accompanying cover letter.

We appreciate your interest in Weaver Vale Housing Trust and the time you have invested in applying to us.

The Trust invites applications from all members of the community, irrespective of Gender, Gender reassignment, Sexual orientation, Race, Religion or belief, Disability, Age, Pregnancy and maternity, Marriage and civil partnership.