Single Homeless Project hasan opportunity for two skilled and dedicated individuals Senior Practitioner to join our team based in London.
You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis.
In return, you will receive a competitive salary starting at £32,325.00 and rising incrementally to £34,996.44 per annum.
Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity.
Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.
We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change.
From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 10,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.
About the Senior Practitioner role: As the Senior Practitioner, you will be working within a strengths and recovery framework embedded within a trauma informed approach to ensure young people's needs and aspirations are at the centre of the support planning process.
You will be the lead person in relation to supporting complex and enduring needs.
You will guide and signpost staff in supporting young people in developing independent living skills.
In this role, you will play a vital role in providing effective support to at risk young people with complex mental health, and support and coaching to staff.
Your mission: to support and empower young people to develop the lifelong tools they need to lead fulfilling lives outside of the confines of traditional services.
You will provide leadership to the team around the support of their caseload and lead on multi-agency care meetings.
About you: You bring experience working with young people with complex mental health and a non-judgemental outlook which promotes a strengths-based approach and an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.
Your toolkit includes practical skills in motivation and coaching young people and staff.
Can demonstrate resilience and clarity when faced with challenging behaviour.
Your approach is creative, analytical, trauma-informed and rooted in a strengths and recovery model.
You can creatively inspire opportunities for our young people to thrive and to develop to their highest potential.
Strong team-working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a collaborative approach to supporting young people achieve the outcomes and goals we support them to set for themselves.
Our attractive benefits package includes: A salary increase after successfully completing six month's probationary period A 37.5 hour working week including flexible working hours (core hours are 10am – 4pm) in non-accommodation services 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays), A contributory pension scheme: Single Homeless Project will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary Staff Health Cash Plan and discounts scheme Comprehensive and integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in our work Closing Date: Sunday 1st December at midnight Interview Date: Wednesday 11th December at SHP Head Office This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed (by SHP) for the successful applicant.
Don't miss out on this great opportunity to join the Single Homeless Project team – please click 'apply' now to become our Senior Practitioner -we'd like to hear from you!
Single Homeless Project is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces.
We are also Disability Confident Committed and are IIP Silver accredited.
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