Bridges Partnership Safe Accommodation Keyworker

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Job Introduction
Would you like to work for a company who is accredited as an outstanding company to work for in Best Companies 2023?

Jigsaw Homes Group offers employees a very competitive 24 days holiday per annum, plus 3 days for Christmas closure (5 day working week) plus bank holidays, plus additional days after 2 years continuous service (to a maximum of 5 days).

We offer our employees the option to buy/sell up to 5 days extra leave per year and we offer compressed hours of work with the option to work a 4 day working week in a number of our roles, with 50% of your time working from home upon completion of a satisfactory probation period. This allows for a great work/life balance for many employees.

As a Jigsaw employee you will also receive incremental salaried pay, occupational sick pay, access to the Social Housing Pension Scheme, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, BHSF membership, access to on-site gyms and training/development opportunities.

If you are looking for a career with an outstanding company then please read on.

Who we are:

Jigsaw Homes Group is one of the largest housing groups in England with more than 37,500 homes across the North West and East Midlands.

We provide quality, low-cost housing and play a wider role in making sure our residents thrive in their homes and benefit from living in healthy, sustainable communities.

About the department:

At Jigsaw Support our focus is on helping people to live happy, healthy lives in a safe home and supporting our most vulnerable individuals is our top priority.

Working within the Jigsaw Support Team you will be part of an innovative, forward-thinking team that encourages success.

We are passionate about improving the quality of lives of our customers by supporting them to achieve their goals and independence.

In addition to delivering our existing support services, we are always seeking new innovative partnerships, solutions and funding opportunities, responding to need and working with communities in which we can make a difference.

With more than 200 staff from offices in Ashton under Lyne, Leigh and in our supported accommodation projects across the North West, we support over 7,000 people annually through the contracts we manage.

This position is within The Bridges Partnership service, a partnership between Jigsaw Support, Talk, Listen Change and Diversity Matters Northwest. The partnership supports Tameside residents who are victims or survivors of domestic abuse, children who are impacted by domestic abuse and those causing harm. This service is commissioned by Tameside Council.

The service includes safe accommodation, supporting domestic abuse victims in refuge and dispersed properties in the community, an outreach team supporting medium and standard risk cases in the community, a children’s team, supporting children and young people affected by domestic abuse, a IDVA team, supporting high risk victims and a Women and Families Centre offering group and one to one support.

Role Information:

As a Safe Accommodation Keyworker, you will work prominently within our safe accommodation provision. This includes a 24-hour refuge and safe accommodation located across Tameside. All the safe accommodation is temporary, and we work closely with Tameside Housing Advice with placements.

You will provide a high-quality, front-line service to victims of domestic abuse and their families, residing in our safe accommodation. The role requires effective team working with immediate colleagues and effective relationship building and utilisation of a multi-agency framework, consisting of the MASH and local partners to tackle domestic abuse and safeguarding in the Borough.

You will assessing new referrals, supporting new admissions, completing support sessions, contributing to health and safety requirements of the services and buildings, including home security measures.

You will provide advocacy, emotional and practical support along with information to clients including legal options, housing, finance, and a range of other interventions, a focus on support to move clients on to suitable housing. You will need to be able to effectively manage a dynamic case load, ensuring each client receives the appropriate level of support relevant to the individual’s needs.

The role will be required to work shifts on a rota basis, over a 7 day week including weekends, bank holidays and Christmas, between the hours of 7am – 9.30pm.

For more information regarding the role, please refer to the job pack above.

If this sounds like the perfect job for you then don’t hesitate to apply now by uploading your current, up to date CV.

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