Project Worker

Employer Location: DOWN

Job description

The facilitation of recovery in a therapeutic setting via the implementation of group and one-to-one work with key residents. Providing 24 7 support for our residents with regular on call and overnights required additional payment for enhancements. Assist with the facilitation of a participative environment enabling the resident to gain increasing independence and to develop to their full potential.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and participation of a programme centred towards rehabilitative and supportive care.
• The promotion and enablement of each resident to further enhance their independence within the therapeutic setting.
• Assisting allocated residents with a personalised and bespoke support to assist with their development within the therapeutic setting.
• Adopting a collaborative approach in the development of the community, with resident involvement.
• Facilitation of regular working groups with residents and for staff developmental purposes.
• Adopt a coaching approach for newly joined Project Workers and Wardens (if applicable).
• Assist the Project Manager, Deputy Project Manager or nominee, with the following areas, ensuring operational efficiency of the Project, examples include:
• Ensuring agreed level of occupancy.
• Regular maintenance of standardised records for the service, Threshold and external governing bodies.
• Compliance and adherence to Licence and Tenancy Agreements.
• Ensuring the service operates within agreed budgetary parameters.
• Compliance with Health and Safety legislation, as applicable to Northern Ireland. This incorporates fire prevention safety standards, cleanliness, and other associated hygiene standards and associated practices.
• Additional administration tasks which may be required by your Project Manager or Deputy Project Manager.
• Ensuring that a best practice approach is adopted when engaging with external stakeholders, to include, however not limited to, the Health and Social Care (HSC) Trusts, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, (NIHE) and nominated Housing Associations
• Regular contact with designated allied health professionals, as appropriate, to include, Mental Health Nurses, etc.
• Regular attendance and participation in staff meeting as scheduled.
• Participation in monthly supervision sessions with Manager or other suitable nominee. Ensure participation in mandatory and refresher training, as required.
• Working collaboratively and jointly with other internal departments, to include Finance, Digital, Human Resources and Information Technology (IT) and Learning and Development, (L&D).

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• GCSE Maths and English or equivalent plus 6 months experience
• Or a relevant degree and Level 3 RQF or willing to attain in post through organisation

Further Information

See website for full job description and specification. Threshold will undertake a shortlisting exercise based solely upon the written information contained within your application form, to satisfactorily demonstrate how and to what extent you meet the above specified criteria. The shortlisting exercise will be based upon the identified criteria from the personnel specification. The shortlisting panel will not make assumptions as to your circumstances, qualifications and experience. Threshold reserves the right to supplement these shortlisting criteria using additional essential and / or desirable criteria from the personnel specification at subsequent stages of the shortlisting process. Canvassing Please note that any form of canvassing, either oral or written, directly or indirectly, in connection with this appointment shall disqualify a candidate from the recruitment and selection process. Supplementary Information 1. Please note that this is a regulated post and will be subject to an Enhanced Access NI Check. For more information on the background check process, please refer to our policy titled Inclusive Hiring and Rehabilitation. This will be dealt with in line with our Privacy Policy. 2. The post holder must either be registered or apply for registration with the Northern Ireland Social Care Council, (NISCC), upon appointment. All candidates applying for a role with Threshold must already have the legal right to work in the UK without sponsorship. As Threshold cannot offer visa sponsorship. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we feel we have received suitable number of applications.