Support Practitioner

Post: Support Practitioner

Service: Aberdeen Housing Support Services

Based: Aberdeen City

Hours: Full Time

Salary: £25,878

Contract: Permanent

If you live your best life, support someone to live theirs!

Do you have a passion for helping vulnerable people enjoy as much fulfilment as they can and feel included in their community? If compassion, care and inclusiveness are an important part of who you are, our opportunities to work away from the routine in a demanding, challenging but emotionally rewarding role could be for you.

Our Turning Point Scotland Services in Aberdeen are looking for people like you to help provide individualised support to adults with a wide range of needs, either on an individual 1:1 basis or alongside others and as part of a team.

Our Aberdeen Housing Support service offers assistance to those who have experienced, or are at risk of, homelessness. The support that we provide is always person-centred: involving service users at every stage of the design and implementation of their support plans.

Our Housing First team provides support based on 7 core principles, designed to ensure that people who have experienced homelessness have access to a stable home and access to person-centred support for as long as they need it. By adhering to those principles we believe we deliver effective and innovative supports to some of the most vulnerable people in our community.

Our Outreach Housing Support teams works across localities to enable people to maintain independent tenancy sustainment, reconnect with their local communities and assist them to build resilience to prevent repeat homelessness. We respond to the individual needs of those who are homeless or at the risk of becoming homeless, including those who are rough sleeping, or are in temporary or permanent accommodation.

This service supports people who may have multiple needs which could be related to various issues including mental health, alcohol and other drug use, offending, finance and employment.

Your career with us means being part of an organisation with clear purpose, focus, and values where everyone can progress. We have a track record of internal promotion with several senior managers having started their career as a support practitioner.

Previous working experience is desired; however, full training will be provided to you. We believe having the right values of respect, compassion, inclusion and integrity is all you need to join our team! We can offer you full support to complete your application.

As a Support Practitioner, you will work with individuals who have a wide range of support needs, providing them with practical and emotional support and encouraging them to achieve their own personal outcomes.

Turning Point Scotland offers a Salary Matching within the pay points of the role and based on experience.

We welcome applications from all candidates who are eligible to work in the United Kingdom. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.

Please note that IT skills are required for all our vacancies.

Where applicable, successful candidates will be required to register with the SSSC within 6 months of start date.

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