Job Summary
Supporting Lives was established in 2014 with the specific objective of providing people with safe, supported accommodation in the North East of England. We operate a range of transitional support properties across Blyth, Ashington, Lynmouth, Newcastle, Gateshead and South Shields.
As a housing support worker, you will be working in a fast-paced environment and be required to respond to changing circumstances with people suffering from multiple disadvantages including addiction to substances and low-level mental health conditions.
You will be required to carry out initial needs/risk assessments, personal support planning as well as offer practical advice and support that will include harm reduction with tenants referred directly by Local Authority Homelessness teams and local health & social care provider agencies. You will be experienced working with drug & alcohol harm reduction strategies and delivering a range of practical supports to develop people’s independent living skills, positive behaviour change and physical/mental wellbeing.
Key Aims
At Supporting Lives, we believe in empowering people to discover their own unique pathway to independence.
Our key aims are to: Increase safety amongst homeless populations and reduce risk to our communities.
- Empower people gain the skills required to live independently and free of services.
- Increase an individual’s life skills and ability to self-manage their own behaviour.
- Deliver measurable improvements to a person’s physical and mental health, and wellbeing.
You will be committed to our key aims and share our belief in the inherent capacity and potential of all individuals.
