Current Vacancies
Building Bridges Support Worker
- Job Title: Building Bridges Support Worker
- Hours: 36.5 hours per week, including occasional evening and weekend work. Applications for part-time working would be welcome.
- Salary: £25,694 gross per annum plus 7% employers pension contribution.
- Contract: Fixed-term contract for 12 months starting as soon as possible.
- Location: Office located in Devizes with programme delivery throughout Wiltshire including 1:1 outreach
Community First is a dynamic charity (Registration Number 288117) committed to supporting communities across Wiltshire and Swindon. Our team goes the extra mile to create brighter futures for those living and working in the county. Putting people first is at the heart of everything we do.
Our highly successful employment programmes support people who are furthest from the labour market with multiple barriers and challenges in their lives and helps them progress into and sustain training, education, and employment outcomes.
The purpose of the role is to support people in Wiltshire who are accommodated in housing related supported accommodation as part of Wiltshire Council’s Rough Sleeper Initiative to address their barriers and challenges and help them progress into and sustain training, education, and employment.
We are looking for two Support Workers to join our team delivering key working support to participants. The role involves managing a case load of participants, providing practical & emotional support and advocating on their behalf as needed. The Support Worker will carry out needs assessments, develop individualised engagement plans to address barriers and through both one-to-one support and a range of group development activities, increase participants’ confidence, self-esteem, skills and resilience to help them achieve their identified education and employment goals. Please see the associated job description for further details.
This role is fully funded by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) via Wiltshire Council’s Rough Sleeper Initiative’s ‘Move on and Prevention Funding’.
The role may include occasional evening and weekend working.
Due to the nature of the work, you will be required to undertake a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check.
Please contact us if you would like a hard copy application form, or if you require any assistance in applying for this post.
Please send completed application forms to Nicky Theobald, Premises and Business Support Manager at ntheobald@communityfirst.org.uk. The application form can be found using the links below.
If you would like to find out more about this position, please contact the Building Bridges Team on 01380 732821 or e-mail hello@buildingbridgessw.org.uk
- Closing date: 10am Monday 28th October 2024
- Interviews held: Thursday 31st October 2024
Community First is an equal opportunities employer.
