Senior Project Worker

Recruiting Organisation: Turning Tides                                

Working hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £26,780 per annum
Location: Horsham

Turning Tides are excited to be recruiting several positions in a dedicated team, to run Roffey Place, their new accommodation service, situated in the rural surroundings of Horsham.

Established 30 years ago, Turning Tides is a multifunctional, complex needs homelessness charity. Their mission is to end local homelessness. They have gone from supporting a handful of people in the coastal town of Worthing to providing a range of services to over 1,700 people in Worthing, Adur, Littlehampton, Horsham and Mid Sussex. They have over 10,000 supporters, 300 volunteers and 160 staff members to date.

THE SERVICE

Providing high support accommodation, with options for tailored, specialist provision; onsite activity and multiagency support, this new service will be a genuine place of opportunity. You will be part of a new team, tasked with developing, shaping and evaluating the service to meet the unique needs and aspirations of clients, including those who are actively using substances, have a dual diagnosis or mental health conditions or have experienced multiple exclusions from services.

They work closely with the local authority with the aim of ending the need to sleep rough or use insecure or temporary accommodation. They offer personalised approach to work with people to manage risk and reduce associated harm from substance use and multiple exclusion. This accommodation will provide a vital opportunity to each individual, to provide a path away from homelessness.

THE BENEFITS

• Play an important role within a community-led organisation
• Stakeholder pension scheme
• Up to 25 days’ holiday, increasing with service
• Health care cash plan and life assurance
• 24/7 Support provider with wellbeing, advice and money saving resources
• Local discounts including gym membership

THE ROLE

This is a rare and exciting opportunity for two resilient; skilled; highly motivated individuals to join the new service, Roffey Place in Horsham – the first of its size and scope in the area and with the advantage of substantial grounds and communal areas.

ABOUT YOU

Turning Tides is committed to developing psychologically informed environments that encompass key concepts of this approach, including ‘elastic tolerance;’ and strengths-based working. As such, candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work flexibly and creatively to create a culture that supports these values.

APPLICATIONS

Please apply as soon as possible as interviews are happening now. A full job description and person specification document is available to download here – Senior-Project-Worker-Horsham-Residential

No agencies please.

To apply, please ensure you complete an online application form here, including your responses to the questions and upload a copy of your CV. You are also required to complete an Equal Opportunities Questionnaire.

Should you require any assistance with our application process, please email : recruitment@turning-tides.org.uk.

Turning Tides requires all staff and volunteers to be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults. Successful applicants (dependent on role) are required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Please be aware of their Privacy Policy, which is available to view by visiting: https://www.turning-tides.org.uk/about-us/privacy-policy/

Please note that they will only contact the candidates that have been shortlisted for interview. If you have not heard from them within 3 weeks, please assume you have been unsuccessful this time.

Closing Date: 16 November 2022

Interview Date: 21 November 2022, candidates maybe called before this date, so don’t delay in applying.