Specialist Multiple Disadvantage Worker

Location: Westminster, London
Salary: 15.56 per hour
Job type: Temporary ongoing

Hours: 37.5 hours a week (Monday to Friday) - Days
Start date: Immediate start subject to satisfactory References and DBS

Barker Ross Healthcare are currently recruiting for a Specialist Multiple Disadvantage Worker in London.

You must have previous experience dealing with caseloads and assessments

Job details:

In this position, you will be expected to;
- Hold a caseload complex needs clients and conduct regular key working sessions.
- Manage the referrals within agreed timescales, both in-house referrals of existing service users
- Build and maintain effective relationships with all stakeholders, as well as the client
- Provide specialist support and advice to practitioners at the service to enable effective progression of their casework in addressing complex needs
- Provide evidence-based interventions in one-to-one, groupwork settings and skills workshop formats.
- Support the Team Manager and Service Manager to implement training and research resources, to ensure that each member of staff's skills, aptitudes, training and experiences are fully utilised for service and client needs

- Please note: this role involves lone working

To apply for this role, you must have;
- Experience of working with homeless and/or complex needs clients such as Mental Health, Substance use or Physical Health needs.
- A good understanding of the working methods of residential schemes
- Experience of establishing and maintaining good working relationships with other professionals, including those who may have different outcome priorities.
- The ability to create, develop and implement projects or plans
- A strong understanding of the issues that could disrupt progress in journeys towards independence, such as mental health, substance misuse, self-harm, domestic violence, anger management, learning impairment and/or frailty due to illness
- A strong understanding of the health and social care sector and how to navigate between and across specialties
- Demonstrable skills in person centred engagement and groupwork facilitation
- Strong IT skills including the use of Microsoft Office programmes and database recording systems

Barker Ross Group values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

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