Cuckooing Outreach Support Worker

Full Job Description

We are a non-profit organisation working with people to support their health and wellbeing.  Established for over 30 years, we have provided services alongside a variety of statutory and voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) colleagues in Surrey and its borders. We believe change is achievable when offered by a flexible, respectful, inclusive and a non-judgemental approach. 
 
We are recruiting for a Specialist Outreach Support Worker to work within the Cuckooing and Vulnerable Adults team. 
 
 
Salary:   £28 – 29k per annum, dependent on experience
Hours: 35 per week - Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm
Duration: 1 year contract
Company Benefits:  26 days annual leave (rising with service) + bank holidays + 1 extra days leave on your birthday, Pension, Access to Simply Health, Blended working, Employee discount programme

Location – Rushmoor, Hampshire. Based in Aldershot and or Yateley Police Station. Mileage is paid for your travel

The Cuckooing project works with individuals who have had or are vulnerable to have their homes taken over by others and used to facilitate exploitation.
 
With a holistic approach you will be working with vulnerable adults in the community, providing them with a brief and intense intervention.  You may work within a client’s home or place of safety, to ensure you provide support and advice and work with clients to understand what support services they need in their journey for the long term and to help build their resilience and prevent them from being cuckooed in the future.  You will use client centred skills to assess, support and refer clients onwards whilst supporting with immediate practical needs.
 
You will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with other agencies, including the Police, Social Workers, Housing departments etc to ensure risks are reduced. This role is ideally suited to someone who is curious about safeguarding, likes to work one to one and can balance outreach visits with administrative tasks.
 
 This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and Level 2 Police Vetting.  Please note past drug and/or alcohol or criminality history will not necessarily discount you from undertaking this role

Our ideal applicant will have/be;  

• Ideally you will have a qualification within Health and Social Care or experience / knowledge around this area of work and more specifically cuckooing
• Non judgemental approach to support work
• Knowledge around substance mis-use would be an advantage
• Enthusiastic, with a drive to provide excellent person centred care, support and planning
• Exposure to assessing and managing risk and safeguarding
• Good communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability and willingness to travel and work flexibly

eSift have been appointed as the resource partner and we are managing this role on behalf of our client. To apply for this position please click on the “apply now” button below.  Your CV will then be held on our central database, if for any reason you do not wish us to retain your details please contact us via (url removed).