Hours of Work: 37.5 hours per week, Monday- Friday 08:00-16:00 or 10:00-18:00.
Full time or part time hours available – please indicate this on your covering letter.
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Project Description
The Emergency Assessment Centre in Aberystwyth accommodates people who are homeless in Ceredigion, providing a safe space for them to live and supporting them to move on to more permanent accommodation as quickly as possible. The property is staffed 24/7 and accommodates up to 10 people at any one time in single bedrooms with shared cooking and bathroom facilities. The service is jointly funded by Ceredigion County Council and the Welsh Government’s Housing Support Grant.
Purpose of Role
To coordinate and provide floating support that enables and empowers Service Users to address housing and/or personal difficulties, build their skills and confidence, and ultimately improve their ability to maintain their current or future accommodation. The support will not create or increase dependence. It will ‘do with’ rather than ‘do for’ to enable people to improve their control, understanding and involvement in dealing with the issues that affect them, and assist Service Users to achieve their preferred outcomes.
This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.
We are not utilising agencies with this role and kindly ask that agencies do not approach to assist us with this vacancy.
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Closing date for this vacancy is 20th November 2024 at 09:00am.
The Wallich are shortlisting and interviewing candidates as they are received and reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration.
At The Wallich, we’re fully committed to supporting and improving Equity, Diversity and Inclusion to ensure we’re the best community we can be. There is always still room to evolve and improve and we are striving to create an environment where all staff can bring their authentic selves to the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds and if you would like any support with your application or to discuss any adjustments that you may require, please contact recruitment@thewallich.net or call 02920 668 464
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