Keyworker - Liverpool Complex Support

Job Introduction

Would you like to work for a company who is accredited as an outstanding company to work for in Best Companies 2023?

Jigsaw Homes Group offers employees a very competitive 24 days holiday per annum, plus 3 days for Christmas closure (5 day working week) plus bank holidays, plus additional days after 2 years continuous service (to a maximum of 5 days) We also offer our employees the option to buy/sell up to 5 days extra leave per year.

As a Jigsaw employee you will also receive incremental salaried pay, occupational sick pay, access to the Social Housing Pension Scheme, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, BHSF membership, access to on-site gyms and training/development opportunities.

If you are looking for a career with an outstanding company, then please read on.

Who we are:

Jigsaw Homes Group is one of the largest housing groups in England with more than 37,500 homes across the North West and East Midlands.

We provide quality; low-cost housing and play a wider role in making sure our residents thrive in their homes and benefit from living in healthy, sustainable communities.

About the department:

At Jigsaw Support our focus is on helping people to live happy, healthy lives in a safe home, and supporting our most vulnerable individuals is our top priority.

Working within the Jigsaw Support Team you will be part of an innovative, forward-thinking team that encourages success.

We are passionate about improving the quality of lives of our customers by supporting them to achieve their goals and independence.

With more than 160 colleagues from offices in Ashton under Lyne, Leigh and in our supported accommodation projects across the North West, we support over 6,000 people annually through the contracts we manage.

This position is within our support service for Rough Sleepers Accommodation Programme within the Liverpool City Region.

The programme will provide intensive wrap around support to people with experience of rough sleeping, that have complex and multiple needs, to enable them to live as independently as possible and gain the skills and confidence to sustain a tenancy and live a fulfilling life. Service Users will be accommodated in self-contained properties dispersed throughout the City region for up to two years and supported to move on to more permanent accommodation. 

Role information:

The Keyworker will work across shifts to cover the service from 8am-8pm, including some weekends and bank holidays. They will carry a small caseload and offer intensive person centered, wrap around support to address any barriers to tenancy sustainment and move on to permanent accommodation. These barriers could include substance use, mental and physical health difficulties, offending, domestic abuse, debt and money management issues.

You will need to be aware of the principles of trauma informed care and be able to work in a strengths-based way, building on the person’s strengths and linking them to community assets in order to aid community integration.

This is a highly rewarding role, that enables you to make a make a real difference to people’s lives.

If this sounds like the perfect job for you then don’t hesitate to apply now!

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of applications.