Project Worker

Ravenswood Service – Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire Project Worker

38 Hours per week | £18,772 per annum| Job Reference: REQ00218

Closing Date: Tuesday 5^th October 2021

The Mungo Foundation is a well-established charitable organisation, with over 40 years of experience supporting vulnerable individuals across Scotland. We employ over 700 staff, supporting approximately 1500 people a year, across a diverse array of services. Our services are tailored to the needs of each individual we work with and together we work hard to improve their quality of life.

Our Ravenswood Housing Support Service based in Kirkintilloch provides temporary accommodation and outreach visits to our houses of multiple occupancy and outreach support to support homeless households with additional support needs.

We are looking to recruit a committed and self-motivated Project Worker (full time) who is enthusiastic with the ability to effectively ensure that they deliver safe, compassionate and high-quality support to the individuals who use the service.

The successful candidate will be responsible for co-ordinating and delivering high-quality person- centred support plans which contribute to positive outcomes for the individuals that we support. In addition, you will be required to provide information, advice and support to service users who may have experienced trauma, mental health issues and/or substance misuse.

You should have experience of providing housing support and tenancy sustainment advice within a residential and/or outreach support role and have knowledge of outcome-based models of support. You will be able to confidently provide housing related support and in addition you will work to empower our clients to achieve their aspirations and make positive and sustainable life changes.

Qualifications are not essential. We offer excellent support, training and a salary of £9.50 per hour.

The successful candidate, if unqualified, must be willing to work towards a suitable qualification for a post at this level, in line with the SSSC Regulatory Requirements.

If you are looking for a new challenge, this may be the position for you.

We value our staff very highly. Alongside competitive terms and conditions we also offer membership of both an employee benefits scheme and a credit union, plus numerous training and development opportunities, including SVQ registration level qualifications.

We would appreciate if you could complete an online application form which can be found on our website www.themungofoundation.org.uk then under Join our Team, then Work with Us, then under the relevant vacancy click on the Apply button.

Appointments are made subject to satisfactory membership of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme, SSSC registration and appropriate safer recruitment checks.

All posts are currently subject to Job Evaluation.