First Stop Service – Kirkintilloch, East DunbartonshireHousing Support WorkerAre you looking to begin in a career within social care and want to gain experience? Are you looking for a new challenge within your social care career? Then First Stop may be the service for you. Are you interested in joining our team? First Stop Emergency Accommodation Service is based in the Kirkintilloch area of East Dunbartonshire, providing support for homeless adults, we are a short stay service working with people to move on with positive outcomes.We are looking to recruit a Housing Support Worker (days), who has a genuine interest in homelessness, who is committed and self-motivated to work as part of a team providing safe, compassionate, and high-quality care. The successful candidate will have responsibility for supporting individuals to assess their housing support needs, develop action plans, and achieve positive outcomes. Working closely as part of a consistent team is essential to meet both service user and project objectives. The ideal candidate should be able to adapt to the changing needs and age groups within the service, manage crisis situations that may arise in a non-judgemental and supportive manner, whilst maintaining the safety and well-being of yourself and those around you. A flexible shift work pattern including weekends is part of the role and is essential to the provision of flexible, 24-hour needs led support. If you feel that you have the right qualities for the post, providing caring and responsive support to homeless individuals and are looking for a new challenge, this may be the position for you.Qualifications or experience 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.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 qualificationsAppointments 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.38 Hours per week I £18,772 per annumIJob Reference: REQ00196Closing Date: Friday 1st October 2021