Role: Case and Progress Coordinator(s)

Reports to: Service Manager

Hours: 25 – 37 hours a week with weekend availability required

Salary: Band 6: £23,569 - £25,974 (pro rata) + benefits.

Salary is based on FT (37 hours) and will be dependent on hours worked.

Contract: Permanent subject to ongoing funding

Purpose

The purpose of this post is to support the delivery of our Homeless Hub, Community Hub and Community Outreach. You will work across our Homeless Hub and Community Hub as part of an integrated team supporting people who are in Hunger, Hardship and Homelessness

You will support front line staff in the delivery of a person centered, trauma informed approach. You will oversee the operational policies within the service and support with general operational delivery.

You will work as a member of a small, dedicated staff team. You will work in close partnership with our student placements and volunteer team members who, alongside our staff team, provide ongoing support to homeless and community-based individuals with the aim of moving them into permanent accommodation wherever possible.

You will engage/re-engage, refer, and support dependent alcohol and drug users to access evidence-based harm reduction, treatment, and recovery support programs to initiate recovery, build/or utilize recovery to move into long term sustained recovery and social (re)integration.

This role involves extensive work with clients with multiple complex needs, so if you have experience of working independently or delivering therapeutic groups in a Substance or Alcohol Misuse setting, we would especially like to hear from you.

We work with multiple partners, and often our role is identifying the challenges individuals may be facing or have previously faced, so we can facilitate other partners’ support based on the needs identified.

This role is an important role within the charity, ensuring all our teams work together to deliver high quality and successful services to those in need.

Responsibilities

Case and Progress Coordination

· To oversee the delivery of effective, trauma informed, person centred support across all our homeless services. You will have a casework portfolio; be directly responsible for meeting regularly and identifying support required.

· To contribute to effective case management and coordination covering areas of risk, problematic behavior, housing, social functioning, employability, psychological and physical health of our service users.

· To engage with and actively listen to clients’ views and to be able to use this to improve the service delivery where possible.

· To provide education and raise awareness to help service users manage factors which affect their mental health, substance misuse and physical wellbeing.

· To listen to service users and encourage positive steps towards their personal development.

· To provide advice, information and practical and emotional support to service users regarding support they require.

· To develop, alongside service users, flexible and realistic person-centred plans with agreed guidelines.

· To signpost and make appropriate onwards referrals, with consent, to meet needs not addressed by our integrated service.

· To advocate for service users, where necessary with external services.

· To support clients by prompting and helping them to attend appointments.

· To encourage service users’ involvement in personal progression in the form of education, training, employment activity or volunteering, if appropriate.

· To work closely and collaboratively with the Council’s single Homelessness Team ensuring a joined-up support offer, avoiding any unnecessary duplication of work.

· To work with clients to improve their skills and overcome barriers so they are able to successfully move on to independent housing.

· To ensure service users engage in the support on offer.

· To effectively liaise with a range of service providers and agencies, in order to establish, or improve, services for clients.

· To report daily on operational outcomes, highlighting positive changes in users of the service.

· To Complete weekly reports on service users’ progression, highlighting positive changes in users of the service.

· To champion recovery within the project through promoting Peer led activities.

· To train and progress ‘Lived Experienced Volunteers’ in leading and supporting groups.

Drug and Alcohol Support:

· To be part of an integrated rough sleeper’s substance misuse service, specifically for alcohol and drug dependence and complex needs within a range of treatment and recovery pathways.

· To promote and support individuals into both abstinences based and medically assisted forms of recovery.

· To contribute to the overall performance of the integrated service to ensure that contractual output targets are achieved. To support the delivery of leading therapeutic group work with service users related to substance misuse.

· To support the delivery of overdose prevention training.

· To provide harm reduction advice, information and support to reduce drug and alcohol related deaths and blood-borne virus infections, with an emphasis on safer drug and alcohol use.

· To engage with dependent alcohol users, high-risk drinkers with complex needs, and drug users, and facilitate access to assessment, treatment, and recovery options.

· To conduct assessments, risk assessments and co-produce care plans and reviews with clients.

· To proactively re-engage service users who are at risk, have dropped out of treatment and recovery activities by engaging at access point, and using motivational techniques to bring people back into treatment.

Service Coordination:

· To always ensure that the Homeless Hub and Community Hub environment is controlled and safe for staff, students, volunteers and service users, managing incidents as they arise and as per procedure.

· To ensure all users are registered and assessed and understand the expectations on them accessing the Homeless Hub and Community Hub.

· To complete registration forms with clients who are new to the service.

· To complete registration forms and risk assessments with clients who are new to service.

· To ensure all acts of inappropriate or challenging behavior are managed and reported to the Service Manager.

· To inform the Service Manager of any issues arising with any service users.

· To liaise closely with staff and uphold Hope Centre and MDT Teams Rules and Treatment Expectations, Confidentiality Policy, and all other policies affecting the role.

· To network with other organisations within and out of the homeless sector, pulling in their resources and expertise.

· To act as a positive role model showing professional and caring attitudes and behaviour towards other team members, service users and partner agencies.

· To ensure a collaborative approach is used, with effective communication links developed with external professional partner agencies who are involved in the provision of support to individuals.

· To promote anti-discriminatory practices, and challenge prejudice and stigma associated with substance and alcohol use, homelessness, and poverty in a professional manner.

· To co-facilitate other treatment groups with Hope Centre and project staff.

· To actively promote and support peer recovery and activities.

· To support volunteers and students working within the Homeless Hub and Community Hub in accordance with Hope Centre’s policies and procedures to maintain order, safety and security.

· To provide supervision and reflective practice of client cases and pathways where appropriate to ensure effective and efficient service delivery.

· To be proactive in evaluating own performance and identifying and acting upon areas of improvement.

· To undertake, as required, any duties relevant to the nature and level of the role.

· To understand, implement and evaluate aims, objectives, policies, procedures, guidelines and principles of good practice.

· To ensure all acts of inappropriate or challenging behavior are managed and reported to the Service Manage.

· To inform the Service Manager of any issues arising with any service users.

· To liaise closely with staff and uphold Hope Centre and MDT Teams Rules and Treatment Expectations, Confidentiality Policy, and all other policies affecting the role.

· To network with other relevant organisation’s to support to set up sessions and activities within the Community.

· To be proactive in evaluating own performance and identifying and acting upon areas of improvement.

Service delivery:

· To ensure the functional operation of the Homeless Hub service during its operational hours which includes:

o Ensuring stock levels of service paperwork are sufficient for the day.

o Ensuring the service is set up for the day (laundry, toilets, showers).

o Ensuring the Support Hub is cleaned and mopped at the end of service.

o Ensuring the toilets are cleaned, and laundry completed at the end of service.

o To support the clothes store processing and sorting clothes with specific volunteers.

· To ensure all facilities and equipment of the Homeless Hub are operational and functioning including washing machines, showers and toilets, reporting repairs in a timely manner to the Service Manager.

· To ensure the smooth running of the Community Hub (@Ash Street), this includes:

o Assisting with floor support where and when required.

o Ensuring the community café is running smoothly- the cafe itself will be run by volunteers, but the Hope in the Community Team will support volunteers with training and supervision.

o Ensuring the Hub is cleaned and mopped at the end of-service.

o Ensuring the toilets are cleaned, and laundry completed at the end of-service.

· Support the delivery of activities and groups within the Community Hub/ Outreach

· Prepare workspaces and equipment in advance of session start times, as well as ensuring the workspace is kept tidy at all times.

· Implement and comply with health and safety procedures, in relation to the equipment used and activities undertaken.

· Maintain session equipment to a high standard and in form the Service Manager of any repairs or replacement of items.

· Work in accordance with food hygiene regulations and mandatory training.

Policy and administration:

· To complete full, detailed, and accurate records on the database.

· To keep casework records up to date, and to enable the Service Manager(s) to monitor and assess their efficiency and effectiveness.

· To carry out all necessary administration in relation to case work, or the role.

· To always work within Hope Centre’s policies and procedures.

· To promote and uphold The Hope Centre’s Equality, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policy at all times.

· To support the team and organisation with any additional duties as required.

Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults / Mental Capacity Act:

· To complete training on Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults and the Mental Capacity Act and be able to understand and implement SVA and MHA policies and procedures.

· To report all safeguarding concerns to the Safeguarding Lead (Head of Service Delivery and Operational Partnerships) or, where the Safeguarding Lead is unavailable, to the CEO.

General:

· To be an active and effective team member.

· To work some hours outside of normal office hours (including evenings and weekends) - this will especially be expected in Winter months when services are often open longer.

· To carry out every aspect of your duties with due regard to Northampton Hope Centre’s policies and procedures at all times.

· To ensure Northampton Hope Centre’s values are embedded in your service delivery.

· To always maintain a professional level of communication.

· To keep clear records and plans of all contacts with clients, professionals, and meetings with external agencies. To participate in regular supervision and annual appraisal and help identify your own job-related development and training needs.

· To record, monitor and report on service user progress and outcomes.

· To attend staff meetings as and when required.

· To attend relevant training sessions and courses.

· To carry out other reasonable tasks as requested by the Senior Leadership Team.

Other Characteristics:

· Commitment to the values underpinning Hope:

o Person-centred:

§ focus our support on the needs of individuals.

o Empowerment:

§ enable service users, staff and volunteers to take responsibility with the ability to act upon their own initiative.

o Collaboration

§ work positively, effectively, and productively with others both internally and externally.

o Honesty

§ be truthful and transparent in all actions and interactions.

o Personal development

§ encourage the development of skills and knowledge in order to maximise the support of our staff, volunteers and service users.

o Non-judgmental

§ adopt a non-judgmental, non-biased attitude where everyone counts.

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