Project Worker - Glasgow

Job Title: Project Worker – Glasgow

Contract: Permanent. 35 hours per week 

Location: Glasgow office with some home working 

Salary: £24,554.37 - 27,652.21 per annum (depending on experience and qualification) 

Mission Statement 

Rock Trust aims to prevent youth homelessness and to support young people to build better futures.

Context   

Rock Trust are delighted to be expanding the successful ‘Housing First for Youth’ service into Glasgow. We are looking for a team member who has experience of supporting young vulnerable people accessing our services. The role will involve working intensively with a small caseload of young people to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support. 

Reporting to 

Service Manager

Responsibilities  

Service Delivery 

• Offer and provide practical, personal, emotional and social support to care experienced young people, collaborating with colleagues where necessary and practical. 
• Actively and proactively coordinate and plan the provision of support for all the young people assigned to you, manging their competing and varying priorities and needs. 
• Assess young people’s skills and abilities and work with them in a person-centred way to produce support plans, based on their needs and goals, with regular reviews. 
• Assist young people in coordinating, building and maintaining a network of internal and external support. 
• Support young people to manage and thrive in their own home 
• Participate in the referral, selection and placement process to ensure available places are appropriately and promptly filled. 
• Maintain regular and accurate case notes, recording support provision and young people’s achievements and progress. 

•  Provide flexible, person centred, strengths-based support for as long as is required. 

•  Adopt a ‘whatever it takes’ and rights-based approach 

•  Work in a psychologically and trauma informed manner 

•  Promote and share evaluation, learning and best practice. 

Service Development  

• Participate in strategic and operational planning and development of day-to-day services. 
• Participate in the gathering and processing of relevant statistical information to support senior colleagues with regular reviews and evaluations of services. 
• Form and maintain effective and meaningful partnerships with external agencies. 

Quality & Compliance 

• Ensure safe and hospitable environments within the properties used by the Rock Trust and, where directed, support the identification, acquirement and set up of new properties. 
• Ensure a thorough awareness, application and adherence of organisational policies and procedures and promote best practice. 
• Contribute to achieving the agreed standards of service and targets reflecting the aims and objectives of the Rock Trust, service level agreements or guidelines provided by statutory and regulatory authorities. 
• Be aware of the composition of the annual service budget and collaborate, where appropriate and directed, with senior colleagues in ensuring a cost-efficient service. 

Leadership and Development 

• Line manage and provide formal and informal support to allocated staff, students and/or volunteers. 
• As part of Glasgow Team, support and promote the activities of Rock Trust and contributing significantly to building a high performing organisation. 
• Nurture a culture of Respect, Safety, Positivity and Fairness, that allows our colleagues to thrive, take appropriate risks and learn from mistakes. 
• Identify and make recommendations for improvements to contribute to the continuous operational improvement of the organisation. 
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation, policies and best practice related to youth homelessness and community care. 

Other 

• To act in accordance with Rock Trust values. 
• To undertake other duties in line with the role as required. 

This job description is not exhaustive. It merely acts as a guide and may be amended to meet the changing requirements of the Rock Trust at any time after discussion with the post holder.