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SHORT TERM SUPPORT FOR LONG TERM INDEPENDENCE

Southdown is a leading provider of specialist housing related support services across Sussex. By delivering short term support we help people to deal with issues that threaten their accommodation and develop long term independence. Services are flexible and outcome-focused, giving prompt advice and support as well as signposting people onto other appropriate local services and agencies.

We continue to expand the services that we provide and to meet this growth are always keen to consider applications from people who are keen to develop their careers with Southdown. The type of posts that we have on offer :

Support Worker - Shipley near Horsham

An opportunity has arisen within this lively service. You will need to be committed to supporting and enabling the service user with varied individual needs. There service provides independent living to 1 person with learning difficulties.

The service users receives individual 2:1 support to help them learn daily living skills and maintain their tenancy. A member of staff sleeps in sleeps in each night and there is a waking person to provide additional support and ensure the safety of the service user. This is a seven-day a week, 24 hour a day supported service. Extensive induction training will provide you with the skills you need to become a successful support worker.

This post requires you to be 21 years or over (Reg 8, Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 applies.) This post requires you to be a driver with a manual driving licence valid for the UK. Swimmer desirable.

For an application pack for this post, please click here. For an application form, please see top of page.

Reference: SWHFHi

Hours per week: 30

Location: Shipley

Closing date for applications: Noon, Wednesday 31st March 2010

Interviews will be held: Friday 9th April 2010

Support Workers - Midhurst - Ref: SWRMMi

Southdown has taken over a contract to provide a number if supported living schemes for people with severe learning disabilities in the Chichester area.

We will take over an existing scheme in Midhurst on 19th April 2010 and then 2 new, purpose built schemes in Chichester and Midhurst will open on 1st June 2010.

These are new and exciting posts within Southdown and we are looking for people who want to be part of a new team and can support the tenants :

  • To learn new skills
  • To participate in a range of leisure activities
  • To participate in cooking and household activities
  • With personal care tasks

This post requires you to be 21 years or over (Reg 8, Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 applies.) This post requires you to be a driver with a manual driving licence valid for the UK.

Please state on your application form how many hours you wish to be considered for. top of this page

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Reference: SWRMMi

Hours per week: 18-37

Location: Midhurst

Closing date for applications: Noon, Friday 9th April 2010

Interviews will be held: Tuesday 20th April 2010

HOME WORKS

The new East Sussex Home Works floating support service started on 1st July 2009 and has quickly built up an excellent reputation in the area, delivering responsive and innovative support to a wide range of individuals and families in a variety of challenging situations. We work with people aged 16-64 who need short term housing related support. We are looking to fill the following vacancy:

Gateway Officer - Home Works East (St Leonards)

This is an exciting opportunity to join an innovative team supporting a wide range of individuals and their families who need short term housing related support. You will assist the Gateway Team to deliver a responsive service by taking referrals, conducting preliminary needs assessments and inputting this data onto our systems to enable accurate internal and external reporting.

We are looking to recruit someone who can communicate effectively with vulnerable clients, is organised and can work to deadlines, enjoys problem-solving and team work and can confidently use a computer to input data and maintain accurate records.

For an application pack for this post, please click here

Reference: GASLi

Hours per week: 37

Location: St Leonards

Closing date for applications: 9am Thursday 1st April 2010

Interviews will be held: Friday 9th April 2010

Practice Development Trainer - Lewes, East Sussex

We have an exciting opportunity within our expanding Training Department for a Practice Development Trainer to work with our housing support and supported employment services. Our services support a wide range of vulnerable people, including people who use mental health services or have learning or other disabilities. Southdown Housing Association is a innovative organisation and this new role has been created to meet the needs of our expanding and changing services. We have an excellent reputation for the quality of our staff and our service provision and we are keen to have an in-house specialist within the training department to champion and guide practice quality. We know that staff learning and development is a key element in good quality service provision, and the role will be critical to helping staff develop their practice to meet current and new agendas.

In addition to designing and delivering training, you will provide practice advice to individuals and groups of staff and will work with managers and services to develop practice and the accompanying processes. You must have considerable practice experience at a senior practitioner or management level, excellent presentation skills and an ability to help others problem solve, learn and change their practice. You should be able to research information from a wide range of sources, analyse this and disseminate relevant information to staff. A commitment to person-centred, empowering approaches that enable people who use our services to achieve independence and their own goals with time limited support is crucial, as is an ability to involve people who use services in staff learning and development. Whilst experience of delivering training is desirable, if you have the practice experience and skills we require, plus enthusiasm and confidence, we can provide input to enable you to develop expertise in formal training design and delivery.

For this role it is essential that you hold a driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work purposes.

The salary point paid will depend on the skills and experience of the applicant.

We have advertised for a full time post but may be able to accommodate a slight reduction in hours by negotiation.

For an application pack for this post, please click here. For an application form please see top of page

Reference: PDTLi

Hours per week: 37

Location: Lewes

Closing date for applications: Noon, Friday 26th March 2010

Interviews will be held: Thursday 15th April 2010

Service Manager - Seaford

This is an exciting opportunity to manage a well established, 5 person registered service in Seaford. The current manager is moving on and we are looking for a new manger who will maintain the excellent standard of practice in the home. Residents present some challenges and the manager need expertise in supporting staff to work professionally with people who are autistic and who need significant support with communication.

To be a successful manager in this service you will need:

  • Experience as a Deputy Manager
  • Experience of working with people with Learning Disabilities including those who can challenge services
  • Registered Managers award and NVQ level 4 or equivalent, or qualification at NVQ level 3, and a commitment to undertaking further management training
  • To be approved by the CQC as the Registered Manager
  • A commitment to person centred individualised services
  • The ability to develop and support a committed team of staff.

All applicants for these posts should be 21 years or over (Reg 8, Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 applies.) This post requires you to be a driver with a manual driving licence valid for the UK.

For an application pack for this post, please click here

Reference: SLSMi

Hours per week: 30-37

Location: Seaford

Closing date for applications: Noon, Tuesday 6th April 2010

Interviews will be held: Week commencing 12th April 2010

Helping challenge the stigma of mental health in the workplace

Through out specialist Supported Employment Services we provide support to people with mental health needs to access paid work, voluntary work or education. Southdowns services have been acknowledged as an "emerging centre of excellence" by the Saisnbury Centre for Mental Health. We operate services across Sussex and are looking to recruit the following post:

Employment Specialists Ref: ESWSi

Working with one of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trusts Community Mental Health Teams, you will directly support people with mental health issues to gain employment, education or voluntary opportunities in line with the Individual Placement of Support Model. You will also liaise directly with employers to provide ongoing support to enable people to retain jobs. With experience of providing employment advice you will also demonstrate a strong commitment and empathy to maximise work opportunities for people with mental health needs.

This post requires you to be a driver with access to a car for work purposes.

Reference: ESWSi

Hours per week: 37

Location: West Sussex

Closing date for applications: 09:00 Monday 22nd March 2010

Interviews will be held: Friday 26th March 2010

For an application pack for this post please click here. For an application form, please see top of page.

Relief Workers - Ref : RSWi

 This role provides cover in services when permanent Support Workers are on leave, off sick or on training courses.   You will assist with the provision of support and care services to a group of people who have learning difficulties, and sometimes physical disabilities, within their own home, to enable these people to live as fully independently as possible and to enjoy lifestyles as close as possible to those enjoyed by other members of the community.

Hours: Negotiable
Locations: East and West Sussex and Brighton & Brighton and Hove

Closing date: Ongoing

 

To request an application pack please call our recruitment line (24 hours) 01273 405838 stating your name and address and the job reference number. Alternatively you can request an application pack by sending an email to recruitment@southdownhousing.org stating the above information.