Job Description
Job Title:                 Project Worker
Contract:                 18 hours per week
Location:                 Based at our Dunfermline office with travel throughout Fife
Salary:                     25,295.91 - £28,487.31 per annum (depending on experience)

Mission Statement
Our long-term vision is to end youth homelessness. Our more immediate mission is to ensure that every young person in Scotland has access to expert youth specific services to assist them to avoid, resolve and move on from homelessness, making it rare, brief, and non-recurring.

Context
Working as part of our Fife Short Term Housing Support Team, the Project Worker will work directly with young people age 16-25 yrs to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support to avoid, resolve and move on from homelessness.

Working directly with young people in their home or within a community setting the Project Worker will support young people to improve their independent living skills, access other services, manage finances and secure/maintain a permanent home.

The Project Workers are responsible for completing support plans and risk assessments and are the main contact for any key people involved in the care and support of young people.  

Reporting to
Service Manager

Responsibilities
Service Delivery
·       Offer and provide practical, personal, emotional and social support to 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.
·       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.

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:
·       As part of the Fife Team, provide effective and professional leadership, supporting and promoting 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.