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Support Worker – East Road
15 hours per week (average)
£9,242.92 per annum for 15 hours (£22,183 for 36 hours)
About Jimmy’s Cambridge
Jimmy’s Cambridge is one of Cambridge’s leading providers of support and accommodation to people who are and have been experiencing homelessness. We aim to help people get people off the streets and into their own home, backed up with all the support we can offer from our talented and committed team of staff, volunteers and partners.
The Role
The new person will be taking joint responsibility for the assessment, support and resettlement needs of residents in accordance with Jimmy’s policies. You will joint work with partner agencies to achieve positive resettlement outcomes and addressing the support needs of the residents. You will contribute to the day service by facilitating meaningful activity for residents to engage with and help provide a safe working/living environment.
This role will require the person to have good IT skills. You will be responsible for key-working residents and developing individual needs/risk assessments, support plans and maintaining the resident resettlement pathway. The role will also require an element of lone working in the building, although there will always be a second worker on the premises.
About You
You will come with some knowledge of the challenges faced by people experiencing homelessness, along with a genuine interest and drive to support them. You will be able to work a variety of daytime shifts, inclusive of weekends. You will be well organised with the ability to evidence a high standard of resident support.
Shifts vary each week on a 4-week rota and there will be opportunity for overtime.
Essential to this role is having great communication skills, and an ability to quickly build trusting relationships with people. You must have a willingness to be ‘hands on’ as required.
Training will be offered to people who have all the right skills and competencies, but perhaps are new to working with this group of people.
How to Apply
To apply, please send us your CV, a supporting statement on no more than 2 sides setting out how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification which can be found here, and an Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form which can be found here. Closing date for applications is 9am on 16th August 2021.
To apply or arrange to speak to someone about the role, email sarah.cochran@jimmyscambridge.org.uk. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Bank Support Worker – East Road
Variable Hours and Shifts - 7 am to 3.00pm (Early), 2.30pm – 10.30pm (Late), 10pm – 7.30am (Night)
Hourly rate - £11.85 + holiday pay
About Jimmy’s Cambridge
Jimmy’s Cambridge is one of Cambridge’s leading providers of support and accommodation to people who are and have been experiencing homelessness. We aim to help people get people off the streets and into their own home, backed up with all the support we can offer from our talented and committed team of staff, volunteers and partners.
The Role
The person will work as part of a team at our emergency accommodation hostel on East Road.
Day Shifts – you will be part of a team responsible for the assessment, support and resettlement needs of residents and assisting in the safety, maintenance and development of the service.
Night Shifts – you will be part of a team responsible the delivery of a high-quality housing service to our residents overnight.
About You
You will come with some knowledge of the challenges faced by people experiencing homelessness, along with a genuine interest and drive to support them.
You will be able to work a variety of shifts, including at short notice, inclusive of weekends.
Essential to this role is having great communication skills, and an ability to quickly build trusting relationships with people. You must have a willingness to be ‘hands on’ as required.
How to Apply
To apply, please send us your CV, a supporting statement on no more than 2 sides setting out how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification which can be found here, and an Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form which can be found here.
We have an urgent need for bank workers therefore the first closing date is Monday 9th August at noon.
To apply or arrange to speak to someone about the role, email sarah.cochran@jimmyscambridge.org.uk. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Administration Assistant
Administration Assistant
Part time, 14 hours per week, opportunity for flexible working
£18,562 - £19,698 per annum full time (£7,218 - £7,660 per annum for 14 hours)
About Jimmy’s Cambridge
Jimmy’s Cambridge is one of Cambridge’s leading providers of support and accommodation to people who are and have been experiencing homelessness. We aim to help people get people off the streets and into their own home, backed up with all the support we can offer from our talented and committed team of staff, volunteers and partners.
The Role
This role is an opportunity to support the administrative functions of Jimmy’s, with a particular focus on our HR administration and our Finance administration. Reporting to the Resources Co-ordinator, you will use your experience, people skills, and excellent IT knowledge in particular, to help ensure we are running an efficient service which supports our staff team from behind the scenes.
About You
You will have excellent IT skills, in particular being able to set up detailed MS Excel spreadsheets and keep them up to date. You will be very well organised and be able plan and prioritise your work. Since this will involve some petty cash management, we’d expect you to have good numeracy skills. And as we are a people focused charity, you will be able to confidently, and confidentially, communicate with staff from across the organisation.
How to Apply
To apply, please send us your CV and a supporting statement setting out how you meet the requirements in the Person Specification which can be found here - both no more than 2 sides each - and an Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form which can be found here. Closing date for applications is 9am on Friday 30th July 2021. We will be holding interviews on 6th August 2021. To apply, and any questions, email sarah.cochran@jimmyscambridge.org.uk. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
