Job
Title:
Responsible
to:
Based:
SENIOR
PROJECT
WORKER
–
JOB
DESCRIPTION
FIAMPH
Project
Manager
(17.5
hrs/2.5
days
per
week)
Project
Manager
Drop‐in
Centre
–
currently
at
Salvation
Army
Centre,
Kingston
Road,
SW19
‐
2
days
a
week
Wimbledon
Guild,
Guild
House,
Worple
Road,
SW19
0.5
days
a
week
Salary:
£14,539
for
17.5
hrs
a
week
(0.5
of
SCP
32
plus
OLW
£29,323)
Purpose
of
Job:
• Supporting
the
Project
Manager,
and
deputizing
where
necessary,
in
managing
and
running
the
Drop‐in
Centre
for
rough
sleepers,
alcohol
and
drug
dependent
street
users,
precariously
housed
and
homeless
people
• Conducting
outreach
work
to
help
service
users
“move
on”
• Liaising
with
voluntary
and
public
sector
agencies
• Carrying
out
a
range
of
administrative
tasks
associated
with
the
project
• Supporting
the
recruitment
and
training
of
volunteers
Responsibilities:
In
close
consultation
with
the
Project
Manager
to:
• Assist
in
ensuring
the
continuing
provision
of
existing
Drop‐in
Centre
services
to
users
including
provision
of
hot
food,
showers,
laundry
facilities,
clothes
bank
and
leisure
activities
• Offer
information,
support
and
advocacy
to
service
users
including
assistance
with
paperwork,
benefit
claims,
housing
and
drink/drug
rehabilitation
applications
and,
where
appropriate,
accompanying
service
users
to
appointments
with
external
agencies
• Create
a
Drop‐in
Centre
environment
which
motivates
and
guides
service
users
through
the
process
of
inclusion
back
into
mainstream
society
• Develop
further
services
to
service
users
as
appropriate
in
consultation
with
the
Management
Committee
• Develop
links
with
other
relevant
existing
services
in
order
to
ensure
that
the
differing
needs
of
individual
service
users
are
addressed
and
raise
awareness
locally
of
the
FIAMHP
purpose
and
services
• Facilitate
the
inclusion
of
disaffected
excluded
members
of
the
local
community
by
identifying
them
through
outreach
activities
and
working
with
and
supporting
them
to
access
the
Drop‐in
Centre
facilities
• Assist
in
producing
newsletters,
publicity
and
other
relevant
promotional
material
as
appropriate
• Support
local
publicity
events
and
give
talks
to
promote
FIAMPH
PERSON
SPECIFICATION
Essential
Competencies
• Empathy
with,
and
understanding
of
the
aims
and
purpose
of
FIAMHP
and
the
committed
non‐judgemental
approach
to
the
service
user
group
of
the
various
faith
groups
• Ability
to
engage
and
work
with
people
in
the
service
user
group
who
are
disaffected
and
excluded
and
who
have
multiple
difficulties
• Ability
to
manage
difficult
or
challenging
situations
calmly
and
effectively
• Ability
to
support
members
of
staff
and
a
team
of
volunteers
• Good
organizational
skills
• Ability
to
establish
good
working
relationships
with
the
Management
Committee,
voluntary
and
public
sector
agencies
and
funders
• Report‐writing
skills
and
ability
to
use
ICT
including
Word
and
Excel
programmes
and
social
media
• Good
understanding
of,
and
commitment
to,
the
importance
of
equality
of
opportunity
and
the
value
of
diversity
• Self‐motivation
and
initiative
Desirable
Competencies
• Experience
of
working
with
homeless
people
• Some
understanding
of
working
with
people
with
mental
health
problems
and/or
solvent
misuse
• Community
or
social
work
background
in
voluntary
or
statutory
sectors
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