Getting the Right Support at the Right Time
Turning Point Scotland are working with Fife Council and other partners to achieve the following aim;
‘Ensure people in Cowdenbeath (and surrounding areas) at risk of or experiencing Homelessness, and people who need help to strengthen their housing stability get the right support, at the right time through a co-ordinated system response.’
We are developing an exciting approach of change. To co-ordinate the system, we have created a Whole System approach. The community navigators will be the people on the ground who will support us to work ‘upstream’ and provide the support identified to ensure people get the right support to address an issue they have, at the right time as early as possible.
The
Whole System Approach
and role will adapt as we learn what works best for the people that need support. The role may require meetings across Fife and could evolve to providing a similar support in another area of Fife. Standard working hours are 9am - 5pm Monday - Thursday, and 9am - 4.30pm Friday. About the role The role of Community Navigator will support early intervention and prevent a crisis. Our Community Navigator role will include: Supporting people in relation to housing, wellbeing and their wider social circumstances. Lead on setting up community drop-in’s in Cowdenbeath and surrounding area, building relationships and connecting to established community hubs. Working with individuals to provide them with easy access to advice or low-level support. This may be one contact or several over a few weeks to help resolve an issue. Supporting people with more complex needs to access support within wider services in Fife, ensuring that we do not let go of someone until we are assured that another support service has taken on the Lead Professional role for the person. Supporting people to act in their own lives as well as directly providing support with a variety of issues including, accessing employability services, engaging with mental health services, registering with a doctor or mental health/alcohol or other drug services, linking in with welfare services, helping register children at school, etc. Building knowledge of local resources and developing a network of working relationships with local providers/services. Supporting the implementation of the steering group’s WSA Action plan and feeding into the steering group to highlight what works well and not so well so that the WSA can learn and change the system. This will include being involved in Task and Finish groups as required, ensuring lived and living experience is heard and valued in the process. About You We are looking for someone who is; Flexible
to adapt their role to meet the needs of the test of change. Curious
by nature to understand why there are barriers to someone being supported and take action to address why these work or don’t work for the people we support. Self-Motivated
and has a
‘can do’ attitude
to support people. Kind, Calm
and
Compassionate
when listening and responding to people. A level of previous working experience in a community-based or social care role is an advantage, but not necessary as full training will be provided to you. We believe that both lived and professional experience you may have is further enhanced by having the right values of respect, compassion, inclusion and integrity in order to join our team! About Us – Fife Support Service The Fife Support Service operates a Whole System Approach team, where these posts will work, in addition to a Housing First Team. This is the start of an exciting journey as we develop the WSA. We believe that we are not going to end Homelessness by focusing on service delivery alone. Ending, preventing, or responding effectively to homelessness demands input from housing but also from across the public service system – no one service or approach is going to have all the answers. These inputs need to be coordinated and integrated, underpinned by effective communication and information sharing arrangements and overseen by a strategic structure that brings agencies together around a shared goal. We believe that whatever door someone opens, this is the right door (No Wrong Door Approach) and when this door is opened, they are met with a coordinated multi-agency response. Please note that IT skills are required for all our vacancies. Where applicable, successful candidates will be required to register with the SSSC within 6 months of start date. Turning Point Scotland have
Platinum accreditation
in
Investors in People . Our staff are our most important asset, therefore we offer extensive training and impressive personal and career-focused development opportunities. You could be part of an organisation that not only offers excellent careers but makes a real difference to thousands of people’s lives and achieve your own personal fulfilment. 123 Learning and development courses. 29 eLearning courses. Funded qualification – SVQ Social Services and Healthcare, work-based assessment. Your Career Pathway, we promote from within and advertise internally all jobs. Pension Scheme, employer contribution 4%. Wide range of family-friendly policies. 35 holiday/public holidays days per year.
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Whole System Approach
and role will adapt as we learn what works best for the people that need support. The role may require meetings across Fife and could evolve to providing a similar support in another area of Fife. Standard working hours are 9am - 5pm Monday - Thursday, and 9am - 4.30pm Friday. About the role The role of Community Navigator will support early intervention and prevent a crisis. Our Community Navigator role will include: Supporting people in relation to housing, wellbeing and their wider social circumstances. Lead on setting up community drop-in’s in Cowdenbeath and surrounding area, building relationships and connecting to established community hubs. Working with individuals to provide them with easy access to advice or low-level support. This may be one contact or several over a few weeks to help resolve an issue. Supporting people with more complex needs to access support within wider services in Fife, ensuring that we do not let go of someone until we are assured that another support service has taken on the Lead Professional role for the person. Supporting people to act in their own lives as well as directly providing support with a variety of issues including, accessing employability services, engaging with mental health services, registering with a doctor or mental health/alcohol or other drug services, linking in with welfare services, helping register children at school, etc. Building knowledge of local resources and developing a network of working relationships with local providers/services. Supporting the implementation of the steering group’s WSA Action plan and feeding into the steering group to highlight what works well and not so well so that the WSA can learn and change the system. This will include being involved in Task and Finish groups as required, ensuring lived and living experience is heard and valued in the process. About You We are looking for someone who is; Flexible
to adapt their role to meet the needs of the test of change. Curious
by nature to understand why there are barriers to someone being supported and take action to address why these work or don’t work for the people we support. Self-Motivated
and has a
‘can do’ attitude
to support people. Kind, Calm
and
Compassionate
when listening and responding to people. A level of previous working experience in a community-based or social care role is an advantage, but not necessary as full training will be provided to you. We believe that both lived and professional experience you may have is further enhanced by having the right values of respect, compassion, inclusion and integrity in order to join our team! About Us – Fife Support Service The Fife Support Service operates a Whole System Approach team, where these posts will work, in addition to a Housing First Team. This is the start of an exciting journey as we develop the WSA. We believe that we are not going to end Homelessness by focusing on service delivery alone. Ending, preventing, or responding effectively to homelessness demands input from housing but also from across the public service system – no one service or approach is going to have all the answers. These inputs need to be coordinated and integrated, underpinned by effective communication and information sharing arrangements and overseen by a strategic structure that brings agencies together around a shared goal. We believe that whatever door someone opens, this is the right door (No Wrong Door Approach) and when this door is opened, they are met with a coordinated multi-agency response. Please note that IT skills are required for all our vacancies. Where applicable, successful candidates will be required to register with the SSSC within 6 months of start date. Turning Point Scotland have
Platinum accreditation
in
Investors in People . Our staff are our most important asset, therefore we offer extensive training and impressive personal and career-focused development opportunities. You could be part of an organisation that not only offers excellent careers but makes a real difference to thousands of people’s lives and achieve your own personal fulfilment. 123 Learning and development courses. 29 eLearning courses. Funded qualification – SVQ Social Services and Healthcare, work-based assessment. Your Career Pathway, we promote from within and advertise internally all jobs. Pension Scheme, employer contribution 4%. Wide range of family-friendly policies. 35 holiday/public holidays days per year.
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