Project Worker - De Paul House

Project Worker

De Paul House – Govan, Glasgow

38 Hours per week | £21,933.60 per annum | Permanent

Closing Date: Wednesday 6 December 2023

Job Reference: REQ00647

Do you want to make a difference by helping us to improve lives?

Can you be a great team member and be supportive, creative and excellent at what you do?

Then why not join our fantastic organisation and be part of a first-class team delivering quality care and support.

Here at The Mungo Foundation, we are proud to be one of the most diverse providers of social care and support for vulnerable people in Glasgow, West Central Scotland and beyond. At any one time across our fantastic projects, we are supporting up to 1,500 individuals, their families and communities helping them to live better lives.

Our De Paul House Project based in the Govan area of Glasgow provides accommodation and support for nine young people (16 – 25 years), who are homeless. This service supports young people to consider their lifestyles and options to make positive changes and steps towards independent living.

We are looking to recruit a Project Worker who is enthusiastic and motivated to join our busy team. The successful candidate will be responsible for co-ordinating and delivering high-quality person-centred support plans, contributing to positive outcomes for the people we support, whilst promoting therapeutic and recreational activities. You must be willing to undertake regular shift work and sleepovers are included and are a requirement of the post. Flexibility and short notice working may be required.

You should possess excellent communication skills; have the ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative.

Qualifications or experience are not essential. We offer excellent support, training and a salary of £11.10 per hour. We also offer an £800 joiner bonus, after successful completion of probation.

If successful but unqualified, you will have to work towards a suitable qualification for a post at this level, in line with the SSSC Regulatory requirements but don’t worry we will support you with this.

We value our staff very highly. Alongside competitive terms and conditions we also offer membership of a great employee benefits’ scheme – Mungo Money. Joining Mungo Money provides full access to supermarket, fuel, cinema, restaurant discounts, discounts off your next family holiday, savings on gym memberships and equipment, Cycle to Work scheme and so much more. We also offer access to a credit union and workplace pension plus numerous training and development opportunities, including SVQ registration level qualifications.

If you feel you have what it takes to fulfil the criteria, please complete and submit a My Profile Form which can be found at the below link;

https://www.themungofoundation.org.uk/join-our-team/my-profile/

Appointments are made subject to satisfactory membership of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme, SSSC registration and appropriate safer recruitment checks. We will guide you through this.