Job Vacancy: Church and Tenant Empowerment Worker: HIA Black Country

Hours:	16 hours per week
Location:	Black Country Wolverhampton
Closing date:	20th April 2022 @ 17:00
Salary:	£ 9,204.65 per annum (£ 23-24,000 rata)
Interview date:	4th May 2022
Interview location	Microsoft Teams
Annual Leave	25 days pro rata plus Bank Holidays & working days Christmas to New Year

 

About the role

We are looking for someone to join the Wolverhampton team for 16 hours a week as an Empowerment Worker.

You will be working with our tenants in our partner churches – each house is partnered with a local church to train, equip, encourage for their role in mentoring, befriending and giving practical support to tenants.

You will be responsible for 2 houses, 7 tenants and working in partnership with 2 churches.

As an Empowerment Worker you will be supporting our tenants who have been homeless. Tenants will be singles males with support needs, and you would empower them towards an independent life.

About you

For this role, you would be someone with a passion for the homeless and our values, who is able to work with church leaders and church members. You will need to be able to work with tenants with support needs, including poor mental health, past offending, and drug and alcohol dependency issues. We value good listening skills. The ability to work in a flexible team and learn new skills is important as we foster working within a strong supportive team.

We love diversity and we value your unique skills, strengths, knowledge and experience. Becoming one of our team may realise your potential, helping us to raise our performance in empowering those we serve.

Please contact Merylen Pearce via phone on 07706 355264 for an informal discussion about this role

About us.

We provide not just shelter and housing but also the friendship of a church. Together with over 50 churches, we provide direct support to people whom others have often given up on. Our first home had a real heart for men coming out of prison Homes are now available for a wide range of people experiencing homelessness: people in recovery from addiction, people sleeping rough, women and children fleeing domestic violence, people coming out of rehab, former prostitutes, refugees, those suffering mental health issues and survivors of human trafficking.

We are now partnering with churches across the country. We encourage others to use our model by franchising the idea. Our vision is for every church to lovingly provide the homeless with a home. The tragedy of homelessness is in every community. We believe that with our help, every church can do something about it.

To apply

Please see www.hopeintoaction.org.uk and follow About us > Work With Us for all the details.