What will the role look like?

As a member of the team, based at Irford House, you will be an integral part of Forward Leeds, offering housing support with people actively accessing treatment for their substance or alcohol use. Our aim is to improve people’s outcomes in their treatment and substance use, by offering support to access safe and stable housing.

Your role involves delivering appropriate support and interventions to enable people to address their substance misuse and maintain accommodation appropriate to their needs. This may include working with people who have their own homes, an LCC tenancy, rent from a private landlord or are in temporary or supported accommodation.

What we are looking for? 

We are looking for someone with a passion for supporting vulnerable people and helping them to make changes to their substance/alcohol use and housing needs.

The successful candidate should have an excellent understanding of supporting individuals with multiple complex support needs and experience in working in a related field; supporting people who have housing support needs and/or drug or alcohol support needs, delivering interventions that encourage positive change in behaviours.

Are you motivated and enthusiastic about working to help people and have a solution focussed attitude to work?

If yes, we would love to hear from you!

How to Apply

For more information, head to: https://joinus.barca-leeds.org/jobs/5781571-housing-workers-focussed-intervention-team 

To download the full job description/person specification, click here

A copy of our competency framework can be found here

All our roles are subject to funding.  For further information and guidance when applying, please have a look at our information for applicants guide

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) generated answers is discouraged. The use of AI may affect the depth and understanding that is required, to demonstrate successful answers to experience and knowledge based questions, in our shortlisting process.  Barca-Leeds uses Humans to shortlist for interview.

Barca-Leeds is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. It is the organisation’s policy to require the successful applicant to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check at a level appropriate to the role, before appointment is confirmed. The disclosure of a criminal conviction will not necessarily exclude candidates from appointment.