To provide social, emotional, and practical support to people experiencing challenges with their mental health and emotional wellbeing that could impact their ability to maintain a stable tenancy. Providing a range of crisis related housing support to complex mental health clients in Newport. Clients may have several complex support needs including homelessness, alcohol and substance use, anti-social behaviour issues, hospital admissions, and all other associated tenancy/homelessness related problems. You will be working with people who are experiencing homelessness, at risk of losing their tenancy and who have mental health challenges. You will provide support to secure housing and prevent evictions. This includes benefit and debt advice, access to longer term support and finding ways to help improve their mental health.
The support will be expected to be in line with Platfform’s values.
We work with people experiencing challenges with their mental health, and with communities who want to create a greater sense of wellbeing in the places that they live. Through our projects, we work with thousands of people each year.
We believe that long-lasting wellbeing comes about by understanding how lives can be shaped by traumatic experiences, identifying people’s strengths and focussing on healing. We know we can’t ‘fix’ people, but we can walk alongside people and help where we can on their journey.
We try hard to make Platfform a great place to work, we live our values and mission in everything that we do.