AMAT UK is a charity based in Medway and Kent, with over twenty-years of experience of providing supported accommodation in the homeless sector. Throughout this time, AMAT UK has always prided itself on developing our service to meet the needs of our service users, and to benefit and enrich the wider community.
In order to achieve this, we aim to employ staff who are passionate about supporting our mission:
To reduce and prevent homelessness by providing accommodation and re-building lives, through personalised support and collaboration with other partner organisations.
This means that whilst having experience in the role you are applying for is definitely an advantage, we provide a comprehensive training package and therefore welcome applications from those with transferable skills who are passionate about working in this in this sector – empowering homeless and vulnerable people to achieve sustainable independence, wellbeing and make positive changes in their lives.
This also means applicants can include service users who have made significant changes to their lives and can benefit others by using the experience they have gained whilst living at AMAT UK.
We have a wide range of departments and potential areas of work, from operational departments including our Front Office, Support, and Housing services teams, to back office departments including our Housing Benefit, Human Resources, and Finance teams.
All roles come with benefits including 28 days annual leave entitlement per year (increasing after two years’ service in increments, up to a maximum of 33 days per year), access to AMAT UK’s Employee Assistance Programme, and workplace pension scheme.
We believe that all AMAT UK staff need to have a good understanding of how the organisation works as a whole, so they can see where their role fits into that. To achieve this, all successful candidates will receive a complete induction which involves shadowing other departments to see how they work over the first week of their employment with us. New staff are also provided with an induction pack which includes a new staff induction handbook, relevant information on your staff benefits including our Employee Assistance Programme, Financial Wellbeing platform and Workplace Pension, as well as an AMAT folder, notepad and pen so you can jot down any questions, and make notes on your experiences during your induction!
AMAT UK aims to promote equal opportunities in all areas of the service it provides and all areas of its employment practices, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.
If you are looking for a challenge and want to make a difference, we look forward to hearing from you!
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HR Admin Assistant
Job Type: Full-time (37.5 hours per week), Permanent
Salary: £21,391.50 (Per Annum)
We are currently looking to recruit a Support Worker to join our amazing team!
This is a full-time office based role (37.5 hours per week). The hours for this position are alternating weeks of 8.30am – 5.00pm and 9.00am – 5.30pm, Monday to Friday.At AMAT, we are focused on delivering the best service we can to our service users, and operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year service in order to achieve this. As such, you will be required to work bank holidays, and flexibility is key to this role. ‘Be One Team’ is one of the fundamental expectations of our staff.
This role is varied and ideal for someone looking for challenges within and beyond HR, as you will also be required to regularly provide admin support to our Housing Benefit department, and to minute daily morning meetings. We are also looking for someone who would perform company secretary duties, which would include liaising with the board of trustees, producing meeting agendas, and taking minutes at bi-monthly out of hours board meetings.
The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, proactive, and organized; a problem solver with excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with a variety of different people including senior management, line management, staff, trustees and service users. You must have working experience in a Administrator role, excellent minute taking and IT skills. A CIPD Level 3 qualification or the willingness to complete this would also be preferred.
This is a fantastic opportunity to gain some excellent experience of working in HR in a friendly family feel environment in the charity sector!
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Support Worker
Job Type: Full-time (37.5 hours per week), Permanent
Salary: £10.91 per hour (increasing to £11.73 from 1st April 2023)
We are currently looking to recruit a Support Worker to join our amazing team!
This is a full-time role (37.5 hours per week). You will work up to 5 days over 7 days on a rotational basis covering shifts between 8.30am and 9.00pm.
The focus of this position is to empower an allocated group of residents to live independent lives. To achieve this, you will work with service users to develop person-centred support plans, maintain regular contact with service users through support meetings, refer service users to relevant key services, provide support to achieve goals and help with benefit or resettlement issues, and maintain a record of all contact in service user files.
At AMAT, we are focused on delivering the best service we can to our service users, and operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year service in order to achieve this. As such, you will be required to work weekends and bank holidays (including Christmas and new year) on a rota basis, therefore flexibility is key to this role!
The ideal candidate will be proactive and self-motivated, with a positive and enthusiastic attitude to work. You will also need to have excellent communication skills, and the ability to deal with challenging behaviour and manage difficult situations. We are looking for candidates who have experience of working in the homeless sector, and who have experience in assessment and support planning. A driving license is desirable but not essential, and knowledge of the Medway area would also be beneficial but again this is not essential.
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