Community & Home Care: Support Worker (Southwark)

Certitude; Greater London; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Bank holidays

Pension scheme

Employee Assistance

Enhanced DBS

Eye care vouchers

Salary sacrifice schemes

Job summary

Certitude is seeking a dedicated Support Worker in Southwark to help people in their homes and in the community, enabling them to live the lives they want.

You will build strong relationships, promote choice and participation in daily tasks, and provide personalised support, using people’s strengths to boost confidence and independence, with training and enhanced disclosure (DBS). Roles involve mornings, evenings and weekends, and a commitment to equal opportunities.

Qualifications

• Keep calm and confident in challenging situations.
• Motivate others and build their confidence to try new things, meet new people, and support others to get things achieved.
• Understand accountability, confidentiality and professional boundaries.
• Understand the challenges that are likely to be faced by people with mental health conditions.
• Be flexible to work mornings, evenings throughout the week and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Building great relationships with people we support and the people important to their lives.
• Promoting choice and participation when supporting people with daily tasks.
• Co-creating opportunities for people to try new things and offering information to support people to make their own choices.
• Offering personalised support by working with people’s strength to build their confidence and overcome obstacles with the aim of achieving their goals.
• Encouraging people to participate in activities that bring them joy and meaning.

Skills

Calm under pressure

Motivational skills

Accountability & confidentiality

Mental health awareness

Flexible hours

Job description

Certitude is seeking a dedicated Support Worker in Southwark to help people in their homes and in the community, enabling them to live the lives they want.

You will build strong relationships, promote choice and participation in daily tasks, and provide personalised support, using people’s strengths to boost confidence and independence, with training and enhanced disclosure (DBS). Roles involve mornings, evenings and weekends, and a commitment to equal opportunities.