Floating Support Worker

Social Interest Group; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A community support organization in London seeks a Floating Support Worker to provide flexible, community-based support for individuals with mental health needs. You will work with diverse services to help individuals achieve their goals and live independently. Looking for passionate candidates with experience in supporting complex backgrounds. This role requires flexibility and an empathetic approach while working independently and in teams.

Qualifications

• IT proficiency and ability to learn new software programs.
• Experience with people from complex backgrounds.
• Understanding of the housing and social needs of individuals.

Responsibilities

• Support participants to achieve outcomes through plans and reviews.
• Encourage participation in community activities and events.
• Initiate interventions for deteriorating health.

Skills

IT proficiency

Ability to work with people from complex backgrounds

Understanding of housing and social needs

Influencing and negotiating

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Join our Bank work force as a Floating Support Worker to support our teams across Ealing and West London! You will join our flexible working team to provide community-based support for individuals with mental health and wellbeing needs. You will work alongside various services to support individuals to meet their unique goals, and provide opportunities available to them to live independently within the community and develop social skills. Please note that this is a flexible role, we are unable to provide consistent rotas due to our resident/participant needs and service requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support participants to achieve desired outcomes/goals through support plans, risk assessments, and regular reviews.
• Develop and encourage participation in activities and events within the community.
• Work alongside community partners and other SIG services.
• Recognise signs of deteriorating mental health, physical health, or other health implications and initiate appropriate interventions to prevent crisis or other risks.
• Complete safeguarding and other referrals when required.
• Support participants in medication supervision, hospital appointments, bills/correspondence checking and compliance, prompting personal care.

We're looking for someone with a genuine passion and felt purpose to help people, challenge stigma, and make a real difference to people's lives!

You will be able to be flexible in your working pattern, live local to the areas as listed above, and be able to work independently as well as within a team. We are looking for someone with a true passion to help make a difference to lives, provide quality care and support, and can build rapport with people from varying backgrounds, treating everyone with respect regardless of past/present experiences.

Qualifications

• IT proficiency, ability to learn new software programs, basic Microsoft experience is required.
• Experience of working with people of complex backgrounds, including in the criminal justice field, mental health, and/or substance misuse or a good understanding of the sector.
• Understanding of the housing and social needs of people with multiple and complex needs.
• Able to influence and negotiate positive outcomes with others.

Values & Organisation

Alignment with our values of Ambition, Empowerment, Inclusivity, and Transparency.

SIG is a not-for-profit organisation providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in residential, drop-in centres, community floating support settings, probation settings, and hospitals. We do so across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, Kent and Liverpool. Our goal is to transform lives through empowering change.

We believe good care and support improves lives with the vision to create healthier, safer, and more inclusive communities. Join us on our mission to empower independence through trauma-informed solutions and dynamic partnerships that keep people out of prison, out of hospital, and off the streets. Want to know how we work? Watch our short Theory of Change video to see how we support people towards a brighter future: Theory of Change. Further details can be found on our website here: Theory of Change - Social Interest Group - Social Interest Group.