Housing Support Worker

Home Group; Whitehaven; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health cash plan

34 days leave + bank holidays

Pension contribution matching

Instant pay access

Discounts on shops and more

Job summary

Home Group is looking for a Support Worker to help customers live independently and feel valued. You will support people in a 50-bed homelessness service, delivering community-based and in-service support while travelling between clients. A compassionate, flexible approach and ability to work with diverse teams are essential.

Join a large team focusing on dignity, respect, and empowerment, with opportunities to grow within one of the UK's Great Places to Work.

Qualifications

• Experience of supporting others, professionally or personally.
• Ability to work on own initiative, stay calm and positive.
• Recognise every customer is different and adapt approach to needs.

Responsibilities

• Work in Homelessness service (large 50 bed service).
• Support customers to promote independent living in the community through a combination of community-based and in-service support.
• Travel between customers during your working day.
• Create a safe, positive space where dignity and respect come first.
• Work with Recovery, Drug & Alcohol, Mental Health teams to empower customers.

Skills

Experience supporting others

Self-motivation

Active listening

Flexible approach

Job description

• Salary £26,300 per annum and great benefits including Health Cash Plan

• Salary £26,300 per annum and great benefits including Health Cash Plan

Home, a place where you belong

Join us and make a real difference every day. You'll help customers live independently, feel valued and stay connected. This role is all about supporting customers to develop their independent living skills.

We can't offer a CoS for this role.

What You’ll Do

• Work in Homelessness service (large 50 bed service)
• Supporting customers to promote independent living in the community through a combination of community-based and in-service support
• Travel between customers during your working day
• Creating a safe, positive space where dignity and respect come first
• Working collaboratively with Recovery, Drug & Alcohol, Mental Health teams to empower our customers

Why join us

This role gives you the chance to grow your career while making a difference where it matters most. You'll take on new challenges, build your expertise and help create positive change. Be part of one of the UK's Great Places to Work!

You have

• Passion to support our customers to live their best lives
• Experience of supporting others, professionally or personally
• The ability to workon your own initiative, stayingcalm and positive under pressure
• Recognise every customer is different and adopt a flexible, personal approach, listening to understand their needs

Stronger together

We do our best work when we're ourselves. That's why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help make Home Group a great place to work!

The practical bits

• Week 1: 7:00am to 3:00pm (short week due to weekend working), Week 2: 11:00am to 7:00pm, and Week 3: 9:00am to 5:00pm, with one weekend in every three worked as 12-hour shifts.
• You'll work as part of a team of six full-time Support Workers
• You need an Enhanced with barring list (we pay)
• You need to be able to drive and have access to your own vehicle insured for business purposes
• On the job mileage? We've got you covered

What's in it for you?

• 34 days leave increasing to 39 (including bank hols and a "me day")
• Health cash plan saving you (and your children) £1140+ each year covering dental, opticians, prescriptions and more
• Matching pension contribution (up to 7% and life insurance of 3x basic salary)
• Instant pay access with Stream
• 800+ discounts on shops, holidays, days out, tech and more

Finally

For reasonable adjustments email [email protected]. Roles can close early.