Lead Support Worker - Social Care

Home Group Limited; Blyth; On-site; Part time

Job summary

A leading support services organization in Blyth is seeking a compassionate Lead Support Worker to support customers with complex mental health needs. You will create and implement personalized support plans, coordinate a team, and assist with daily living activities. The role offers flexible part-time hours with great benefits including 34 days leave and a health cash plan.

Benefits

34 days leave

Paid time off for volunteering

Pension contributions

Health cash plan

Supermarket discounts

Career development options

Qualifications

• Experience creating support plans.
• Ability to guide colleagues in implementation.
• Comfort with technology for plans and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Create support plans and coordinate the team.
• Support individuals with complex mental health needs.
• Assist with daily living activities as needed.
• Conduct risk assessments and set goals.

Skills

Passion for helping customers

Experience in person-centred support plans

Expertise in coordinating customer referrals

Resilience and composure under pressure

Job description

Overview

Lead Support Worker, Blyth, Edendale House. Permanent, Part Time (10-20 hpw). Earn £13.21 an hour (salary £25,838 per annum, pro rata). Great benefits including 34 days leave and a Health Cash Plan. Home, a place where you belong. Join a supportive, skilled and compassionate team where your expertise is valued and your wellbeing matters. Come and join us today as our Lead Support Worker here at Edendale House. You’ll be at the heart of supporting our customers who have complex mental health needs to develop their skills to live more independently in the community.

What’s in it for you?

• 34 days leave, pro-rated (including bank holidays and a “me day”)
• Paid time off for volunteering
• Matching Pension contributions (up to 7%, with life assurance of 3x Basic Salary)
• Save up to £1140 yearly with our health cash plan, covering dental, optical, and therapies
• Career path with development and an excellent training package
• Excellent benefits and rewards including supermarket discounts and travel expenses

Colleagues really matter to us, that’s why we’re the 10th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing.

Typical day as a Lead Support Worker

• Create and develop support plans with customers and coordinate the support worker team.
• Support individuals with complex mental health needs and dual diagnosis.
• Assist with daily living activities: cooking, shopping, budgeting, tenancy upkeep and moving to independence.
• Carrying out risk assessments, set goals and complete regular reviews.
• Provide person-centred, compassionate support without rushing.
• Collaborate closely with colleagues for consistent, quality support.

You’ll go home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better, here, working for one of the top ten Great Place to Work in the UK!

You bring

• A passion for helping customers live their best life, with collaboration and attention to detail.
• Experience creating person-centred support plans and guiding colleagues to follow them.
• Expertise in coordinating and assessing customer referrals.
• Initiative, composure under pressure and a resilient mindset.

We are unable to sponsor you for this role due to certificate limits, we review this regularly.

Job details

• Three week rolling rota working one weekend out of three.
• 10-20 hours per week (discussed at interview)
• Occasionally our customers’ needs mean your start and finish times may change. Where we ask you to be flexible, we will always try to reciprocate.
• Confident using technology for plans, online learning and teamwork.
• Enhanced DBS required (we cover the cost)

A place where you belong

Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!

Find out more

Click APPLY NOW to see our Lead Support Worker Job Description, (known to us as Coordinator) find out about us and for help to apply. Sometimes we close a job early, so don’t delay or you might miss out. You can even learn more about our benefits on our website. Finally, do let us know if there’s anything we can do, to help you shine in our process by making reasonable adjustments at [e-mail]