Part-time Support Worker - 15 hours per week

BCHA; England; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Part time

Job summary

BCHA in Bournemouth is seeking Support Workers to join our homelessness accommodation team. You will provide practical and emotional support, building respectful relationships and helping customers move toward independent living.

You will work 15 hours per week across a 7-day rota, including early and late shifts, with full training and a supportive team environment. We encourage trauma-informed approaches and safeguarding training to support staff and clients.

Qualifications

• Be a good communicator and able to facilitate support for customers.
• Enable and empower customers to build their own recovery plans.
• Provide practical, emotional support and encouragement.
• Actively promote customer participation in services & activities.
• Liaise effectively with colleagues, external agencies & service providers.
• Be empathic and non-judgemental.
• Be self-motivated, able to use your initiative and be a great team player.
• Be flexible, adaptable, calm and considered.
• Have experience of our client groups, transferable skills or willing to learn.

Responsibilities

• Carry out regular one-to-one sessions with customers.
• Build trusted, respectful relationships to support independent living.
• Support customers with daily activities and progression plans.
• Coordinate with colleagues and external partners to meet needs.

Skills

Communication

Empathy

Teamwork

Flexibility

Safeguarding

Job description

We need Support Workers to join the team at our homelessness accommodation in Bournemouth. This is a role where you can genuinely make a real difference, where you can add real value as part of a dedicated team of professionals

You will act as a key Support Worker for a number of customers, carrying out regular one to one sessions, enabling positive, trusting and respectful relationships to be built and enable them to move forward to independent living.

This role is working early and late shifts over a 7 day rota.

We can offer you:

• a rewarding, challenging and varied role;
• the opportunity to combine your people and organisational skills;
• the opportunity to learn about and use trauma informed approaches;
• a role that gives you real job satisfaction in helping others;
• full training and support to develop your skills;
• the opportunity to work in a supportive and friendly environment

To be successful in this role you will need to:

• be a good communicator and able to facilitate support for customers;
• enable and empower customers to build their own recovery plans;
• provide practical, emotional support and encouragement;
• actively promote customer participation in services & activities;
• liaise effectively with colleagues, external agencies & service providers;
• be empathic and non- judgemental;
• be self-motivated, able to use your initiative and be a great team player;
• be flexible, adaptable, calm and considered
• have experience of our client groups, transferable skills or willing to learn;

BCHA Safer Recruitment:

Safeguarding children and adults is our first priority and we will ensure we follow safer recruitment procedures. As an employer, we will do everything possible to prevent unsuitable people obtaining employment with BCHA.

Our overall aim is to 'deter unsuitable applicants from applying for roles with children and adults, and we will ensure that all candidates are treated fairly, consistently and in compliance with current legislation.

15 hours across 7 days 2 times 7.5 hours