Part-Time Support Worker - 15 Hours Per Week

Bcha; Ferndown; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

BCHA is seeking Support Workers to join our homelessness accommodation in Bournemouth. You will be a key support worker, carrying out one-to-one sessions and developing positive, trusting relationships to help customers progress toward independent living.

The role involves early and late shifts on a 7-day rota. We offer full training and a supportive environment to help you develop your skills and make a real difference to people’s lives.

Qualifications

• Be a good communicator and able to facilitate support for customers
• Empathic and non-judgemental approach
• Flexible, adaptable, calm and considered
• Self-motivated and a great team player

Responsibilities

• Carry out regular one-to-one sessions with customers and build positive, trusting relationships
• Enable customers to move forward to independent living
• Provide practical and emotional support and encouragement
• Liaise effectively with colleagues and external services to support customers

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

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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