Support Worker x2

Environmental Dynamics International, Asia HQ; Slough; On-site; GBP 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading not-for-profit care provider in Slough is seeking two Support Workers to join their Mental Health service. The role involves providing support to customers, helping them develop essential life skills, and working in a team environment. The organization values excellence, compassion, and inclusivity, offering a range of benefits including generous leave and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Annual leave increasing up to 30 days

Free DBS

Exclusive discounts and cashback

Online wellbeing resources

Generous pension contribution

Quarterly Staff Awards

Qualifications

• Experience in the social care/charity sector.
• Enjoys social interaction and company of others.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to customers to develop life skills.
• Create support/action plans based on assessments.
• Undertake key-working responsibilities.

Skills

Compassionate

Resilience

Social Interaction

Flexibility

Education

NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent

Job description

We're looking for two kind, compassionate, and resilient Support Workers to join our Mental Health service in Slough.

£26,208.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week.

Want to feel like you have an exciting future? You'll feel at home here.

Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development, and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.

Our Benefits Include

• Annual leave increasing up to 30 days with length of service
• Free DBS
• Exclusive discounts and cashback via Reward Gateway and opportunity to buy a Blue Light Card
• Online wellbeing resources
• A generous pension - we will contribute up to 4% and life assurance cover up to £10,000 (T&Cs apply)
• Quarterly Staff Awards to reward & recognise our amazing staff's commitment and contribution

All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.

Support Workers will provide support to customers to help them develop the life skills they require to meet the assessed needs of the customers of the service. In some services, this will include providing physical, domestic, emotional, and social care.

This role involves working on a rota pattern made by early, late, weekend, and bank holidays.

What You'll Do

• Undertake key-working responsibilities for a caseload assigned by the Team Leader/Manager
• Undertake initial and continuous assessment of needs and potential risks and agree levels of support and actions
• Create support/action plans for providing appropriate services based on the assessment and reflecting the services and resources available
• Support customers to undertake all domestic tasks wherever possible, including practical assistance where they have not yet developed the skills, to ensure customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead.

About You

• Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
• Approachable and open behaviour
• Prefers working as part of a group or team
• Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
• Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
• Flexible

Essential

What you'll bring:

• Up to NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent or experience in the social care/charity sector

Desirable

• Experience working in mental health

About Us

Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation, we deliver over 100 services, providing support to thousands of customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness, complex needs, young people and care leavers, and learning disabilities, so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.

We have a strong social purpose and live by our values:

• We focus on Excellence and innovation.
• We are Caring and Compassionate.
• We are Inclusive and Trusted.
• We work in Partnership and are One-Team.

Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers, and volunteers to share this commitment.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs, you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised close date.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.