Support Worker x3

Ahead Care Support And Housing; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A non-profit care organization in Greater London is looking for compassionate Support Workers to join their Mental Health Social Care service. The role involves supporting customers in their transition to lower levels of care and maintaining compliance through excellent record keeping. With opportunities for personal and professional growth, this role offers shift patterns across 5 days a week. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package including training, pension, and employee assistance programs are provided.

Benefits

Annual leave increasing up to 30 days

Free DBS

Exclusive discounts via Reward Gateway

Fully paid induction programme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Generous pension with life assurance

Quarterly Staff Awards

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health support or social care.
• Ability to develop strong professional partnerships.
• Excellent record keeping skills required.

Responsibilities

• Support customers stepping down to lower levels of care.
• Oversee support planning, Risk Management Plans, and Key-working.
• Manage partnerships with other professionals.

Skills

Compassionate

Resilience

Partnership working

Job description

We're looking for 3 kind, compassionate and resilient Support Workers to join our Mental Health Social Care service in Lambeth. The role of our Support Worker plays a crucial role in fulfilling our customers' expectations, making a positive difference and where appropriate supporting customers to step down to a lower level of support. Our Support Workers are guided and mentored by 2 team leaders alongside a Contract Manager and as part of the team you will be developing and sustaining a good quality service to all our customers.

An essential part of this role involves developing good partnership working with a range of professionals and maintaining excellent record keeping in line with our compliance management. You will also be required to oversee support planning, Risk Management Plans, and Key-working.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside a diverse and inclusive team and be supported by the people around you.
• Have access to learning opportunities in Mental Health as part of your Personal Development.
• Be mentored and coached with opportunities to grow within yourself both on a professional and self basis.
• Make difference!

The working pattern for this role involves 5 out of 7 days per week, and shift patterns consist of 9-5pm, 8-4pm and 2-10pm.

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 and complex needs, young people and care leavers and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.

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.

£28,808.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week.

Benefits

• 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
• Fully paid induction programme and further training
• ILM courses and Apprenticeship Programmes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme for 24-7 confidential support
• 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.

LSFRC is an accommodation based service, set across Lambeth including hub sites situated in Brixton and West Norwood. The service provides care and support to over 60 customers living with enduring long term mental health. We also provide a service for two short-term post hospital discharge schemes for customers, who need support following hospital admission.