Support Workers

Look Ahead Care, Support and Housing; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave up to 30 days

Pension up to 8% + life assurance

Discounts & Blue Light Card

Induction programme and training

ILM courses & Apprenticeship

Cycle to work

Employee Assistance Programme

DBS

Job summary

Look Ahead Care, Support and Housing is seeking a compassionate Support Worker for the Young People Social Care Service in Tower Hamlets. The role offers £30,784.00 per annum for a 40-hour week, with a comprehensive range of benefits and professional development.

You will build trusted relationships with young people, help create and follow Support Plans, and work with the team to manage caseloads while ensuring safety and positive risk management.

Qualifications

• Experience working with young people.
• Health & Social Care qualification.
• Psychological/therapeutic qualification or experience.

Responsibilities

• Building supportive, trusting relationships with customers.
• Working proactively with other members of the team to handle the service caseload and administrative responsibilities.
• Supporting key customers to set personalised goals in the form of a Support Plan.
• Conducting regular key work sessions that are innovative and engaging in order to achieve Support Plan goals.
• Ensuring ongoing assessment and management of risks associated with customers within an attitude of 'positive risk taking'.
• Proactively manage risk and safety both in and outside of their physical living environment.
• Providing support with daily living activities, including practical assistance where skills are not yet developed, to ensure that customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation.
• Proactive development of links with local statutory and voluntary organisations to provide a range of engagement opportunities for customers in the community.

Skills

Experience working with young people

Education

Health & Social Care qualification

Psychological/therapeutic qualification or experience

Job description

We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Support Workers to join our Young People Social Care Service in Tower Hamlets. £30,784.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week. Want to feel in control of your career? 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
• A generous pension - we will contribute up to 8% and life assurance cover up to 3x Pensionable Salary (T&Cs apply)
• 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
• Quarterly Staff Awards to reward & recognise our amazing staff's commitment and contribution
• Free DBS

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.

Campbell Rd Young Peoples service provides support and housing for 37 young people in Tower Hamlets that are either leaving care of affected by youth homelessness. The Support Worker role will be to manage a caseload of around 7 young people.

What you'll do:

• Building supportive, trusting relationships with customers
• Working proactively with other members of the team to handle the service caseload and administrative responsibilities
• Supporting key customers to set personalised goals in the form of a Support Plan
• Conducting regular key work sessions that are innovative and engaging in order to achieve Support Plan goals
• Ensuring ongoing assessment and management of risks associated with customers within an attitude of 'positive risk taking'
• Proactively manage risk and safety both in and outside of their physical living environment
• Providing support with daily living activities, including practical assistance where skills are not yet developed, to ensure that customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation
• Proactive development of links with local statutory and voluntary organisations to provide a range of engagement opportunities for customers in the community

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
• Open to feedback and self development
• Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
• Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
• Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
• Is essentially customer-focused
• Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude

What you'll bring:

Desirable:

• Experience working with young people
• Health & Social Care qualification
• Psychological/therapeutic qualification or experience

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 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.

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 advert