Support Worker - Social Care
| Posting date: | 17 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12 to £12 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 May 2024 |
| Location: | County Durham, North East England |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Home Group Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 24750 |
Summary
Support Worker
County Durham - Community based.
Permanent, Full Tim (37.5 hrs)
Pay £12 per hour (£23,464 per annum) and great benefits including Health Cash Plan
Home, a place where you belong
Want to be part of a team that really cares and empowers you to help change a customer’s life for the better? As our Support Worker, you’ll be at the heart of supporting our customers who have complex needs to develop their skills to live more independently in the community and maintain their tenancy. You’ll make a big difference each day as you help our customers achieve their hopes and aspirations. Amazing we know!
Typical day as our Support Worker
• Assisting customers with practical tasks so they are able to continue develop their independence and maintain their tenancy, helping them to achieve the goals, aspirations and outcomes documented in their support plans.
• We support customers who are patients in our local Mental Health Hospitals in County Durham and Darlington and following discharge for up to 6 months in County Durham
• We support customers to find appropriate accommodation if needed whilst they are inpatients and in the community.
• Helping customers with daily living activities such as applying for benefits, budgeting, maintaining their tenancy, accessing social support groups and much more.
• Carrying out risk assessments, support planning, goal setting and regular reviews.
• We carry out regular support sessions with our customers and tailor these to individual needs.
Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better? You’ll do that here, working for one of the Top Ten Great Places to Work in the UK!
You bring
• Passion to support our customers to live their best life, working together with an eye for detail
• Experience of supporting others and encouraging independence
• The ability to work on your own initiative, remain calm under pressure and have a resilient approach
• Recognise every customer is different and you’re able to adopt a flexible, personal approach, listening to customers to understand their needs
• To get from A to B, you’ll need a vehicle insured for business purposes. The great news is that we’ll pay your mileage!
Due to limits on our current certificates of sponsorship, we are not able to offer sponsorship to external candidates for this role. This remains under regular review
Our team
You’ll join Emma Caygill and our Mental Health Hospital Discharge team, we’re super passionate about what we do! We’re really proud of what we achieve as a team and how we support each other as well as our customers.
Job details
• Working hours are Monday to Friday 9-5.
• Where we’re flexible with you, we do need to meet the needs of our customers. That may mean adapting your start or finishing times on occasion.
• Although you’ll lone work some of the time, we do get together regularly for training and team meetings.
• Position is for a Community Worker based either at home in our Office at Belmont Durham or visiting customers in the community.
• Able to use technology to update support plans, complete online learning and to collaborate with colleagues.
• You’ll need an Enhanced DBS check done and we pay for that.
A place where you belong
Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!
What’s in it for you?
• 34 days leave (including bank hols and a “me day” to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39, the option to buy 5 more, and time off for volunteering too!
• Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We’ll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more.
• Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car? Save money with us.
• We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!
• Colleagues really matters to us, that’s why we’re the 10th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them.
• Learn more about our benefits on our website.
Find out more
Click APPLY NOW to see our Support Worker Job Description, find out about us and for help to apply. Sometimes we close a job early, so don’t delay or you might miss out. Finally, do let us know if there’s anything we can do, to help you shine in our process by making reasonable adjustments at recruitment@homegroup.org.uk .
County Durham - Community based.
Permanent, Full Tim (37.5 hrs)
Pay £12 per hour (£23,464 per annum) and great benefits including Health Cash Plan
Home, a place where you belong
Want to be part of a team that really cares and empowers you to help change a customer’s life for the better? As our Support Worker, you’ll be at the heart of supporting our customers who have complex needs to develop their skills to live more independently in the community and maintain their tenancy. You’ll make a big difference each day as you help our customers achieve their hopes and aspirations. Amazing we know!
Typical day as our Support Worker
• Assisting customers with practical tasks so they are able to continue develop their independence and maintain their tenancy, helping them to achieve the goals, aspirations and outcomes documented in their support plans.
• We support customers who are patients in our local Mental Health Hospitals in County Durham and Darlington and following discharge for up to 6 months in County Durham
• We support customers to find appropriate accommodation if needed whilst they are inpatients and in the community.
• Helping customers with daily living activities such as applying for benefits, budgeting, maintaining their tenancy, accessing social support groups and much more.
• Carrying out risk assessments, support planning, goal setting and regular reviews.
• We carry out regular support sessions with our customers and tailor these to individual needs.
Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better? You’ll do that here, working for one of the Top Ten Great Places to Work in the UK!
You bring
• Passion to support our customers to live their best life, working together with an eye for detail
• Experience of supporting others and encouraging independence
• The ability to work on your own initiative, remain calm under pressure and have a resilient approach
• Recognise every customer is different and you’re able to adopt a flexible, personal approach, listening to customers to understand their needs
• To get from A to B, you’ll need a vehicle insured for business purposes. The great news is that we’ll pay your mileage!
Due to limits on our current certificates of sponsorship, we are not able to offer sponsorship to external candidates for this role. This remains under regular review
Our team
You’ll join Emma Caygill and our Mental Health Hospital Discharge team, we’re super passionate about what we do! We’re really proud of what we achieve as a team and how we support each other as well as our customers.
Job details
• Working hours are Monday to Friday 9-5.
• Where we’re flexible with you, we do need to meet the needs of our customers. That may mean adapting your start or finishing times on occasion.
• Although you’ll lone work some of the time, we do get together regularly for training and team meetings.
• Position is for a Community Worker based either at home in our Office at Belmont Durham or visiting customers in the community.
• Able to use technology to update support plans, complete online learning and to collaborate with colleagues.
• You’ll need an Enhanced DBS check done and we pay for that.
A place where you belong
Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!
What’s in it for you?
• 34 days leave (including bank hols and a “me day” to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39, the option to buy 5 more, and time off for volunteering too!
• Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We’ll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more.
• Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car? Save money with us.
• We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!
• Colleagues really matters to us, that’s why we’re the 10th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them.
• Learn more about our benefits on our website.
Find out more
Click APPLY NOW to see our Support Worker Job Description, find out about us and for help to apply. Sometimes we close a job early, so don’t delay or you might miss out. Finally, do let us know if there’s anything we can do, to help you shine in our process by making reasonable adjustments at recruitment@homegroup.org.uk .
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