Support Coordinator - Social Care
| Posting date: | 24 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12.61 to £12.61 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 08 May 2024 |
| Location: | Weston-Super-Mare, North Somerset |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Home Group Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 24399 |
Summary
Lead Support Worker
Weston Super Mare, Somerset
Permanent part time (30hrs)
Pay from £12.61 per hour (£24,664 per annum pro rota) 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 with Young People Services, you’ll be at the heart of supporting our customers aged 16+ leaving foster care or at risk of homelessness. You will help to develop their skills to live more independently in the community. You’ll make a big difference each day as you help our customers achieve their hopes and aspirations. Amazing we know!
Typical day as a Lead Support Worker (known by us as Coordinator)
• We are Ofsted Registered! You will be working within the Ofsted guidance.
• Creating support plans with your customers and coordinating our small team of Support Workers working to the plans.
• Customer group aged 16+ leaving care.
• Helping customers with daily living activities such as making meals, shopping, budgeting, maintaining their tenancy and moving onto independent accommodation if they are able.
• Carrying out risk assessments, support planning, goal setting and regular reviews.
• Cuppas, chats and catch ups. There’s no rushing from one customer to the next here! Plenty of time to collaborate with colleagues too.
Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better? You’ll do that here, we're in the top ten for Great Places to Work in the UK!
You bring
• Passion to support young people to live their best life, working collaboratively with an eye for detail.
• Experience of creating person-centred support plans and supporting colleagues in working to work to the plans.
• Experience of coordinating and assessing customer referrals.
• The ability to work on your own initiative, remain calm under pressure and have a resilient approach
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 be working alongside our fabulous team who are super passionate about supporting customers to reach their goals and celebrating their achievements. To us we’re not just a team we’re a ‘work family’.
Our manager is Christina, who is perfectly placed to support you as you join. There are 4 of us in the team and we don’t just love to support our customers, we’re there for each other too!
Job details
• You’ll work on a rota basis between the hours of 8am and 10pm and take your turn working days, evenings, weekends and bank holidays.
• We need you to be flexible to meet the needs of our customers, but we aim to give you the time you need to spend time doing the things that matter to you!
• The rota is written in advance and the team is really flexible helping out swapping shifts if needs be so you can manage your work life balance.
• 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 annual leave (including bank hols and a “me day” to use whenever you fancy), 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 Coordinator 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
Weston Super Mare, Somerset
Permanent part time (30hrs)
Pay from £12.61 per hour (£24,664 per annum pro rota) 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 with Young People Services, you’ll be at the heart of supporting our customers aged 16+ leaving foster care or at risk of homelessness. You will help to develop their skills to live more independently in the community. You’ll make a big difference each day as you help our customers achieve their hopes and aspirations. Amazing we know!
Typical day as a Lead Support Worker (known by us as Coordinator)
• We are Ofsted Registered! You will be working within the Ofsted guidance.
• Creating support plans with your customers and coordinating our small team of Support Workers working to the plans.
• Customer group aged 16+ leaving care.
• Helping customers with daily living activities such as making meals, shopping, budgeting, maintaining their tenancy and moving onto independent accommodation if they are able.
• Carrying out risk assessments, support planning, goal setting and regular reviews.
• Cuppas, chats and catch ups. There’s no rushing from one customer to the next here! Plenty of time to collaborate with colleagues too.
Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better? You’ll do that here, we're in the top ten for Great Places to Work in the UK!
You bring
• Passion to support young people to live their best life, working collaboratively with an eye for detail.
• Experience of creating person-centred support plans and supporting colleagues in working to work to the plans.
• Experience of coordinating and assessing customer referrals.
• The ability to work on your own initiative, remain calm under pressure and have a resilient approach
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 be working alongside our fabulous team who are super passionate about supporting customers to reach their goals and celebrating their achievements. To us we’re not just a team we’re a ‘work family’.
Our manager is Christina, who is perfectly placed to support you as you join. There are 4 of us in the team and we don’t just love to support our customers, we’re there for each other too!
Job details
• You’ll work on a rota basis between the hours of 8am and 10pm and take your turn working days, evenings, weekends and bank holidays.
• We need you to be flexible to meet the needs of our customers, but we aim to give you the time you need to spend time doing the things that matter to you!
• The rota is written in advance and the team is really flexible helping out swapping shifts if needs be so you can manage your work life balance.
• 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 annual leave (including bank hols and a “me day” to use whenever you fancy), 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 Coordinator 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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