Support Worker

Location

Suffolk | United Kingdom

Job description

Support Worker

Lowestoft and Beccles

Permanent, part time (21.5 hpw), working on a 3 week rota.

Pay £10.90 per hour (FTE £21,314 per annum - will increase to £23,366 from 1st April 2024) and great benefits including Health Cash Plan and On Call enhancement.

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 dual diagnosis with severe and enduring mental health conditions who needs 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 our Support Worker

• Assisting customers with practical, daily living tasks to develop their independence, helping them to achieve the goals, aspirations and outcomes documented in their support plans.
• Encouraging customers to be part of our Customer Involvement groups.
• 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 work together 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, 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 caring for others, you may have worked in care before or have experience of caring for others such as family members or children
• 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! It's not a deal breaker if you cant drive as long as you don't mind using public transport if you need to support a customer.

Our team

You’ll join our manager Lisa, who's been at Home Group for 7 years now, currently seconded into her senior manager role - she's a true example of how we grow our own here! Lisa has an evil kitten named Luna, and a huge dog called Benji to chase after outside of work, along with 2 grown up children, so she likes to keep busy! Our Waveney team are super passionate about what we do, and we're known in the organisation for our 'Elf on a Shelf' antics in December, and are a fun team to work with.

Job details

• 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.
• We work on a 3 week rota with the option of taking on extra shifts.
• Although you’ll work some nights / lone work, we do get together regularly for training and team meetings, and sometimes even cake.
• 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?

• 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30), the option to buy 5 more, a me day (to take off for whatever you fancy) 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 at [email protected]

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£10.9 per hour