Support Worker

Location

Croydon, Greater London | United Kingdom

Job description

Are you a natural Support Worker with strong people skills?

Keen to make a positive difference to people’s lives?

We have a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and compassionate Support Worker working a minimum of 40 hours per week (some of which will be unsocial) to join our team based at our Dorado Service in Croydon on a permanent basis. The Dorado Service provides housing and tenancy services for male ex offenders. This post may include some travel and overnight stops can be expected. You will also be included in the on-call rota outside of shift hours. The successful candidate will receive a salary of £27,111 per annum (inclusive of a £3294 London Weighting Allowance) plus excellent benefits. Langley Trust gives you support and free training to make a rewarding difference to people’s lives every day.

REWARDS PACKAGE

As well as a competitive salary, Langley Trust offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include:

• Free learning and development (Continued professional development) to support you in your career
• Fantastic pension scheme, matched up to 8%
• Life Assurance up to 3 times your salary
• Paid DBS and renewals
• Generous annual leave up to 30 days plus bank holidays
• Company sick pay scheme
• Access to private holiday home getaway in Torquay
• Wellbeing Support – our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme including free counselling and legal advice
• Other benefits including Eyecare & Flu vouchers and Smart Health -unlimited access to online, telephone and video GP appointments as well as a range of health and wellbeing services
• Access to chaplaincy and pastoral support

As our Support Worker you will assist in the provision of an efficient and effective service to support client engagement, through the delivery of day-to-day services within the Service and the community to clients who are managed under MAPPA arrangements, accommodated via our Ministry of Justice contract. You will also support Clients to achieve the aims laid out in their Support Plan. The service aims to engage with clients to reconnect with communities and develop independent living skills and help clients to live crime-free lives.

About Dorado

Our Dorado Service offers accommodation in Brent and Croydon to a diverse client base with low needs, who are supported by a strong multi-disciplinary housing team

Responsibilities of our Support Worker:

- Key working and supporting Clients generally within your project

- Taking an active role in the assessment and management of risk including the operation of physical and situational security measures

- Regularly fully utilising the Trust ‘Client File’ with designated Clients to ensure that they are supported and empowered to achieve appropriate outcomes

- Promoting and support Clients’ involvement, manage complaints and seek resolutions

- Taking an active part in team meetings, ensuring that the team is fully briefed in relation to risk factors, changes in Client behaviour and de-briefed following any incident

-Ensuring that both prospective and former residents are supported through visits

-Ensuring that Clients engage in 6 hours meaningful activity a week and this activity is recorded on the system

If you want to join our team as our Support Worker and are in harmony with the Christian ethos please apply now as we would love to hear from you.

Closing Date:15/03/2024

We reserve the right to close earlier if we receive sufficient applicants.

A satisfactory enhanced DBS and Adults Barred List check is required for this role and job offers will be subject to the Trust receiving satisfactory evidence of the successful applicant’s right to work in the UK.



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Salary

£27.11k per annum