Flexible Bank Support Worker

Bank Support Worker
East Ipswich, Suffolk
Flexible Work, Hours to suit you
Pay £12 per hour, we pay £50 per sleep in shift and offer great benefits
Home, a place where you belong
Have you been looking to earn some extra cash, while keeping to your current commitments? Now you can, and what’s more, you’ll be making a difference. This is an exciting time to join Home Group, one of the UK’s Largest Housing providers, and be part of our brilliant flexible bank. You’ll be supporting our amazing customers achieve their hopes and aspirations, while picking and choosing the shifts you want to work.
Typical shift as a bank Support Worker
- You’ll assist customers with mental health that may also alcohol/substance misuse, ASD or a mild learning disability
- There is lots for you to do and get involved in, from assisting customers with their practical, daily living tasks to working through support plans, helping them to achieve independence.
- One shift you might be working a sleep-in, making sure you’re available for overnight support, the next you might be working the day shift and supporting a customer to a group or activity.
- You’ll be helping our vulnerable customers in a variety of services.
- You might find yourself working in accommodation-based services or supporting our customers in a community or home-based setting.
Rest assured that wherever you will be working, we will support you all the way! 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 10 Great Places to Work in the UK.
You bring
- Enjoyment working with a range of customers.
- Flexibility to work at short notice, as you’ll be the one picking your next shift.
- Experience as a Support Worker. It is important that you have worked in this type of environment before.
- A positive, can do and caring attitude, with the desire to learn to continue making a difference to our customers lives.
- Previous experience of working with support plans, recording, and using information concisely and effectively.
- If you are a real people person and are confident working in different services, locations, and teams, then this is the job for you.
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 our wider services in the East region, and the great thing is you can pick up shifts in any of these services that need it! Currently we have hours available in our Ipswich service in Suffolk with our manager Kathy. Our team are all super passionate about what we do! We’re a supportive bunch, and between us have a wealth of experience to share with you.
Job details
- Flexible working hours
- We pay £50 per sleep in shift
- We’re looking for you to work across East region which include our services in Ipswich
- Able to use technology for recording support to customers, doing mandatory learning and keeping in touch 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?
- We’re a living wage employer. That means you’re paid a fair hourly rate for every hour that you work. On top of this, you’ll also receive holiday pay.
- This is a job with weekly pay, and you’ll be paid one week in arrears from when you worked.
- After you have been paid for your first shift, you’ll get access to our brilliant shopping discount scheme! Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays, and days out. Save money with us.
- You’ll get access to our excellent learning portal to develop your skills further!
- We’re sure you’ll enjoy working for us, so if you want to stick around, you’re able to apply for all Home Group Job Opportunities (even the internal only ones!)
- Colleagues really matter to us, that’s why we are in the top 10th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them.
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 [email protected]