Support Worker

Weston Super Mare

Permanent, part time (22.5 hpw) Rota working including evenings and weekends.

Earn £12.60 per hour (£24,638 per annum) [pro rata] 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 children and young people lives for the better? As our Support Worker, you’ll be at the heart of supporting those who have left care or at risk of homelessness and need 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

• We are an Ofsted Service working with children and young people aged 16plus.
• Assisting with practical, daily living tasks to develop their independence, helping them to achieve the goals, aspirations and outcomes documented in their support plans.
• Helping with daily living activities such as enrolling into education or work, 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 huge case loads 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 working with children and young people aged 16+
• Are able to support them 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
• Understand the trauma and life challenges our young people leaving care may of already faced.
• Recognise every customer is different and you’re able to adopt a flexible, personal approach, listening to customers to understand their needs
  
  

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

Looking for a job where you really belong? Where you can be, well you! Bring your uniqueness, brilliant skills and awesome experience to deliver amazing things for our customers. You’ll join our team, who come from different walks of life and are here to support you as you make yourself at Home! We really enjoy what we do and are a passionate team. We are striving towards the Ofsted standards to make a real difference for the next generation.

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.
• The work pattern is 3 days per week, some weekends and evenings but there is a 4 week rota which is given in plenty of time.
• We are open to working patterns to suit the rota and applicants requirements. There is some flexibility and maybe a chance for extra shifts.
• 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 pro rota (including bank hols and a “me day” to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39, 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 [email protected] .

Work Locations

Weston Super Mare (Ashcombe Road)

Closing Date

• Jul.25, 11:59:00 PM