Support Worker
Support Worker
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Support Worker
Hybrid working from our base in Penzance across Penwith and from home
Permanent part time (22.5 hpw) occasional weekend work
Earn 12.60 per hour (24638 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 a customers life for the better As our Support Worker youll be at the heart of supporting our customers who have complex needs to develop their skills to live more independently in the community. Youll 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.
- Our customers needs include Mental Health/emotional well-being needs and substance abuse issues. You may also work with customers with an acquired brain injury and those with high-risk behaviours such as hoarding and self-neglect.
- 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. Theres 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 Youll 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 workon your own initiative remaincalm under pressure and havea resilient approach
- Recognise every customer is different and youre able to adopt a flexible personal approach listening to customers to understand their needs
- To get from A to B youll need a vehicle insured for business purposes. The great news is that well pay your mileage!
Due to limits on our current certificates of sponsorship we are not able to offer sponsorship toexternalcandidates for this role. This remains under regular review
Our team
Some of us have been with Home Group a long time including Eddy who has been with Home Group for 28 years. There are 11 of us in the team plus 4 of us who work across teams including our Health Coach.
Job details
- Flexible working hours (or were open to agreeing a work pattern with you)
- Where were flexible with you we do need to meet the needs of our customers. That may mean adapting your start or finishing times on occasion.
- Some weekend work may be required on a rotated basis but we ask for volunteers first!/ Office cover on a rota basis/ No sleep ins / We dont work Bank Holidays/ After your probationary period you will have the opportunity to become an out of hours On-Call responder (paid at 50 for the first hour or part of the hour then at your usual rate of pay should the call out take longer).
- Although youll lone work some of the time we do get together regularly for training and team meetings.
- Able to use technology to update support plans complete online learning and to collaborate with colleagues.
- Youll 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!
Whats in it for you
- 34 days leave (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. Well 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 youre ready for the next step in your career you can grow with us!
- Colleagues really matters to us thats why were the 10th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them.
- Learn more about ourbenefits on our website.
Find out more
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Employment Type
Full-Time
