Job Description
About The Role
Are you enthusiastic and motivated? Do you want to help make a positive difference in the lives of those we support and to promote independence, wellbeing and recovery? Are you able to work flexibly to include week days and weekends. If so, we want to hear from you.
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Support team in Bodmin and Newquay as a Relief Support Worker.
You will be lone working with people who have complex needs including substance misuse, mental ill-heath, fleeing domestic abuse and any other challenging issues. Providing a holistic service assisting with health and wellbeing, housing, maintaining tenancies, sign-posting and emotional support. You will need to take a creative approach to support, adapting your style of communication with each individual to provide a person centred approach and help customers establish and work towards their goals and aspirations.
You will need to be able to effectively risk assess and have a good understanding of safeguarding.
This role is being offered on a relief basis, working flexibly to include weekdays and weekends as and when cover is required.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups, and expect all colleagues to share this commitment. Appointment to the post will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
About The Candidate
To be considered for the role of Relief Support Worker, you will:
Have experience of risk assessing and risk management
Ideally have experience of night and lone working
Be a great communicator with the ability to build a rapport
Confident in lone working and be a good team player
Have a flexible approach to work
Be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Be resilient and adaptable
Be able to demonstrate the skills required to support individuals
Be able to demonstrate an understanding of adult vulnerabilities in a supported housing environment
Have the ability to adopt a methodical, organised approach to work
If you are able to work flexibly, and have the above experience, we would love to hear from you.
About The Company
LiveWest provides over 38,000 homes to over 80,000 people throughout the South West from Gloucestershire to the Isles of Scilly. We have plans to build over 6,000 homes in the area over the next five years, developing new homes of all tenures including low-cost rent and sale, market rent and sale, and a range of supported housing and intermediate housing products, creating choice and flexibility.
As well as developing new homes, we continue to invest in existing properties and communities. Through the stability of good housing, we place better living for better lives at the centre of our mission both today and for generations to come. At LiveWest we believe in a home for everyone.
As an Inclusive Employer, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all colleagues. For further information about our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy, please click here.
Are you enthusiastic and motivated? Do you want to help make a positive difference in the lives of those we support and to promote independence, wellbeing and recovery? Are you able to work flexibly to include week days and weekends. If so, we want to hear from you.
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Support team in Bodmin and Newquay as a Relief Support Worker.
You will be lone working with people who have complex needs including substance misuse, mental ill-heath, fleeing domestic abuse and any other challenging issues. Providing a holistic service assisting with health and wellbeing, housing, maintaining tenancies, sign-posting and emotional support. You will need to take a creative approach to support, adapting your style of communication with each individual to provide a person centred approach and help customers establish and work towards their goals and aspirations.
You will need to be able to effectively risk assess and have a good understanding of safeguarding.
This role is being offered on a relief basis, working flexibly to include weekdays and weekends as and when cover is required.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups, and expect all colleagues to share this commitment. Appointment to the post will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
About The Candidate
To be considered for the role of Relief Support Worker, you will:
Have experience of risk assessing and risk management
Ideally have experience of night and lone working
Be a great communicator with the ability to build a rapport
Confident in lone working and be a good team player
Have a flexible approach to work
Be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Be resilient and adaptable
Be able to demonstrate the skills required to support individuals
Be able to demonstrate an understanding of adult vulnerabilities in a supported housing environment
Have the ability to adopt a methodical, organised approach to work
If you are able to work flexibly, and have the above experience, we would love to hear from you.
About The Company
LiveWest provides over 38,000 homes to over 80,000 people throughout the South West from Gloucestershire to the Isles of Scilly. We have plans to build over 6,000 homes in the area over the next five years, developing new homes of all tenures including low-cost rent and sale, market rent and sale, and a range of supported housing and intermediate housing products, creating choice and flexibility.
As well as developing new homes, we continue to invest in existing properties and communities. Through the stability of good housing, we place better living for better lives at the centre of our mission both today and for generations to come. At LiveWest we believe in a home for everyone.
As an Inclusive Employer, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all colleagues. For further information about our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy, please click here.
About LiveWest