Senior Support Worker

  • Home Group
  • Southampton, Hampshire
  • Sep 24, 2022
Full time Education

Job Description

Senior Support Worker

Hampshire

Permanent, Full Time or Part Time - Flexible hours available

Salary circa £22,500 pa (pro rata), based on skills and experience

Plus, sleep in enhancements and Brilliant Benefits!

Delivering support with a difference. That's when it hits home

'Variety is the spice of life. No 2 days are the same, and I really enjoy getting to know so many different colleagues and customers in different places' Jane, Senior Support Worker since May 2022

We have an awesome job opportunity for you to join Home Group's supported housing services as a Senior Support Worker in Hampshire, where you'll help our brilliant colleagues and customers.

You'll be based in a variety of services working on a rota basis, providing care to customers who experience many challenges including homelessness, mental health, and substance misuse. Our services operate 24/7 and we'll need you to be flexible covering days, evenings, and weekends. We also aim to give you the time you need to spend doing the things that matter to you.

This is a chance to grow your career, as our team will be used as a pipeline for talent within your area.

Be yourself at Home

HomeGroupiscommitted totacklingprejudice and discrimination, not just for our customers, butfor ourcolleagues too!We're super proud of our internal Diversity Networks and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA and Disability) which support colleagues from different backgrounds to be their true selves. Werecognise and celebrate our differences, together we make Home Group a great place to work !

We're offering
  • 25 days holiday rising a day each year to 30 days (You can even buy extra)
  • Negotiable working patterns
  • Career path with development
  • Excellent training package
  • Excellent benefits and rewards including supermarket discounts and travel expenses
  • Pension
  • Free DBS
  • Tech Purchase Scheme

About you

As a Senior Support Worker, you're passionate and motivated and will impress us with your ability to work on your own initiative, helping vulnerable people make positive and lasting changes to their lives.

It's important that you have experience in safeguarding, risk assessments and confidentiality. You will create personalised support plans using our bespoke LIFE (Living Independently Feeling Enabled) tools as well as working collaboratively with external agencies. If you have a background in supported housing this would also be beneficial.

If you think you fit the bill, then we would welcome your application. We can nurture your talent, just let us know in your cover letter why you have a passion for working here and explain in detail how you meet the criteria. Don't worry, we won't drop you in the deep end, we'll help you to understand how things work at Home Group!

It would also be amazing if you drive and have access to a vehicle (we do pay your expenses to cover this use!), but it's not a deal breaker if you don't!

About the Central Resource Team

You will find that no two days will be the same when working for our CRT. Your role is key, and you'll work across all our services daily, where you're needed the most. One day you'll be helping at a service in Lymington covering sickness, but on another day, you could be covering your colleague in Farnborough whilst they attend their daughters school play.

We'll discuss travel time and mileage at interview, but our aim is for everyone to have a great work life balance whilst also meeting the needs of our busy services

You'll work as part of a brand-new team and Liz will be your manager. Liz has been with Home Group for 3 years now and has a reputation for her warmth and enthusiasm and being the bearer of cake and treats to team meetings.

More about this job

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To apply

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