Support Worker

1 week ago


Barnstaple, Devon, United Kingdom Sanctuary Care Full time

Project Worker

The Maples, Barnstaple

£12.50 per hour

37.5 hours per week


Sanctuary Supported Living is delighted to be recruiting for Project Workers at The Maples, Barnstaple, where we provide support to adults 18+ who are Homeless or at risk of Homelessness.


At Sanctuary Supported Living, we specialise in delivering a wide range of personalised housing, care, and support services to help people across England to live as independently as possible.


We're a national organisation, but we're not-for-profit and we think locally by putting our customers at the heart of what we do.

We're committed to being our best and helping customers to be their best, as we support them on their pathways for independence.


No matter your job - delivering support directly or working in our offices to support our frontline teams - your work makes a difference every day.

And working with us isn't just another job. It's rewarding, inspiring, exciting and it provides an opportunity to make a real, positive impact on people's lives. Plus, we'll support you in reaching your aspirations and career goals, through comprehensive training and benefits.

The role of Project Worker will include:

  • Providing support to encourage our customers who have faced homelessness to maximise their own potential and independence
  • Assessing customers' needs by writing and updating support plans
  • Being a first point of call to receive and direct all customer queries
  • Developing relationships with customers, ensuring that customers maintain personal choice, privacy, and dignity
  • Liaising with external support links to improve customers' confidence, health and wellbeing and offer training and encouragement towards employment and education
  • Handling occasional emergency situations
  • Keeping accurate and highquality written records

Skills and experiences:

  • Experience of working with adults who have experienced homelessness
  • Enthusiastic and flexible with a strong "cando" attitude
  • Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
  • Strong organisational skills as well as functional literacy and numeracy
  • Ability to react quickly to changing priorities whilst working to deadlines and targets
  • NVQ3 in Health and Social Care, or willingness to work towards is essential

Are you ready to be your best?
Brilliant work deserves brilliant benefits As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary Supported Living a great place to work, here are just some of the ways we'll reward you:

  • At least 25 days paid holiday, rising to 30 days after 5 years' service (plus public holidays) pro rata
  • A pension scheme with employer contributions
  • A variety of online discounts and rewards from major retailers
  • Health and wellbeing plans
  • Life assurance
  • Family friendly arrangements, including opportunities for flexible working
  • Tax efficient savings through our Cycle to Work scheme
  • A wide range of learning and development opportunities
  • The full time equivalent for this role is 37.5 hours

Building Equality and Diversity
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working.
Sanctuary Supported Living is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association and Sanctuary Home Care Limited, both exempt charities.

Pay:
£12.50 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

Benefits:

  • Company pension
  • Employee discount
  • Health & wellbeing programme
  • Referral programme

Shift:

  • Day shift

Work Location:
In person

Reference ID: 218260
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