Support Officer

1 week ago


Bedford, Bedford, United Kingdom One Housing Group Full time

Support Officer
We are One Housing and we create places for people to call home and support them to live well. With a breadth of services and expertise to help people whatever their housing, care, or support needs.

Our Homelessness and Prevention team is friendly and we love what we do. We are passionate about the high
- quality support we provide.

Join our Homelessness and Prevention team as a Support worker
Housing sits at the heart of our organisation. We believe that everyone deserves a safe, secure, affordable home. Providing care and support to those who need it is an important part of what we do. We work with people experiencing homelessness and who often have other support needs.

The role
We have a fantastic opportunity for someone to join us in the position of Support worker in Bedford.

Clarence House in Bedford is our second homeless hostel. This purpose-built hostel has 29 self-contained studio apartments with a team of support staff available 24/7, including specialist support officers to assist residents with a range of complex needs.

Salary:
£25,119** per year

Hours:37.5 hours** per week on a rolling rota, early & late shifts. Weekends are included in the rolling rota.

Location:
Bedford (MK42 0AH)

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Key work sessions
  • Working with and supporting a range of customers with various complex needs including mental health, homelessness, substance misuse
  • Support to develop the necessary skills to live independently, and to access training, education, and work
  • Assisting with Tenancy support

What you will need to succeed

We are looking for someone who believes in working together as part of a team, who shares our values and who is committed to achieving positive outcomes for all of our customers.


  • Possess genuine passion of making a real difference in people's lives.
  • Have experience and knowledge of safeguarding legislation including ability to recognize safeguarding issues.
  • Have knowledge of the Housing Sector and One Housing Group's activities.
  • Have experience working within a similar support worker role

The offer
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Your holidays are important to us. Take up to 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
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Lean travel. Spread the cost of your commute with a season ticket loans and our Cycle2Work scheme, open to all colleagues
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Looking forward to your big bucket list trip? You can buy or sell up to five days annual leave each year.
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Get paid to do good. We offer you two days off on full pay each year to volunteer in our communities.
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Well done With our colleague recognition programme you will know when you've done a #greatjob
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Learning never stops. One Academy, our innovative, in-house learning and development offering is designed to help you take your career to the next level.
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We're here for you. Our employee assistance programme offers counselling and support for you and your family 24/-
Stay book-smart. Take up to five paid days off per year to study toward a relevant qualification.
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Experience new things. We offer you a career break after 3 years' continuous service.

About us

As an organisation with a strong social purpose, One Housing works in some of the most diverse communities in the UK and our workforce reflects that.

As of December 2021, One Housing merged with the Riverside Group, creating one of the country's largest housing associations, with more than 75,000 homes.

This follows a shared recognition that we are better and stronger together; and that when we combine, we will be able to do more for our customers and the communities we serve.


At One Housing, our people are our strength which is why we work very hard to enable all employees to bring their authentic self to work.

This commitment is reflected in our hybrid working policy, our diversity groups support network, our wellbeing initiatives and our employee benefits.


We understand that the different skills and experiences that our colleagues from different backgrounds bring to us allow us to make better decisions, consider different views and be an altogether more interesting and cohesive place to work.


Job Reference:
OH00851
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