Community Support Worker

1 week ago

Kent, United Kingdom WEBRECRUIT Full time

Community Support Worker

Home-based with regular travel covering Greater London and Kent

 

About the Organisation

 

Our client helps vision-impaired ex-service people from every generation rebuild their lives after their sight has been affected.

 

By providing their members with the tools and skills they need to lead a fulfilling and active life, they ensure they remain valued members of society.

 

They’re one transformational team that believes every vision-impaired ex-service person should be able to lead the life they choose.

 

They are currently seeking a Community Support Worker to join them on a full-time basis for a nine month fixed term contract.

 

The Benefits

 

- Salary of £37,909.22 per annum

- Generous annual leave with the option to buy additional days

- Pension scheme with generous employer contributions

- Healthcare cash plan

- Access to legal services and mental health support

- Employee assistance programme

- Paid professional subscriptions and discounts

- Home working allowance

- Professional and personal development

- Enhanced pay

 

This is an incredibly rewarding opportunity for a compassionate individual with experience working with people with disabilities to join our client’s dedicated charity, helping to transform the lives of vision-impaired ex-service people.

 

You’ll have the chance to work autonomously, using your skills to create positive, life-changing outcomes for our client’s members while working within a supportive and collaborative team environment.

 

So, if you’re ready to make a difference, apply now and become a key player in delivering life-enhancing support to vision-impaired ex-service people across the UK.

 

The Role

 

As a Community Support Worker, you will support our client’s members in London and Kent to achieve their goals, whilst maximising their independence and wellbeing.

 

You’ll carry out risk assessments and identify the needs of individuals and how to meet them, responding to queries and feedback to better co-ordinate services.

 

Providing a member-led service, you’ll collaboratively plan and oversee the delivery of specialist interventions, wellbeing programmes, rehabilitation events and other activities, focusing on promoting members’ independence and wellbeing.

 

Additionally, you will:

 

- Act as the service co-ordinator and main point of contact for members

- Demonstrate and issue equipment

- Support the development and work of volunteers

- Support partnerships for joint working, member support and future programmes

- Ensure compliance with safeguarding and risk management policies

 

About You

 

To be considered as a Community Support Worker, you will need:

 

- Experience of working with people with disabilities to maximise their independence and wellbeing

- Demonstrable experience and knowledge of completing comprehensive, holistic assessments

- Experience of delivering remote and face to face services

- The ability to effectively use assessment tools and action plans to deliver person centred outcomes and be confident in making onward referrals

- The ability to identify safeguarding concerns and act in line with policies

- Excellence in team working and collaboration

- To be engaging, proactive and self-motivated with the ability to work autonomously and make decisions

- The ability to prioritise a diverse range of tasks whilst remaining calm under pressure and meeting deadlines

- Willingness and ability to share knowledge, skills and experience and support others in their learning

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to network at all levels internally and externally

- The ability to build positive and effective professional relationships with members and their networks

- Behaviours which are in accordance with our client’s values and policies

- Competence in use of Microsoft office suite and other applications and systems used to organise, document, store and plan work

- A relevant Level 4 qualification (at a minimum) or equivalent experience

 

Please clearly demonstrate in your application how you meet the above criteria.

 

The closing date for applications is the 20th September 2024.

 

Other organisations may call this role Rehabilitation Support Worker, Rehabilitation Co-ordinator, Support Worker, Community Support Worker, Outreach Worker, Wellbeing Practitioner, or Recovery Worker.

 

Webrecruit and our clients are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

 

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