Support Worker

1 month ago

Windsor and Maidenhead, United Kingdom Look Ahead Housing and Care Full time

**Job profile**:

- The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.
- **Job details**:
**Job details**:

Job reference
- REQ004510
- Date posted
- 26/01/2023
- Application closing date
- 26/02/2023
- Location
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Salary
- £20,592.00 per annum
- Package
- 25 days annual leave
- Contractual hours
- 40
- Basis
- Full time
- Job category/type
- Full Time
- **Support Worker**:

Job description
- **Recruiting for a Support Worker to join our young people service in Maidenhead.**

Looking for a new role where you can make a difference every day? We’re looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Support Worker to join our Young People’s service in Maidenhead.

£20,592.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week, plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.

Look Ahead is a dynamic, leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. As an organisation we deliver over 110 services, providing support to around 7000 customers each year. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.

We’re looking for a Support Worker to join our Young People’s service.

**Job Overview**:
Support Workers enable people with particular needs to manage their tenancies and live independent lives of their choosing in the community. As a Support Worker you can be sure of one thing, no two days are the same

**Essential**:

- Good IT skills
- Value based
- Compassionate
- Understand boundaries
- Excellent and effective teamwork
- NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent with little or some previous relevant sector work experience.

**Desirable**:

- Team player
- Kind
- Caring
- Understanding

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Building supportive, trusting relationships with customers.
- Working proactively with other members of the team to handle the service caseload and administrative responsibilities.
- Supporting key customers to set personalised goals in the form of a Support Plan.
- Conducting regular key work sessions that are innovative and engaging in order to achieve Support Plan goals.
- Providing support with daily living activities, including practical assistance where skills are not yet developed, to ensure that customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation.
- Proactive development of links with local statutory and voluntary organizations to provide a range of engagement opportunities for customers in the community.
- Empowering customers to ensure they receive the service and benefits they are entitled to.
- Encouraging and enabling tenants to pay their rent and ensure that rent accounts are managed effectively.
- Ensuring Look Ahead Health and Safety policies are adhered to at all time and to uphold all health and safety responsibilities within relevant policies and local protocols.

**Person Specification**:

- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement.
- Exudes a warm friendly presence and open behaviour
- Prefers working as part of a group or team.
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement.
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised.
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments.
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem.
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication.
- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude.
- Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviour.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

This role requires a valid Right to Work for the UK as Look Ahead are not a sponsoring organisation.

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