Start Support Worker

**START Support Worker**:
**Employer**
- Sutton Council

**Location(s)**
- Carshalton, Sutton

**Contract Type**
- Permanent

**Working Hours**
- Part Time

**Grade**
- 4

**Hours Per Week**
- 30

**Salary Range**
- £30,630 - £32,454 (£32,931 unconsolidated maximum)

**Salary Basis**
- Per annum, pro rata'd to part-time working hours

**Actual Part Time Salary**
- £25,525-£27,045

**Leave Entitlement**
- 26 days

**Application Deadline**

05/01/2025, 23:55

**Anticipated Interview Date(s)**
- Week commencing 13/01/2025

**About the Borough**

In Sutton, there is much for us to be proud of both as a council and as a borough. This includes high levels of resident satisfaction, the quality of our services, our success in addressing our financial challenges to date, the way that we involve and engage with residents on key issues facing the borough, and the enthusiastic and motivated staff that we employ.

Looking ahead, there are plans for the delivery of new homes and new schools and the London Cancer Hub is being developed, while the Council is also seen as a driving force within the South London Partnership of five outer south west London boroughs focused on strategic growth, regeneration and investment.

All of this demonstrates a good track record and an authority that is ambitious and set to deliver more improvements for the borough. We've set out our vision for the future of Sutton in our corporate plan - Ambitious for Sutton. This strategic plan will shape the outcomes we achieve, the services we provide, and the impact we have on residents, to make Sutton a great place to live, work and raise a family.

Situated in Zone 5, Sutton is less than 30 minutes by train from central London, and south and south west London are easily accessible by public transport. There are 10 train stations which serve key neighbourhoods within the borough providing direct connections to London Victoria, London Bridge, London Blackfriars and St Pancras International. Sutton also has direct rail connections with Epsom, Dorking, Guildford and Horsham, as well as Wimbledon for an interchange with the London Underground and West Croydon for the London Overground. There’s also an extensive road network which provides close and easy access to the M25 and M23.

Please refer to the Role Profile for the criteria of this role and if you are;
- Do you have experience working in a caring role?
- Are you passionate and committed to supporting older and disable people to be as independent as possible and maximise their quality of life?
- Keen to develop your skills and knowledge within a dynamic, cutting edge service?
- Reliable and available to work morning and evening shifts between 7:00 to 13:00 & 16:30 to 23:00, maximum 30 hours per week available over 7 days with a minimum requirement to work alternate weekends and Friday evenings.
- Do you hold a full clean UK driving licence and a car available for work?
- Are you a confident driver who is able to drive borough wide?
- NVQ level 2 qualification (or equivalent) or willingness to work towards.
- Experienced; Moving and Handling

**About Us**

The START team provides a flexible short-term assessment and reablement service, assisting people to maximise their level of individual ability and independence within their own home.

We are a multi-disciplinary team consisting of professionals from social services and the NHS including Support Workers, Social Workers, an Occupational Therapist and a Physiotherapist.

Following a CQC inspection in 2019, we were awarded an overall GOOD and in 2020 we were awarded “Best contribution in Adult Social Services”.

We continue to thrive on making a difference in our service users lives and to keep our service users as independent as possible in their own homes.

**Our Offer To You**

As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across - however big or small - will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.

In addition, we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff, supported by our IT infrastructure, including a Smartphone and Google Apps. Our Flexible Working - Smarter Working Scheme embraces new ways of working. It provides improved work life balance for our staff as it allows staff to work from a variety of locations within the community.

Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include:

- Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply)
- Flexi-time (Please note, this applies to roles at grades 1-9 only)
- Three volunteering days per year in Sutton
- Comprehensive learning and development programme
- Local and national discounts for