Support Worker

Support Worker - Level 2

Young People’s service, Gateshead

Permanent, Full time (37.5 hpw)

Salary of £21,314 pa, plus Brilliant Benefits

**Empowering customers to live rewarding and happy lives. That’s when it hits home.**

We have a fabulous job opportunity for you to join our awesome team as a Support Worker. We support our brilliant customers who have mental health problems and complex needs. They live in 24/7 supported accommodation, semi supported accommodation or dispersed properties all linked to our service.

We help our customers by creating support plans that reflect their individual needs. Work towards them living independently and moving through our accommodations and eventually finding their forever home.

We help change our customer’s lives for the better. You’ll play your part by assisting in the delivery of tasks that are based on our customers personal support plans, and their needs and aspirations. You’ll work with our Senior Support Workers and external agencies to assess and engage support for our customers.

We empower our customers to develop the independent living skills they need, to successfully move on. Together we’ll make a difference

**About you**

You’re passionate and motivated to help vulnerable people make positive and lasting changes to their lives. You’ll impress us with your ability to work on your own initiative, positively influencing people from all different backgrounds.

You have some experience in safeguarding, risk assessments, confidentiality, support plans, alongside working collaboratively.

To make sure that we keep our records straight, and customers safe, it's really important that you are technologically savvy (or at the very least not a technophobe)

It would be amazing if you’ve had a job in this type of environment before, however it’s your “can do” positive attitude and enthusiasm that are critical to make this role a success. We can nurture your talent, just let us know in your cover letter why you have a passion for working here
- When you join as a Support Worker, you’ll need to have a valid Enhanced Check under the Disclosure and Barring Service. The great news is that we will pay for that to be done if you don’t have a transferrable one._

**Working hours**

We provide 24-hour support to our customers each day and every day. You’ll work on a rota basis between 8am and 8pm and take your turn working days, evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

We need you to be flexible to meet the needs of our customers, but we aim to give you the time you need to spend time doing the things that matter to you

**About our team**

You’ll work alongside our fabulous team who are super passionate about supporting customers to reach their goals and celebrating their achievements. To us we’re not just a team we’re a ‘work family’.

Our Senior Client Service Manager is Carly who has a wealth of knowledge behind her. Nicole our Client Service Manager has worked her way up from Support Worker learning everything there is to know. They’re perfectly placed to support you as you join.

There are 22 of us in the team and we don’t just love to support our customers, we’re there for each other too Within our team we have Management, Clinical staff, Support Coordinators and Support Workers.

**Be yourself at Home**

Home Group is committed to tackling prejudice and discrimination, not just for our customers, but for our colleagues too We’re super proud of our internal Diversity Networks and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) which support colleagues from different backgrounds to be their true selves. We recognise and celebrate our differences, together we make Home Group a great place to work

**More about this job**

If you’re not reading this advert on our job pages, press the **APPLY NOW** button to access lots of useful stuff You can download the Support Worker job description, and find out more about Home Group. We’ve also got some short films that show you what it’s like to work here, and we know you’ll want to find out more about our award winning benefits and rewards

**Work Locations***: Gateshead (Chiswick Gardens) 16 Chiswick Gardens Gateshead NE8 3US

**Closing Date***: 31.Jan.23, 5:59:00 PM