Support Worker

**Location**: Garscube
**Hours**: Full-time 37.5 per week - Various shifts available covering days, nights & weekends
**Salary**:

- **Dayshift**_ **=** £12.21 per hour, rising to £12.60 (backdated to 01/04/2025 once Government funding comes through)
- **Nightshift**_ = £12.31 per hour, rising to £12.70 (backdated to 01/04/2025 once = Government funding comes through)
**Driving Licence**: Manual UK licence & own car essential.

**About the Role**

Are you **compassionate, resilient and motivated** by helping others thrive? Do you want a role that’s more than just a job - one where you can truly make a difference?

We’re looking for **Support Workers** to join our **Housing Resettlement Service**, supporting individuals in the community with:

- Mental health challenges
- Trauma and addiction recovery
- Social isolation and tenancy sustainment

Whether it’s helping someone feel confident in their own home or supporting them at a community event, you’ll play a vital role in helping people feel safe, empowered, and connected.

**What You’ll Be Doing**
- To support and enable individuals to maintain their accommodation; develop budgeting skills, cook nutritional meals and managing their home.
- Signposting and sourcing appropriate services such as Health Care, Housing Associations, Case Workers, Addiction/Recovery Services.
- To carry out assessments and reviews of support needs as and when necessary due to the changing needs and aspirations of individuals.
- To carry out Risk Enablement Plans as and when necessary due to the changing needs and aspirations of individuals.
- Working with individuals to achieve their desired Support & Development Goals through use of an Outcome Measurement Framework called Better Futures.
- To support individuals to improve their quality of life.

**What We’re Looking For**

Experience is **not essential** — we provide a full induction and ongoing training. What matters most is your ability to connect with people, your empathy, and your commitment to helping others.

We’re looking for someone who is:

- Emotionally intelligent and calm under pressure
- A great listener and communicator
- Reliable and self-motivated
- Able to build trusting relationships
- Comfortable working independently

**You’ll Need**:

- Flexibility to work shift patterns (days, nights, or weekend, including sleepovers)
- Strong personal values
- Willingness to help people

**What You’ll Get in Return**
- Full induction and ongoing mentoring
- Opportunity to shadow experienced support workers
- Employee-Owned Organisation - become a co-owner
- Strong learning and development pathway
- Employee Discount Schemes & Referral Bonus
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme
- Pension Scheme & Life Assurance (4x salary)
- Paid holidays and competitive pay structure

**Why Join Us?**

At our core, we believe **everyone deserves a chance to flourish**. Our services are person-centred, values-led, and rooted in **kindness, empowerment, and respect**. As a Support Worker, you’ll be part of a team that’s committed to making a meaningful difference.

Whether you’re experienced in support work or looking for a new purpose-driven career, we’d love to hear from you.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £12.21-£12.60 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Referral programme

Physical Setting:

- Hospice

Shift:

- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift

Work days:

- Every weekend
- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- What is your understanding of addiction recovery
- What is your understanding of a Support Worker role and what this would involve?

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Garscube