Lead Support Worker

Lead Support Worker

Ipswich, Suffolk

Permanent, part time (32.5 hpw), rota working including weekends and bank holidays

Pay £12.61 to £13.35 per hour and great benefits including Health Cash Plan

Home, a place where you belong

Want to be part of a team that really cares and empowers you to help change a customers life for the better? As one of our Lead Support Worker's (known locally as Support Coordinators youll be at the heart of supporting our customers who have complex mental health needs to develop their skills to live more independently in the community. Youll make a big difference each day as you help our customers achieve their hopes and aspirations. Amazing we know!

Typical day as a Lead Support Worker (known by us as Support Coordinator)

• Starting the day with a cuppa and handover from colleagues, catching up on any changes since you were last on shift and the tasks/ support planned for the day ahead. You might have a linkwork session booked with a customer to review their support plans/ risk assessments or checking in with them to make sure everything is going to plan.
• You will be supporting customers with their identified support needs such as helping with some cleaning, paying some bills, accompanying to a community activity or an appointment or you could be supporting customers to learn and regain skills with daily living activities such as making meals, shopping, budgeting, maintaining their tenancy and moving onto independent accommodation when they are able
• You might be arranging an inhouse cooking group, BBQ or an activity in the community such as a trip to Felixstowe for Fish and Chips.
• You might be taking the lead with a new referral and preparing paperwork along with arranging visits and assessments.
• You might be supporting a customer to view options for move on and supporting them to have assessments and make arrangements to move on to their next home.
• Supporting customers with severe and enduring mental health, who may also have a substance misuse issue, a mild learning disability/ autism or supporting them at times of crisis, adapting how we work to support customers in their recovery.

Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better? Youll do that here, working for one of the top ten Great Place to Work in the UK!

You bring

• Having a passion and experience of support customers to live their best life, working collaboratively, with an eye for detail.
• Experience of creating person-centred support plans and supporting colleagues in working to work to the plans.
• Experience of coordinating and assessing customer referrals.
• The ability to workon your own initiative, remaincalm under pressure and havea resilient approach.
• The experience of working in a supported housing/ mental health/ substance misuse/ learning disability/ autism background
• The ability to use technology for creating and updating support plans, complete online learning and to collaborate with colleagues.
• To get from A to B, when working in services and for on call, youll need a vehicle insured for business purposes. The great news is that well pay your mileage!

Due to limits on our current certificates of sponsorship, we are not able to offer sponsorship to?external?candidates for this role. This remains under regular review.

Our team

Looking for a job where you really belong? Where you can be, well you! Bring your uniqueness, brilliant skills and awesome experience to deliver amazing things for our customers. Youll join our team, who come from different walks of life and are here to support you as you make yourself at Home!

Job details

• Where were flexible with you, we do need to meet the needs of our customers. That may mean adapting your start or finishing times on occasion.
• There is a rolling rota, working days, evenings, weekends and bank holidays. Shifts are typically 9am-5/6pm, 2pm-11pm sleep in 7am-3/4pm.
• Although youll spend some time lone working, we do get together regularly in the daytime for training and team meetings.
• Able to use technology for creating and updating support plans, complete online learning and to collaborate with colleagues.
• Youll need an Enhanced DBS check done and we pay for that.

A place where you belong

Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!

Whats in it for you?

• 34 days leave (including bank hols and a me day to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39, the option to buy 5 more, and time off for volunteering too!
• Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. Well cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more.
• Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car? Save money with us.
• We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when youre ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!
• Colleagues really matters to us, thats why were the 10^th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them.
• Learn more about ourbenefits on our website.

Find out more

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Posted Date: 11/29/2024