Job Description
Lead Support Worker - (25912)
Description
Lead Support Worker
Northumberland - Blyth and surrounding areas
Permanent, full time (37.5 hpw, Night shifts)
Pay £13.21 per hour (£25,838 per annum) and great benefits including Health Cash Plan
Home, a place where you belong
Calling all night owls! Prefer staying awake and working through the night rather than snoozing away like the rest of us? We’re looking for a dedicated night worker who won’t fall asleep on the job. If you’re as energised as a new Duracell bunny with the alert skills of a meerkat, this is the job for you!
Typical day as a Lead Support Worker (known by us as Coordinator)
* Creating support plans with your customers and coordinating the shift.
* Helping customers who have complex mental health, learning disabilities, and dual diagnosis with daily living activities such as making meals, shopping, budgeting, maintaining their tenancy, and moving onto independent accommodation if they are able.
* Carrying out risk assessments, support planning, goal setting, and regular reviews.
* Cuppas, chats, and catch ups. There’s no rushing from one customer to the next here! Plenty of time to collaborate with colleagues too.
Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers’ lives for the better? You’ll do that here, working for one of the top ten Great Places to Work in the UK!
You bring
* Passion to support our 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 the plans.
* Experience of coordinating and assessing customer referrals.
* The ability to work on your own initiative, remain calm under pressure, and have a resilient approach.
* To get from A to B, you’ll need a vehicle insured for business purposes. The great news is that we’ll 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
You’ll join Jamie and our Northumberland STEP team, we’re super passionate about what we do! We’re really proud of our grow your own scheme and the opportunities it opens for our colleagues. We’re a supportive bunch and like to catch up with a cuppa and choccy biscuit and put the world to rights.
Job details
* Where we’re flexible with you, we do need to meet the needs of our customers. That may mean adapting your start or finishing times on occasion.
* Working 8 pm until 8 am, on a 3 on and 3 off working pattern.
* Although you’ll work nights, 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 collaborate with colleagues.
* You’ll 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!
What’s in it for you?
* 34 days leave (including bank holidays and a “me day” to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39, and time off for volunteering too!
* Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We’ll 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 you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!
* Colleagues really matter to us, that’s why we’re the 10th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them.
Finally, do let us know if there’s anything we can do, to help you shine in our process by making reasonable adjustments at recruitment@homegroup.org.uk
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