Support Worker | Advance Housing and Support Ltd | 30 Hours per Week
Advance Housing and Support Ltd is seeking caring and dedicated Support Workers to join its supportive team in Southend-on-Sea. This rewarding role offers 30 hours per week and is an excellent opportunity for individuals who want to make a real difference in people’s lives.
No previous experience in care or support is required — what matters most are the right values, genuine passion, and determination to help others live independently and achieve their personal goals.
About Advance Housing and Support Ltd
Advance Housing and Support Limited is a registered society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 and a Registered Housing Provider. Advance delivers housing, support, and community-related services, specialising in support for people with learning difficulties and mental health conditions.
Advance offers a range of services, including small-scale residential care homes, supported living services, shared ownership homes, community support, and day services. Operating across a wide geographical area, Advance has offices in Witney (Oxfordshire), London, Leicester, Cornwall, and Dorset, serving communities throughout the Midlands, London, the South East, and the South West.
Advance’s vision is to transform the lives of people with disabilities or mental health conditions by providing the highest quality housing and support. The organisation works to ensure that every customer can live the life they choose, achieve personal goals, feel valued, and know their voice is heard.
Position: Support Worker
Job Type: Full time
Location: Southend on sea
About the Role:
Hours: 30 contracted hours per week (Mon-Sun, including weekends, days, evenings, holidays and sleep in’s)
Job ref: 4623
We regret to inform you that Advance is unable to accept any sponsorship requirements.
Would you like to work somewhere where you get to make a real difference every day?
Are you caring, fun and up for a challenge? Are you looking for a career where you get to make a difference to people’s lives? Do you love the idea of no two days being the same? If so, we want to hear from you.
Advance is looking for Support Workers in Southend-on-Sea to support customers with learning disabilities/ autism/ complex needs/ mental health conditions to live the lives they choose. We offer great benefits, flexible working and all the training and support you need to kick start a rewarding career in Social Care.
Day to Day Activities:
* Assisting with personal care and hygiene (if required)
* Medication administration (if required)
* Support with preparing and cooking meals
* Support with attending medical appointments
* Support with social activities
* Support with independent skills
* Support with domestic duties such as cleaning and laundry
* Keeping accurate records and updating care plans as required
* Keeping up to date with your training
Advance is a great place to progress too; many of our Support Workers have gone on to be managers, and some have moved into roles in other areas of our business. Once you’re with us, there are genuine opportunities to learn, develop and build a long and rewarding career. Equally, there is the chance to work flexibly, fitting your role around your other life commitments.
About the candidate:
You don’t need to have previous experience working in care or support to be successful in this role. What matters are your values, your passion and determination to make a difference in the lives of people with autism or learning disabilities.
If you think a Support Worker role sounds right for you, you will need to be:
* Good at working on your own and within a team
* Excellent at communicating with people
* Able to complete quality support records
* Able to work every other weekends
* Able to work between 7am and 10:30pm
* Ability to follow a Support Plan and Risk Assessments and maintain customer records
* Need to be literate and numerate in English
* Willingness and ability to achieve the Care Certificate
For more information about the role please contact, Emily Higgs or Email:emily.higgs@advanceuk.org between Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm
About the organisation:
Advance is a national, not-for-profit provider of housing and support services for people with disabilities and mental health conditions. Our vision is to transform lives; providing the best quality housing and support services so that people can live the lives they choose, achieve their personal goals, feel valued and know their voices are heard.
We recognise that our people are our greatest asset and we’re passionate about making Advance a great place to work. We invest in our staff, providing the training and support you need to succeed in your role, gain industry-recognised qualifications and realise your career aspirations.
We are an equal opportunities employer who values its staff and the difference they make to their customers. There is no place for racism or discrimination of any kind in Advance. As an organisation, we will not tolerate it. We are firmly committed to recruiting the best colleagues regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation and to supporting customers from similarly diverse backgrounds.
All newly appointed staff receive an induction, during which they will learn about our PRIDE values, our expectations of how they should treat our customers and our commitments in relation to how they will be treated as a member of staff.
Benefits of working for Advance:
We value our staff and the difference they make to the lives of our customers, which is why we offer the following benefits:
* Flexible hours to fit around you and the needs of our customers
* Paid mileage and travel time between appointments
* Paid holiday (from 25 days up to 30 days with long service in addition to bank holidays, pro rata for part time hours)
* Sector specific training is provided as part of induction plus opportunities for professional development
* Access to Perks at Work where you can obtain great discounts of cinema tickets, shopping vouchers and much more
* Long service awards payable in 5 year increments
* Golden Hello/refer a friend receive up to £500
* Cycle to work scheme
* Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
* Free DBS (Disclosures and Barring Service)
* Excellent opportunities to progress your career within Advance
* Enrolment in a pension scheme with matched contributions above the statutory minimum (if you work enough hours to meet the threshold for enrolment)
Advance is regulated by the Regulator of Social Housing and the Care Quality Commission and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support. You will be required to provide evidence of right to work. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be covered by Advance.
We value diversity and therefore welcome applications from everyone interested in working at Advance. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Advance Housing & Support Ltd reserves the right to close this job once sufficient applications have been received.
Required Documents
* CV/Resume
Application Process
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