Lead Support Worker
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Pay £13.21 per hour (£25,838 per annum)
Permanent, Full time (37.5 hpw)
County Durham
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Home, a place where you belon
Join a supportive and compassionate team where your expertise is valued, and your wellbeing matters. Youll help customers with complex mental health needs build skills for independent living. As part of our Central Resource Team, youll provide cover across services to ensure customers always receive the best support. Every day, youll make a real difference in helping them achieve their goals.
Whats in it for you?
34 days leave, (including bank holidays and a me day)
Paid time off for volunteering
Matching?Pension contributions (up to 7%, with life assurance of 3x Basic Salary)
Save up to £1140 yearly with our health cash plan, covering dental, optical, and therapies
Career path with development and an excellent training package
Excellent benefits and rewards including supermarket discounts and travel expenses
Colleagues really matter to us, thats why were the 10^th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing.
Typical day as a Lead Support Worker
Create and develop support plans with customers and coordinate the support worker team.
Support individuals with complex needs and vulnerabilities. From homelessness, substance misuse, complex mental health and social isolation.
Assist with daily living activities: cooking, shopping, budgeting, tenancy upkeep and moving to independence.
Carrying out risk assessments, set goals and complete regular reviews.Assist with ending and setting up tenancies for our accommodations
Provide person-centred, compassionate support without rushing.
Collaborate closely with colleagues for consistent, quality support
Youll go home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better, here, working for one of the top ten Great Place to Work in the UK.
You bring
Passion for helping customers live their best lives, with a collaborative and detail-focused approach
Experience creating person-centred support plans and coordinating referrals
Ability to work independently, stay calm under pressure, and show resilience
A vehicle insured for business use (mileage paid)
Our team
Youll join Laura on the Central Resource Team, whos been with Home Group since 2022 and progressed from Support Coordinator through our training and development opportunities. Shes supported by our Client Service Managers: Meghan, Alex, Laura, Libby, Sam, Emma, and Tom.
Job details
37.5 hours per week on a rota, including evenings, weekends, and occasional waking nights.
Travel across County Durham (Brandon, Consett, West Cornforth, Durham) and one service in Sunderland.
Occasionally our customers' needs mean your start and finish times may change. Where we ask you to be flexible, we will always try to reciprocate
Some lone working, plus regular team meetings and training.
Confident using technology for support plans, learning, and collaboration.
Enhanced DBS required (well cover the cost).
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 !
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