Support Worker

Support Worker

Bentinck Road, Newcastle

Permanent. Full and part time positions available. Days, evenings and waking nights.

Pay 10.90 per hour ( 21,314 per year) and great benefits including Health Cash Plan.

Home, a place where you belong

We support our brilliant customers in this service who have a wide range of needs, including learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, drug & alcohol misuse and mental health.

We?re looking for a Support Worker to join our Learning Disability services in Newcastle (Bentinck Road). As a Support Worker, you?ll be at the heart of supporting our customers who have complex needs and mental health needs to develop their skills to live more independently in the community. You?ll make a big difference each day as you help our customers achieve their hopes and aspirations. Amazing we know!

Typical day as a Support Worker

• This is a varied role, and no two days are the same. You will think on your feet and be able to manage situations on the go. This can mean raising the alarm when we need to engage professionals with safeguarding risks and concerns.
• Assisting customers with practical, daily living tasks to develop their independence, helping them to achieve the goals, aspirations and outcomes documented in their support plans.
• We support customers to improve their mental health, maintain independence and carry out activities of their choice.
• 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 work together 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 a Top

10 Great Place to Work in the UK!

You bring

• Calm under pressure with great communication skills
• You?re sociable and interested in people and their stories and like getting to know people. You use your people insights and keen eye for detail to spot changes in behaviour.
• You recognise when things are about to go wrong and are confident intervening in a sensitive way.
• A team player with the confidence to work alone. Don?t worry you?ll have the full back up of our wider team including our out of hours emergency support team when on a waking night shift.

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 work alongside our fabulous team at Bentinck Road and our Outreach service who are super passionate about supporting customers to reach their goals and celebrating their achievements. To us we?re not just a team we?re a ?work family?.

Job details

• Working on a rota basis, including days, evenings, and waking nights.
• Experience is preferred, but please tell us about your transferable skills in your cover note. We would love to hear this.
• Able to use technology to update support plans, complete essential eLearns and to collaborate with colleagues.
• You?ll need a DBS check done and we will 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?

• 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30), the option to buy 5 more, a me day (to take off for whatever you fancy) 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 matters 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.
• Learn more about our benefits on our website.

Find out more

Click APPLY NOW to see our Support Worker Job Description, find out about us and for help to apply. Sometimes we close a job early, so don?t delay or you might miss out.

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