Support Worker - Living Well Centre South West

Role: Support Worker - Living Well Centre South West

Salary: £30,859 per annum

Contract: Fixed term until 19/04/2025

Hours: 37.5 per week

Location: Streatham - London

Closing date: 24/03/2024

Interview date: 03/04/2024

Whatever your experience of street homelessness and its impact on people’s lives – personal or professional – when you join the Thames Reach team as a Support Worker, we’ll make the best use of all your understanding, compassion and commitment.

About us…

Thames Reach runs projects and services that help to end homelessness in London. We work directly with homeless people on the streets and in hostels. We work to prevent vulnerable people from becoming homeless. We help formerly homeless people get their lives back on track. We help people find work and access training and volunteering opportunities.

Is our mission easy? No, but we never give up on people. Last year we helped more then 10,000 people.

Is our work rewarding? Yes, in every sense. We’re listed as one of the top 100 Best Workplaces in the UK. There’s no better place to develop or transfer your skills and build a fulfilling career.

About this role…

The Lambeth Living Well Network Alliance supports people in Lambeth who are experiencing mental illness or distress. Thames Reach works in an alliance with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Lambeth NHS Clinical Commissioning Group, Lambeth Council and Certitude to deliver mental health services as part of the innovative transformation of mental health services in the borough.

Thames Reach welcomes applications from people with transferable skills.

YWe are looking for a Support Worker to join the Living Well Canetre South Westteam.

You will:

• Be joining the South West Living well Centre, a service which is part of the innovative reshaping of Mental Health services in Lambeth.
• Manage a caseload of people with Mental Health needs in the Lambeth Community, focusing on resolving practical issues and improving their wellbeing and social integration and supporting them the to lead independent lives in the community alongside their GP.
• Work with Staff in the Living Well Centres supporting clients using mix of brief interventions or longer-term support as needed, delivered by multi-disciplinary teams consisting of Support Workers, community psychiatric nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, peer mentors and consultants.
• Contribute to Thames Reach achieving the highest standards and effectiveness in service delivery to service users within an operating environment which is complex and changing.

• To succeed as the Support Worker you will have :

• Knowledge of the needs and hopes of vulnerable people – particularly those with mental health issues and complex needs.
• An understanding of the issues facing vulnerable people and the services they require to address these.
• Experience in working quickly and building relationships in a short period of time.
• Confidence in working in partnership with external agencies and health & social care professionals.
• A good understanding of social support needs including the difficulties of social exclusion and housing issues.

We are listed in the top 100 UK Best Workplaces 2022 in the UK. As part of a commitment to our employees we offer:

• Generous holiday allowance – 29 days per year plus 8 public holidays (pro rata).
• Pension – we contribute 6.5% to your pension when you contribute 1.5%.
• Excellent development opportunities – career progression, regular supervision and appraisals, and learning programmes to support your career with Thames Reach.
• Wellbeing support – our 24/7 employee assistance programme and opportunities for TOIL.
• Life assurance – four times your annual salary.
• Critical illness cover.
• Other benefits including interest free season ticket and cycle to work loans.

Thames Reach is committed to achieving a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We value, respect, and celebrate diversity. We welcome and encourage applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their history of homelessness, sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religious belief.

To apply visit our website and complete our application form.

For further information please contact, Ola Are at ola.are@slam.nhs.uk

Thames Reach is committed to safeguarding. Applicants must be willing to undergo pre-employment screening appropriate to the post, including, but not limited to checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. Having a criminal record will not exclude you from applying but you will be asked to provide further details as most posts are considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.