Support Worker (Supported Housing)

Here at Peabody, we have an opportunity for a part time Support Worker (Mental Health, Complex Needs and Learning Disabilities) on a permanent basis across two of our support housing schemes in St Albans, Milligan House, and Russet Drive.

Our St Albans schemes provide high quality support to people who have a history of mental illness and learning disabilities.

Milligan House provides mental health supported accommodation for up to 18 months whilst working with the local authority housing teams, local mental health services and mental health trusts. It has 8 bedrooms.

Russet Drive provides learning and physical disabilities supported accommodation, working with the local authority disability teams and service finders as well as other voluntary agencies. It has 7 self-contained flats.

Both schemes are not far away from the centre of St Albans, so close to local shops and transport links.

What we’re looking for:

• Have you got the life skills and experience it takes to support our customer in their journey towards independent living?
• Are you an enthusiastic Support Worker with a strong desire to work with diverse, vulnerable and complex people to achieve positive outcomes?
• Can you work just as effectively as part of a team as you can by yourself?
• Do you have great IT (Word//Excel) and communication skills with a knack for creating good professional working relationships?

If so, this role is perfect for you!

A bit about the role:

As aSupport Worker (Supported Housing), you will work to support our customers in a collaborative way around a variety of needs including promoting their recovery, independent life skills, training and education, maximising their income, substance use and move on from our services within an 18-month period.

The working hours are 20 per week, Monday to Friday between the hours of 9AM to 5PM and there is no requirement to work evenings or weekends.

Some of the key results for the role include:

• Supporting our customers to help them to develop life skills.

• Working with our customers to promote social inclusion, independent living whilst encouraging them to build their skills and life choices.

• To build trust and provide practical/emotional support to help our customers live independently.

This role will require an Enhanced DBS check, a UK driver’s licence, and access to a vehicle.

Interviews will be held week commencing the 27 May and 3 June.

A bit about us:

160 years after it was established, Peabody is one of the oldest not-for-profit housing associations in the UK.

The Peabody Group is responsible for more than 107,000 homes, with around 220,000 residents across London and the Home Counties. We also have around 20,000 care and support customers.

Our purpose is to help people flourish, and we are getting closer to residents by taking a local approach.

We are committed to delivering a responsive and easily accessible repairs service and investing in our existing homes so they are safe and well maintained. Our retrofit projects will make thousands of our homes more energy efficient.

We work with councils and communities to promote economic inclusion, tackle inequality and poverty, and prioritise wellbeing.

Here just a few of the benefits for working at Peabody:

• Up to 25 days’ annual holiday plus bank holidays

• Flexible benefits scheme, including options for Healthcare, Dental care, Critical illness cover, vouchers, technology scheme and access to a discount portal.

• 4 x Life Assurance

• Competitive salaries that are benchmarked regularly against current market rates 

• Professional development by access to "paid for" apprenticeship programs and qualifications

• Two additional paid volunteering days each year 

• Family friendly policies

• Up to 10% pension contribution matched 1:1

Are you ready to apply?

PLEASE NOTE: As an employer, Peabody does not provide sponsorship as a licenced UK employer.

To be considered for the position of Support Worker (Supported Housing), please click on the ‘Apply Now’ button and submit both your CV and a bit about why we should consider you for the role. 

If you need to ask us anything else at all, feel free to drop an email to Julie-Ann.O'Malley@peabody.org.uk and one of our team will be in touch.

Peabody reserves the right to close this advert before the advertised closing date, depending on the number of applications received.