Support Worker - Social Care
Support Worker
Tyneside Foyer – Newcastle upon Tyne
Permanent – Part Time (20 Hours per week)
Circa £23,464 per annum plus great benefits including Health Cash Plan!
Home, a place where you belong
Want to be part of a team that really cares and empowers you to help change a customer’s life for the better? As our Support Worker, you’ll be at the heart of supporting our customers who have complex needs to develop their skills to live more independently.You’ll make a big difference each day as you help our customers achieve their hopes and aspirations. Amazing we know!
Typical day as our Support Worker
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.You’ll be working with vulnerable young people aged 16-25 experiencing homelessness, mental health, exploitation or substance abuse.
Helping customers with daily living activities such as applying for housing, maximising income, budgeting, maintaining their tenancy and moving onto independent accommodation.
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 one of the Top Ten Great Places to Work in the UK!
You bring
Passion to support our customers to live their best life, working together with an eye for detailExperience of caring for others, you may have worked in care before or have experience of caring for others such as family members or children
The ability to work on your own initiative, remain calm under pressure and have a resilient approach
Recognise every customer is different and you’re able to adopt a flexible, personal approach, listening to customers to understand their needsDue 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
Join our diverse and supportive team at Tyneside Foyer! Managed by Senior Client Service Manager Emma, who began as a Support Worker in 2017, the team includes experienced Client Service Managers Scott and Kayleigh. You'll also get help from our Support Coordinators and Housing Concierges in your daily tasks.
Job details
You’ll work a four-week rolling rota, a mixture of weekdays and weekends.Where we’re flexible with you, we do need to meet the needs of our customers. That may mean adapting your start or finishing times on occasion.
Able to use technology to update support plans, complete online learning and to collaborate with colleagues.
You’ll need an Enhanced DBS check done and we pay for that.
Due to our service being regulated by Ofsted you must have experience supporting young people.
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?
34 days leave (including bank hols and a “me day” to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39 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. Finally, do let us know if there’s anything we can do, to help you shine in our process by making reasonable adjustments at recruitment@homegroup.org.uk