Support Worker Waking Nights
Tyne and Wear, Gateshead
Permanent, Full Time (37.5 hours per week)
£12 per hour (£23,464 per annum) and 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 are fleeing domestic abuse, helping them 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!
Typical day as our Support Worker
* Assisting customers with practical tasks to develop their independence and achieve the goals documented in their support plans.
* Supporting female customers fleeing domestic abuse.
* Helping customers with daily living activities like budgeting, maintaining their tenancy, and moving onto independent accommodation.
* Carrying out risk assessments, support planning, goal setting, and regular reviews.
* Engaging in meaningful conversations and building rapport with customers.
You bring
* Passion to support our customers to live their best life, working together with an eye for detail.
* Experience of caring for others, either in a professional capacity or through personal experience.
* The ability to work on your own initiative, remain calm under pressure, and have a resilient approach.
* Recognizing every customer is different, and you’re able to adopt a flexible, personal approach.
Job details
* Work pattern is a rolling rota of 4 nights on and 4 nights off.
* Although you’ll work nights/lone work, we do get together regularly in the daytime for training and team meetings.
* You’ll be able to use technology to update support plans, complete online learning, and collaborate with colleagues.
* You’ll need an Enhanced DBS check done, and we pay for that.
What’s in it for you?
* 34 days leave (including bank holidays and a “me day” to use for whatever you fancy), increasing to 39, with the option to buy 5 more, 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 more.
* Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays, and days out.
* We Grow Our Own colleagues; when you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!
* Colleagues really matter to us; that’s why we’re the 10th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing.
Find out more
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