Title: Senior Support Worker
Contracts: Permanent, Part-Time
Hours: 25 hours per week
Persona: Site Based
Office Location: Epping Forest, Essex
Salary: £16,925 per annum (£25,049 per annum pro rata)
Role Profile - Senior Support Worker.pdf
Closing date for completed applications: 30th October 2024 at 11:59 pm
**Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated
Want to empower young parents to thrive, build independence, and make a lasting impact on their futures?
At Railway Meadows, we provide accommodation-based support to 13 young parents (aged 16-24), helping them to overcome challenges during early parenthood. This supported living scheme offers a safe environment where young parents receive support to enable move on to their own tenancy in the future.
As a Senior Support Worker, you’ll make a lasting impact by guiding these young parents through the early stages of parenthood, ensuring they develop the skills needed for independent living. You’ll play a key role in shaping their futures, from helping them navigate the complexities of parenting by introducing and sign posting to multi professional teams, whilst also providing support, advice and practical help in managing a tenancy.
Your Impact in the Role:
Support Delivery: Provide unsupervised support to promote independence so that successful move on can take place.
Support Planning: Lead the creation and management of support plans and risk assessments, ensuring they meet residents' needs and are reviewed regularly.
Collaborative Support: Work closely with internal / external housing colleagues and external professionals to deliver tailored comprehensive support and assess residents' progress toward independence ensuring a successful move-on.
Crisis Management: Respond to and manage crises effectively, ensuring the safety and well-being of residents.
Health & Safety: Ensure a safe environment by leading health and safety procedures and overseeing compliance with safeguarding policies.
What You’ll Bring?
Support Planning & Risk Assessment: Strong experience in creating and managing support plans and conducting risk assessments.
Person-Centered Approach: A commitment to treating residents with dignity, focusing on their individual needs and aspirations.
Crisis Management: The ability to manage crises effectively, maintaining a calm and responsive approach.
Communication & IT Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills, along with proficiency in IT for record-keeping and support plan updates.
Passion for Care: Genuine interest in supporting young parents and their children, helping them develop essential skills for independent living.
Health & Safety Awareness: Maintain a safe environment and are knowledgeable about health and safety standards, including lone working procedures and safeguarding.
Quick-Thinking & Autonomous: Able to make swift decisions independently while knowing when to seek support.
As a requirement of the role, you will be working in the service five days a week (Monday to Friday). There will be occasions when weekend working may be required. The hours are flexible between the core hours of 9am to 6pm, as long as the hours fit the needs of the service requirement.
Why Work for L&Q Living?
L&Q Living is not just a workplace; it's a community.
The successful candidate will have access to our full suite of benefits, which includes:
Annual Leave: 21 days, increasing to 27 days after 3 years of continuous service.
Recognition Bonus Scheme: Spot bonuses for outstanding contributions.
Excellent Pension Scheme and Life Assurance: A strong pension scheme to support your future and non-contributory life assurance coverage.
Employee Discount Scheme: Access to a variety of discounts.
Health Cash Plan: Claim money towards different types of medical services, and access other health and well-being offers
Comprehensive Training and Career Growth Opportunities: Ongoing training and development to help you succeed and grow your career within L&Q Living or other departments in L&Q
If you're dedicated to empowering young parents and committed to helping them overcome challenges and achieve independence, don’t miss this opportunity—apply today!
For this post the successful candidate will need to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service certificate (DBS) to enable them to work within the team. Further information about the Disclosure scheme can be found at
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