Community Support Worker
Up to £21,410.21 per annum (based on a 100% FTE of 26,405.93 per annum)
St Neots
Temporary - 6 Months FTC
Part Time - 30 hours per week, split across a 7-day rota (including weekends and evenings)
Are you a Support Worker looking for an exciting new role within an organisation committed to improving lives? Are you looking to develop your career within Supported Housing, and wanting to make a difference to our client's customers futures? If so, their Community Support Worker role in St Neots could be the perfect job for you...
Our client is a leading housing Group across the Midlands & East of England, committed to enhancing communities and improving the lives of both their colleagues and customers. With a mission to provide quality, safe, affordable housing that build great foundations for their customers, their Supported Housing team are critical to providing young people (16-25) with a safe home to live, learn and thrive, and ultimately become empowered to fulfil their potential.
As a Community Support Worker, you will be responsible for listening, motivating, guiding and advocating for their young people - you'll be helping to provide opportunities for a more independent and better life. With each individual you will help them to make the link between housing, training, and employment, thus providing a steppingstone to independence. Their Community Support Worker role will enable you to help young people through helping them to gain a sense of identity and confidence to help them to progress towards gaining further education, training and/or employment.
Further responsibilities are listed below:
- Act as key worker for individuals, writing and maintaining safety and support plans where required.
- Build and maintain relationships with individuals and external agencies to encourage general wellbeing and social interaction.
- Ensure that individuals are supported in understanding and managing their tenancy, maximizing their income, paying their rent and utilities, reporting repairs, and using available facilities.
- Promote the involvement of customers in all aspects of the service.
- Help the customers understand the responsibilities of holding a tenancy - particularly with respect to keeping the property in a clean and tidy state, not causing a nuisance to neighbours and paying rent. Encourage the customer to take their medication as directed by their GP in promoting positive emotional and physical well-being.
They Community Support Worker role position is a based at their St Neots location, temporary for 6 months and contracted to 30 hours per week, split across a 7-day rota (including weekends and evenings).
This is a hugely exiting time to join the Group - not only are they continuously striving to achieve better results for their customers, but the Social Housing sector is at a crucial point with new measures, legislations and standards coming into effect imminently. Their Community Support Worker opportunity will help to improve the lives of young people, whilst providing you the opportunity to develop your career within Supported Housing. They offer a supportive and inclusive working environment that values your contributions, along with access to ongoing professional development opportunities, ensuring your skills remain at the cutting edge of the industry.
If you're a dynamic, motivated and forward-thinking individual looking to help their young people improve their lives then please get in touch for further information, or apply now for immediate consideration.
What you receive from them
- Up to 26 days annual leave (pro-rata based on contracted hours)
- Life Cover of three times your annual salary (as part of pension scheme membership)
- Membership of their Health Care Cash Plan including Employee Assistance programme and DoctorLine
- Access to a range of discounts, including Blue Light and B&Q Tradepoint Cards
- Free access to financial education service, supporting with personalised financial information on a range of topics such as mortgages, retirement planning, pensions, saving and investments, insurance and will writing
- Free Eye Tests
- Free flu vaccinations
- Investment in your personal development through their extensive learning and development opportunities.
- Professional subscription for membership fees relating to your role, paid for by them
- Family friendly, carers leave plus other paid leave
- Long Service Awards
- Carers Networking Group and resources to support Unpaid Carers
How to apply
Please click "apply" today to upload your CV detailing your employment history.
Please note, if this vacancy receives a high number of applicants, they reserve the right to close the advert and application window early.
They do not require recruitment agency support at this time - all speculative CV's will be treated as a direct application.
Equal Opportunities
As an equal opportunities' employer, the Group is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
They pride themselves on looking after their colleagues and as part of their commitment they are an Employer for Carers and would welcome your application if you have additional unpaid caring responsibilities.
They aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join the Group.