Support Worker - Social Care

At Home Group, we're on the lookout for a compassionate and dedicated Support Worker - Level 1 to join our vibrant team. Imagine a role where your everyday efforts directly uplift lives, offering not just support but also joy and independence to our customers. This isn't just a job; it's a chance to make real, tangible differences daily. 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 Place to Work in the UK! Typical day as a Support Worker - Level 1:

• 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.
• Support our customers who have a Mental Health Diagnosis, to manage independently in their own home.
• Helping customers with daily living activities such as making meals, shopping, budgeting, maintaining their tenancy and moving onto independent accommodation if they are able.
• 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 Place to Work in the UK! You bring
• A passion for supporting vulnerable individuals, motivated by the desire to make positive and lasting changes in their lives.
  
  Experience in care or support roles, with a keen understanding of safeguarding, risk assessments, and confidentiality.
• Empathy and the ability to maintain appropriate boundaries, paired with the resilience to manage challenging behaviours.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to motivate and encourage others with patience and understanding.
• Flexibility to work on a 24-hour rota basis, accommodating the varying needs of our customers with a readiness to adapt.
• A commitment to continuous learning and development, embracing opportunities to enhance your skills and contribute to the professional growth of our team.
• Experience with working as a support worker with a good knowledge of the housing systems and benefits systems
Due 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 You'll join Katie and Claire and our Worcestershire team, we're super passionate about what we do! We're really proud of insert current project or recent team achievement. We're a supportive bunch and like to meet up outside of work too! Looking for a job where you really belong? Where you can be, well you! Bring your uniqueness, brilliant skills and awesome experience to deliver amazing things for our customers., Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.


• Work pattern - 24hr rota with sleep ins. You will be working your share of weekends, evenings and sleeping night shifts.
• Although you'll lone work, we do get together regularly for training and team meetings.
• 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.
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, 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 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!
• Colleague wellbeing really matters to us. There are a number of tools and support available to help you when you need them.
• Explore our benefits in detail on our website.
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