Job Description

Support Worker
East of County Durham (primarily Seaham, Horden, Peterlee) but also across the whole county
Permanent, Part Time (18.75hpw), Thursday and Friday 9am -5pm other hours are flexible
Earn 12.60 per hour (24,638 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 have complex needs to develop their skills to live more independently in the community. 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.
• Mental health service providing activities in a group setting and 1:1 befriending sessions. We have a whole host of opportunities for customers such as our Horden allotment, out and about monthly trips, group sessions where we plan our sessions which could include inviting in community partners such as health advice, debt advice, arts and crafts, themed events.
• 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 Places to Work in the UK!
You bring

• Passion to support our customers to live their best life, working together with an eye for detail
• Experience 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 needs
• To get from A to B, you'll need a vehicle insured for business purposes. The great news is that we'll pay your mileage!

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 manager Lisa and our Wellbeing recovery service team, we're super passionate about what we do! We're really proud of all the community services we provide across the county meaning anyone can access our service.
Job details

• Thursday and Friday 9am-5pm other hours are flexible
• 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.

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. !
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 matter 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.
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