Supported Living Worker - CQC Accommodation Based

Monkseaton, North Tyneside

Permanent, Full Time (37.5 hpw)

Earn £12.60 per hour (£24, 638 per annum) pro rata and great benefits including Health Cash Plan

This post is open to female applicants only, as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational qualification under Section 29, Schedule 3 7 (27-7) of the Equality Act 2010.

Applicants must hold a valid UK/EU Driving Licence and be over the age of 25 to comply with Motability Insurance criteria. This is so that they can support the customers into the community in the customers own vehicle.

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 Supported Living 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, in our registered CQC service. You’ll make a big difference each day as you help our customers achieve their hopes and aspirations.

Typical day as our Supported Living 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.
• We help our customers achieve their goals, this can be doing anything from keeping their home clean and tidy to arranging fun filled days out
• We support our 2 brilliant customers who have learning disabilities and live in their own purpose built bungalow in North Tyneside.
• Helping customers with daily living activities such as making meals, shopping, budgeting, maintaining their tenancy and moving onto independent accommodation if they are able.
• Support to attend appointments, personal care and meds, take part in hobbies and interests or attend college or work
• Carrying out risk assessments, support planning, goal setting and regular reviews.

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 have

• A Level 2 Health and Social Care Certificate or are prepared to work towards it!
• 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
• Experience of working on own initiative, remaining calm under pressure and having a resilient approach
• A flexible, personal approach, listening to customers to understand their needs, recognising every customer is different
• To make sure that our customers can achieve their goals, you must hold a valid UK/EU driving licence and be over the age of 25 to be covered by Motability insurance.

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 be working alongside our fabulous team who are super passionate about supporting customers to reach their goals and celebrating their achievements.

Our service manager is Georgia, who is very passionate about supporting the team to work at their best and achieve fantastic outcomes for the customers. We are a small team, and we love to support each other!

Job details

• 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.
• You’ll work on a rota basis including day shifts and sleep ins and take your turn working weekends and bank holidays. We need you to be flexible to meet the needs of our customers, but we will give you the time you need to spend time doing the things that matter to you!
• 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!
• Colleagues really matters 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.
• Learn more about our benefits on our website.

Find out more

Click APPLY NOW to see our supported living worker job description, find out about us and for help to apply. Sometimes we close a job early, so don’t delay or you might miss out. Finally, do let us know if there’s anything we can do, to help you shine in our process by making reasonable adjustments at recruitment@homegroup.org.uk