Senior Support Worker

Home Group

Location: Tyne & Wear
Salary: £17,600 to £19,100 pa
Closing Date: 28 July 2019
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Job Description

Support Coordinator Level 3
Railway Terrace, North Shields
Part Time (16 hours per week)
Permanent
Salary £17,600 to £19,100 pa pro rata rising to £23,500 pa pro rata through length of service
£9.00 per hour if youd prefer to work on our bank on a casual basis
You also get to use our award winning benefits package
 
Empowering customers to live rewarding and happy lives. Thats when it hits home.

We have fabulous opportunity for you to join our awesome team that supports our brilliant customers who have complex needs, such as drug, alcohol and mental health issues. You'll be helping them to develop the skills to achieve independence in line with their goals and ambitions.

Our team support customers across our range of services including our main support contract, Hospital Discharge, 117 funding and floating support.  We also support our customers in a range of accommodation including self contained flats within our core building, dispersed properties and customers in their own homes in the local community.
 
Customer quote
'My Support Worker is brilliant I would not be where I am today without them'
 
About our team
Youll be working alongside our fabulous team who are super passionate about supporting customers to reach their goals and celebrating their achievements.  To us were not just a team were a work family. The 'big boss' is Sean Beattie, Senior Client Services Manager (a keen rugby player and really caring manager).  There are 18 of us in the team and we dont just love to support our customers, were there for each other too!
 
Working hours
Youll work on a rota basis between the hours of 8am and 8.30pm and take your turn working days, evenings, weekends and bank holidays. We need you to be flexible to meet the needs of our customers, but we aim to give you the time you need to spend time doing the things that matter to you!
 
Bank
Looking for a more flexible working pattern? You can also join us on a flexible basis by being part of our bank.  You can work hours that fit around your current commitments or even pick up some additional shifts to your main role to earn some extra cash and get paid on a weekly basis.
 
About you
Youre passionate and motivated to help vulnerable people make positive and lasting changes to their lives. Youll impress us with your ability to work on your own initiative, positively influencing people from all different backgrounds. 
 
Youll help change our customers lives (and our services) for the better by undertaking risk assessments, support planning, goal setting and regular reviews. Youll create bespoke and personalised support plans with and for your customers.  Each plan will look to meet our customers individual needs and aspirations, making sure they meet safeguarding and confidentiality requirements. Youll also have responsibility for coordinating our support workers, apprentices and volunteers, and working collaboratively with external agencies, to assess and engage support for our customers.
 
We empower our customers to develop the independent living skills they need, to successfully move on. Together well make a difference!
 
It would be amazing if you have worked in this type of environment before, however its your €œcan do€ positive attitude and enthusiasm that are critical to make this role a success. We can nurture your talent, just let us know in your cover letter why you have a passion for working here!
 
If you are successful, we need you to have an Enhanced Disclosure Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service which well pay for.

Want to know more?
If youre not reading this advert on our careers pages, press the APPLY NOW button to access lots of useful stuff! You can download the Support Coordinator job description, and find out more about Home Group. Weve also got these brilliant videos that show you what its like to work here, and we know youll want to find out more about our award winning benefits and rewards package!
 
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Dont delay applying for this brilliant job, as we may close it early if we get lots of applications! Just upload your CV.  If you need help, weve also got some great templates available.


Youre unique!
Home Group play a big part in tackling prejudice and discrimination, not just for our customers, but colleagues too! You can be yourself here, because we value everything that makes you unique. So whatever your age, race, sexuality, disability, religion, or gender identity, we recognise and celebrate our differences. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!


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