Support Workers Immediately Required X10
Duration: Permanent
Location: Nottingham
Hours: 37 hours per week - Usually between 08:00am and 09:00pm (Double time paid for Christmas and New Year shifts)
Pay Rate: Starting salary, £17,495 Increasing to £19,568 after successful probation and a further years’ service
An opening has arisen for a Support Workers across the East Midlands to work for a reputable Housing Association within 3 of their services, to which include Homelessness and Mental Health.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Work with tenants and care teams to develop and maintain support networks
- Provide prompts and respect choices, privacy and confidentiality in one to one sessions
- Support tenants/service users to make choices and decisions about their lives
- Produce, review and update support plans with tenants
- Maintain a safe and healthy physical environment for tenants/service users and colleagues
- Where appropriate, support the tenant to move on to independent living
- Personal care may be required throughout the services
- Must be flexible with work load and open to learning new skill sets in differing environments with a “Can do” attitude
- Be resilient in supporting vulnerable individuals whilst also dealing with challenging behaviours
Benefits below:
- c36.5 days leave a year with additional 2 days after 5 years’ service
- Healthcare Cash Back Plan worth up to £875 per year on your routine healthcare costs e.g. Dentist, opticians etc.
- Company Pension Scheme options with contributions matched by NCHA and includes life assurance cover
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption pay
- Free enhanced DBS check where applicable
- £250 for successful referral of a friend/family member to work at NCHA
- Employee Recognition Scheme
- Great learning & development and qualification opportunities
- Discounted bus passes and gym membership, discounts and cashback at major retailers
- Free access to employee Advice Line; offering a 24-hour confidential advice service to discuss work or home related concerns with professional advisors
- Automatic pay increments every April following successful completion of probationary period
The successful candidate will have:
- An enhanced DBS
- Full driving licence with access to a vehicle
- Previous experience working in this position
To discuss this role in more detail and to secure this opportunity, please contact Kimberleigh Parsons on 0121 616 0660 or alternatively email kparsons@venngroup.com
At Venn Group we try to respond to all applications personally, however, due to the volume of applications which we receive this is not always possible. If you have not heard back from us within 48 hours, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
*Venn Group’s “Recommendation Scheme”: If you recommend a candidate who is subsequently placed by Venn Group (for a minimum of 2 weeks) you will be eligible for £25 worth of vouchers from a choice of high street organisations
