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Support Worker

Employer
Home Group
Location
Kent
Salary
£10,000 - £19,999
Closing date
15 Aug 2021

Job Details

DESCRIPTION/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Support Worker
Snodland, Kent
Permanent, full & part time hours available (37.5 hpw if FT)
Salary: c£23,000 per annum pro rata depending on skills and experience plus On Call and Sleep-In Enhancements

Delivering support with a difference. That’s when it hits home
We have a hugely rewarding opportunity for you to join our Transforming Care team, helping our brilliant customers to live a fulfilling life in their own home and within the local community.
Our customer is a lady in her 40’s with complex needs and challenging behaviours including learning disabilities, autism, OCD and curvature of the spine. She is looking for an experienced team to support her in her daily living activities, creating such good bonds that you will be considered family.
Our customer, let’s call her J, will be supported on a 2:1 basis. J enjoys going for daily outings to cafes listening to CD’s or the radio and watching DVD’s. She also has a love for makeup, lipstick and nail varnish, as well as learning new activities and expanding her vocabulary. J, who can get frustrated when not following a conversation, needs you to be able to adapt your language and explain things in familiar terms so that she is able to understand more clearly. You’ll be trained to support our customer’s mental and physical wellbeing and to take positive risks to enable her successful journey. If required (and only as a last resort), you may need to use physical intervention and we will provide you with the training and support to do this safely.

Where and when you’ll work
We are building a team to work with J in her own home in Snodland, as well as working with her when she is out and about in the wider community. You will part of a team that we are building to support her needs and together with your Team Leader and Deputy Manager, you will be assisting her to enjoy the best quality of life and live as independently as possible.  
We will be working with J on a 24/7 basis, so you need to be aware that you’ll be working shifts on a rota basis covering days, evenings, waking nights and sleep ins, whilst taking your turn working weekends and bank holidays.
We need you to be flexible to meet J’s support needs, but we will be flexible too to find and agree a working pattern that suits all our needs.
You’ll be joining Home Groups wider Kent transforming care teams (we have bases in Gravesend, Canterbury, Broadstairs, Ashford and Rainham), and you may be asked to support our other customers as and when there is a requirement.

About you
You’re passionate and motivated and will impress us with your ability to work on your own initiative, positively influencing our customer to work towards her goals and aspirations. You’ll also be willing to provide personal care when required, so some experience in physical assistance to help wash, (shower or bath) dress, and oral care is also highly desirable.
It’s important that you have experience in safeguarding, risk assessments, confidentiality and daily care plans. We’d also love for you to hold your Level 2 or 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent or be willing to work toward obtaining this.
While experience and skills are important, none of these matter without the right attitude, energy and approach. If you think you fit the bill, then we would welcome your application. We can nurture your talent, just let us know in your cover letter why you have a passion for working here and explain in detail how you meet the criteria. Don’t worry, we won’t drop you in the deep end, we’ll help you to understand how things work at Home Group!
It would also be amazing if you drive and have access to a vehicle (we do pay your expenses to cover this use!), but it's not a deal breaker if you don't!
When you join, you’ll need to have a valid Enhanced Check under the Disclosure and Barring Service. The great news is that we will pay for that to be done if you don’t have a transferrable one.

Want to know more?
If you’re not reading this advert on our career’s pages, press the APPLY NOW button to access lots of useful stuff! You can download the PBS Worker job description  and find out more about Home Group. We’ve also got some short films that show you what it’s like to work here, and we know you’ll want to find out more about our award winning benefits and rewards package!

To apply
Don’t delay applying for this brilliant job, as we may close it early if we get lots of applications! Just upload your CV and if you have one, your covering letter (this will help us learn more about you!). If you need them, we’ve also got some great templates to help you.

During Covid
We’re continuing to deliver services for our customers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and our brilliant colleagues are at the very heart of making that happen. We’re doing things a little differently at the moment, so to keep everyone safe, we’ll engage with you digitally where possible. Check out our awesome video to find out more on how our colleagues have felt here during the outbreak.

You’re 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 and make Home Group a great place to work!
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Company

There’s never been a more exciting time to join us, as we build and sell over 10,000 new homes across the UK.  From affordable housing to our brilliant private sale brand Persona, we’re shaking up the new build market.  You’ll have the opportunity to work on everything from affordable homes to luxury apartments and build the career you want with us. 

As one of the UK’s largest developers of new homes and providers of houses for affordable rent.  We also provide long term integrated health and social care housing.  We don’t just build houses, we build homes and develop vibrant communities where people want to live. 

What keeps us busy?

We’re building homes, independence and aspirations and according to our trophy cabinet we’re pretty good at it! 

We’re winners of the 2018 UK Housing Awards Development Programme of the Year, Silver Best House at the What House Awards 2018, and RESI Landlord of the Year 2016.  We’re constantly challenging the status quo, delivering unparalleled schemes and ground-breaking products.  We pride ourselves on building happier, healthy homes, putting space and people before profits.

Oh and did we mentioned that we rank No. 27 in the UK’s Best Large Places to work, and 17th in Stonewall Top 100 Employers 2019?    

We’re growing

As we’re building new homes, we’re growing our team too so there are lots of opportunities for you to join us across the UK.  So whether you’re acquiring land, designing places, delivering schemes, selling homes or regenerating neighbourhoods.  You’ll be working alongside brilliant people to unlock bold opportunities, exciting new partnerships and collaborative projects across the UK. 

Join us

You can find out more about us and our current vacancies on our website at www.homegroup.org.uk/careers or on our Facebook and Linkedin pages.    

High-flying career, work life balance, brilliant benefits and a cherry on top!  There are so many reasons you’ll love working at Home Group.  https://youtu.be/624xZO1nXqY

 

Company info
Website
Location
2 Gosforth Park Way
Gosforth Business Park
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE12 8ET
GB

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