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Female Support Worker

Employer
Origin Housing
Location
Stanstead Abbotts and Ware, Hertfordshire
Salary
£22,609 per annum
Closing date
3 Jul 2022

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Origin – shaping communities; building lives

Origin exists to make change happen for the good of communities. We help people by providing affordable homes – but that’s not enough. We support vulnerable residents to lead happy and better lives. We empower our staff to take action and rise to every challenge with ‘can do’ positivity.

Our vision for this role

We’re looking for a committed and motivated female staff member to work across 2 small teams to deliver support to predominately female service users with learning disabilities. You will be promoting choice, independence, integration within the local community and development of skills in line with the valuing people framework.

You will work on a flexible shift basis including evenings, weekends and sleep-ins.

You need to truly care about the issues affecting vulnerable people. You want to make a difference to their wellbeing and understand that social isolation can happen anywhere and to anybody.

This is a great opportunity for you to have a real impact on the lives of our service users.

What you’ll do

This is a rewarding and exciting position – responsible for building relationships and trust both internally within your Origin team and externally with the community you serve.

At a glance you:

  • Will work with the team to provide a consistent approach to the support that we give.
  • Will key work individual service users and take a lead in supporting them to achieve their desired goals.
  • Will be acting as main point of contact for your key service users.
  • Will provide support to service users to make and attend appointments where necessary.
  • Will use the time available to keep up to date with all admin work including emails, reviews and support plans.
  • Will be working with colleagues, families (where applicable) and other professionals for the benefit of the service users
  • Will share information and experience to support each other and to develop new ways of working.
  • Will learn and develop through mandatory and specific training.

What you’ll need

  • You will be working within a small team but being able to work on your own is very important.
  • You will be supporting our service users to develop and learn which requires a creative and practical approach.
  • You’ll need to be confident with getting to know the service users and their families and the network of professionals that we liaise with.
  • Your life experience and initiative are qualities that we need.
  • You’ll need to be a confident communicator across all channels but, specifically, you’ll need to be able to write concise and accurate daily notes.

Tell us your story

We are looking forward to learning about you. Please help us get to know you by sending your latest CV and covering letter detailing how your experience meets the role above. To find out more about us simply visit www.originhousing.org.uk

Please note we will be asking for satisfactory references and DBS check. Successful applicants for interview will be contacted within seven days after the closing date.

  Benefits for the right person

We reward our people for the work they do. We appreciate commitment, initiative and going the extra mile. At Origin, our comprehensive range of benefits care about the ‘whole’ person. As well as offering you great-to-have discounts, we look after your health and well-being too – personalising your benefits package to you. We offer:

  • A generous holiday allowance that increases with time, starting at 25 days
  • An Employee Assistance Programme that supports your well-being
  • Simplyhealth - we pay for Level 1 of the Simply Cash Plan
  • A pension scheme with contributions from us matched with yours, up to 8%
  • Refer a friend bonus
  • Eye care vouchers
  • Long service awards

Closing date: 03 July 2022

Interview and assessment date: 13 July 2022

Company

About Origin Housing

We are a registered social landlord, managing over 7,000 homes in London and Hertfordshire. We provide affordable housing in our communities as well as related care and support services to the people who live in them. 

Origin Housing started life in 1924 as St. Pancras House Improvement Society, a charitable organisation founded by Father Basil Jellicoe because of a belief that good quality affordable housing is a foundation for a successful life.

Thanks to a subsequent series of mergers with other organisations: Humanist Housing Association, Griffin Homes, and Lee Housing Association, we now work in 14 areas across North London and Hertfordshire.
 

Our vision Great homes: places where people are proud to live

We want to provide homes that people are proud to live in. Housing is a long-term commitment so it is important to us that we build quality property and continue to invest in keeping homes at modern standards over many decades.

We buy land and build homes for rent and for sale. We also buy homes directly from private house builders.

 The homes are for:

  • letting at a subsidised rent;
  • part-rent part-buy (called shared ownership);
  • outright sale – the profits from which support our charitable objectives.


We finance this by: raising loans; proceeds from sales; along with a small amount of government grant.
 

Positive people: responsive caring staff getting services right for customers

We strive to be a top-performing landlord, property manager and provider of care and support services. We want our customers to be positive about the services we provide. This means it is crucial that our staff are skilled, dedicated and positive people who are committed to providing the best possible customer service.

We recognise that to do this means we must listen to our customers, so we regularly seek feedback and work with customers to improve services is central to the way we operate.

Strong communities: helping people and neighbourhoods thrive

Our aim is to help people and neighbourhoods to thrive. Working in partnership with Local Authorities we provide under contract a range of care and support services to people who are vulnerable due to learning disabilities, old age or other issues.

We want our communities to be places where people feel safe and proud, and where they can aspire to reach their potential. To help achieve this, we run and support initiatives to encourage inclusion and involvement, helping people to become actively involved in building sustainable, healthy and vibrant neighbourhoods. We provide support for people to find sustainable employment, manage their money, and stay in their homes for longer.

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
020 7209 9222
Location
St Richards House
110 Eversholt Street
London
London
London
NW1 1BS
GB

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