Support Worker
Earn £13.45 per hour, £26,300 per annum (pro rota) and great benefits including Health Cash Plan
Permanent, part time (30 hpw), rota system with a Sunday every other weekend.
Wilkinson House, Wymondham
We can’t offer CoS for this role
Home, a place where you belong
Join us and make a real difference every day. You’ll help customers live independently, feel valued and stay connected. This role is all about care, respect and practical support that improves lives.
What you’ll do
Supporting customers with promoting independence, encouraging them to carry out daily tasks.
Working with a diverse range of customers who have experience homelessness with a variety of support needs including but not limited to mental/physical health, offending and substance misuse.
Encouraging independence and celebrating wins
Creating a safe, positive space where dignity and respect come first
Working collaboratively to empower our customers
Why join us
This role gives you the chance to grow your career while making a difference where it matters most. You’ll take on new challenges, build your expertise and help create positive change. Be part of one of the UK’s top Great Places to Work!
You have
Passion to support our customers to live their best lives
Experience of caring for others, professionally or personally
The ability to work on your own initiative, staying calm and positive under pressure
Recognise every customer is different and adopt a flexible, personal approach, listening to understand their needs
A Level 2 diploma in Care or equivalent experience (or willing to study towards it)
Stronger together
We do our best work when we’re ourselves. That’s why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help make Home Group a great place to work!
The practical bits
Rota system with weekend working, one Sunday every two weeks, a mixture of 8-4 & 12-8 shifts during the week.
You need an Enhanced DBS with barring list (we pay).
Based at our Wilkinson House service, a 9 bed hostel.
Holding a caseload of customers providing effective support using our support planning model.
What’s in it for you?
34 days leave increasing to 39 (including bank hols and a “me day”)
Health cash plan saving you (and your children) £1140+ each year covering dental, opticians, prescriptions and more
Matching pension contribution (up to 7% and life insurance of 3x basic salary)
Instant pay access with Stream
800+ discounts on shops, holidays, days out, tech and more
Find out more
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For reasonable adjustments email recruitment@homegroup.org.uk
We're Home Group, a housing association, social enterprise and charity with a turnover of £505m and one of the UK's largest providers of high quality housing and integrated housing, health and social care.
We're proud of the difference that we have made over the last 90+ years and we continue to work hard to support over 125,000 customers who live in more than 57,000 homes across England and Scotland.
Our aim is to build homes, independence and aspirations and according to our trophy cabinet we’re pretty good at it! We're the 9th best place to work in the UK, the 4th best in the North East and the 8th best for women. Our apprenticeship programme is award winning; in 2019 we were named large employer of the year and large north east employer of the year in 2020.
If you want to find out more about us, visit our website below.
