Support Worker.
We’re looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Support Worker to join our Hammersmith & Fulham service in London. No personal care or experience is required, just the right values.
£23,019.36 per annum with average potential earnings of over £25,300 per annum, working 40 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.
*Potential average earnings are a culmination of base salary of £23,019.36/£20,592 and colleagues working average of 17 additional hours overtime in own or other services per month*
Want to feel like you’re making a difference? You’ll feel at home here.
Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That’s why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren’t token gestures – we’ve thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.
We’re looking for Support Workers within Hammersmith & Fulham Mental Health Service support customers to help them to develop life skills and increase independence. A wide range of co-produced activities take place across the service, designed to empower, and improve the daily living skills of customers. Support Workers in the service work across all 4 projects; working with customers with varying levels of support needs. Many of the customers have complex needs including dual diagnosis and support workers are expected to liaise with other agencies within the borough to best support customers.
What you’ll do:
– If a need arises, deliver all aspects of support to enable a customer to develop independent living skills as appropriate to the individual needs of the customer
– Support customers to maintain their tenancies
This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead
What you’ll bring:
Essential:
– NVQ Level 2 or equivalent or experience within charity/social care sector
– Challenging situations- Anti-social behaviour
– Understanding and empathy with client group. Drug users and Alcoholics
Desirable:
– Degree
– Experience with complex needs 1 years- MH and Complex. Adults- would accept young people MH experience.
About us:
Look Ahead is a dynamic, leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. As an organisation we deliver over 110 services, providing support to around 7000 customers each year. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.
If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.
