Support Worker

We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Support Worker to join our homelessness and complex needs service in Westminster.

£28,808 per annum, working 40 hours per week.

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.

Our benefits include:

* Annual leave increasing up to 30 days with length of service

* Free DBS

* Exclusive discounts and cash back via Reward Gateway® and opportunity to buy a Blue Light Card

All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.

What you'll do:

To enable vulnerable people living in a variety of different tenures to manage their tenancies / licences and move towards greater independence within the community by providing a flexible and individually tailored support package.

As a Support Worker you will provide support to customers to help them develop the life skills, they require to meet the assessed needs of the customers in the service. In some services, this will include providing physical, domestic, emotional, and social care.

About you:

* Undertake key-working responsibilities for a caseload assigned by the Team Leader / Manager

* Undertake initial and continuous assessment of needs and potential risks and agree levels of support and actions

* Create support/action plans for providing appropriate services based on the assessment and reflecting the services and resources available

* Encourage and enable tenants to pay their rent and to ensure that rent accounts are managed effectively in conjunction with the Housing Management team

What you'll bring:

 Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement

 Approachable and open behaviour

Skills, Knowledge, and Experience

* Typical qualifications from none to NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent or experience in the social care/charity sector.

Look Ahead values experience of applicants who have used our services or those like Look Ahead services. 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.

About us:
Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the Southeast. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 100 services, providing support to thousands of customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness and complex needs, young people and care leavers and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.

We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:

• We focus on Excellence and innovation.
• We are Caring and Compassionate.
• We are Inclusive and Trusted.
• We work in Partnership and are One-Team.

Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. 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.

Please see our website for full job description.