Recruiting for Support Workers to join our services across the Home Counties!

Salary 19,344 per annum plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more.

Full time and part time roles available.

Look Ahead is a specialist housing association and provider of tailor-made care, support and accommodation services. We support thousands of people across London and the South East with a diverse range of needs, helping them to make individual choices, achieve goals and take control of their own lives.

With over forty years in social care under our belt, we are experts through both practice and understanding. Today, we are proud to be the trusted partner of over 30 local authorities and health trusts, providing specialist support and care services for over 7,000 people every year with a wide range of needs, including:
- Mental health
- Learning disabilities
- Homelessness and complex needs
- Young people and care leavers

With over 100 local services and 1000 staff there are plenty of opportunities for growth within the organisation. We have services in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Kent and Surrey.

Job Overview:
Support Workers will provide support to customers to help them develop the life skills they require to meet the assessed needs of the customers of the service. In some services, this will include providing physical, domestic, emotional and social care. They will work with customers to promote social inclusion and alongside other members of the team to promote independent living, encouraging customers to maximise their skills and choices.

Key Accountabilities:
- 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. In some services, this will include delivering personal and physical care as appropriate
- Support customers to undertake all domestic tasks wherever possible, including practical assistance where they have not yet developed the skills, to ensure customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation
- Participate in the support planning and risk management, as facilitated by the lead Support Worker
- Carry out security duties to ensure the safety of the customers and premises
- Monitor the CCTV throughout the shift
- Enable customers to make full use of community facilities by providing support as directed
- Carry out support duties to enable customers to integrate into the community including e.g. accompanying the customer to attend benefit agency appointments and meetings, go shopping, to enquire at colleges about possible courses, to visit various public amenities
- Report any observations relating to customers welfare
- Adhere to all the policies and procedures of Look Ahead Care, Support & Housing plus those specific to the project including any statutory requirements
- Ensure Look Ahead Health and Safety policies and local protocols are adhered to at all times
- Maintain records as required at the project under the direction of the Support Workers/management
- Participate in team meetings/reviews and the general development of the service
- Undertake any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as may be reasonably assigned

Person Specification
Personal Attributes:
- Exudes a warm friendly presence and open behaviour
- Prefers working as part of a group or team
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
- Flexible
- Open to feedback and self development
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
- Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviour

Skills, Knowledge and Experience
Essential:
- NVQ Level 2 or equivalent or experience within charity/social care sector

Desirable:
- Relevant specialism experience

For the full job description, please visit the Look Ahead website.

Cambridge Cyrenians is a well-established charity working with homeless men and women in the city of Cambridge.  Supporting over 100 residents in dispersed shared houses across the city we are proud to be entering our 50th year in 2020.

Project Worker – Supported Housing
Location: Cambridge
Hours: 30 hours, Mon - Fri
Salary: £22,319 rising to £23,727 pro rata

Working as a Project Worker based at our main office in central Cambridge, you will provide support to the residents in our supported accommodation.  You will have the opportunity to support some of the most vulnerable people to move on from homelessness, we allow you the freedom and flexibility to provide real person centred support enabling our residents to achieve their potential.

The right candidate should have experience of working with homeless people and/or in a residential setting in a paid or voluntary capacity.

Closing date for applications: 9am Thursday 5th November  
Interviews: 12th November 

No agencies please.

Overall Job Purpose

To support vulnerable clients who have recently moved out of our hostel and are now living independently within social or PRS properties. To promote tenancy sustainment by providing pathways, and delivering intensive support, to empower clients and enable them to take the next positive steps to rebuild their lives.

Duties and Responsibilities

• To deliver high quality, structured, and effective interventions to ensure the client can sustain a tenancy moving forward
• To support vulnerable client groups with multiple issues including housing, benefits and tenancy-related issues often managing situations which can often be complex
• To build relationships with the clients ensuring they feel empowered and motivated to help themselves
• Liaise with third party agencies and a range of service providers in order to establish, or improve, services for clients
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships, collaborating with all staff and volunteers and work to achieve the DENS aims and organisational strategy

This role involves visiting clients in their homes.  A full, current driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.

You will be working effectively and flexibly as part of a busy team. This list of tasks and responsibilities is not exhaustive, and the Post Holder may be required to undertake other duties as required by the Manager.

Please complete our application form to apply for the job. CVs will not be accepted. 

Health and Safety Coordinator
Salary - £27,981 to £30,739 per annum
37.5 hours per week – (12-month contract)

Are you a professional and well organised Health and Safety expert, looking to bring new ideas to an organisation?

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Health and Safety Coordinator to join our team on a temporary 1-year contract. You will provide advice and guidance to staff across the charity in line with our values and ethos. Reporting directly to our Head of Facilities, you will support the implementation of Health and Safety practices across all Estates and Facilities activities alongside wider charitable activities.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual who will be a holder of a NEBOSH general certificate (or equivalent in health and safety or related field) with supervisory experience in Health and Safety. You will have excellent previous experience of developing and implementing H&S procedures and policies, with great computer skills including MS Office and auditor safety software. A real people person, you will have the ability to establish effective relationships with colleagues at all levels and the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines at one time.

St Elizabeth’s is situated in 68 acres of Hertfordshire parkland between Harlow and Bishop’s Stortford. We support people with Epilepsy and other complex needs from the age of 5 through to 80 in our Children’s Home, School, College, Residential Homes with nursing and Day Centre. Over 150 adults and children call St Elizabeth’s their home making us an inspirational place to do great work.

We offer an excellent range of staff benefits including:

Life Assurance
High Street retail/ leisure discounts
Generous holidays
Discounted gym membership
Free onsite parking facilities
On site subsidised cafeteria
Contributory Pension Scheme
On site staff accommodation is available subject to eligibility.

For further information about St Elizabeth’s or to apply, please visit our website

Offers are subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS check, which is fully funded by St Elizabeth’s.

Closing date – 4th November 2020*

Interview Date – TBA

*We reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive sufficient applications.

Salary is dependent on qualifications and experience.

Registered Charity 1176777 Equal opportunities employer

You may have experience of the following: Health and Safety Coordinator, Safety, Health & Safety Manager, NEBOSH, IOSH, HS Coordinator, etc.