Support Worker

Support Worker

Durham,

Permanent, part time (18.75 hpw)

Salary £24,638 (pro-rata) per annum and great benefits including Health Cash Plan

Home, a place where you belong

Want to be part of a team that really cares and empowers you to help change a customer’s life for the better? As our Support Worker, you’ll be at the heart of supporting our customers who have complex Mental Health needs to develop their skills to live more independently.

You’ll make a big difference each day as you help our customers achieve their hopes and aspirations.

Amazing we know

Typical day as our Support Worker


* Assisting customers with practical, daily living tasks to develop their independence, helping them to achieve the goals, aspirations and outcomes documented in their support plans.


* Working from the accommodation project to support with developing skills around tenancy management, social inclusion, financial wellbeing, physical and mental wellbeing and other daily living activities such as, making meals, shopping, budgeting.

The aim is that the customer will move onto independent accommodation if they are able.

this is done by developing bespoke support and risk plans with each customer. 


* Carrying out risk assessments, support planning, goal setting and regular reviews.


* Cuppas, chats and catch ups.

There’s no rushing from one customer to the next here! Plenty of time to work together with colleagues too.    

Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better? You’ll do that here, working for one of the Top Ten Great Places to Work in the UK!

You bring


* Passion to support our customers to live their best life, working together with an eye for detail 


* Experience of caring for others, you may have worked in care before or have experience of caring for others such as family members or children


* The ability to work on your own initiative, remain calm under pressure and have a resilient approach


* Recognise every customer is different and you’re able to adopt a flexible, personal approach, listening to customers to understand their needs 


* To get from A to B, you’ll need a vehicle insured for business purposes.

The great news is that we’ll pay your mileage! 

Due to limits on our current certificates of sponsorship, we are not able to offer sponsorship to external candidates for this role.  This remains under regular review 

Our team

You’ll join Rosie and our team at Sherwood House (Durham Mental Health Accommodation) we’re super passionate about what we do! We’re proud of achieving positive outcomes for our customers.   We’re a supportive bunch to each other and like to get involved with the project working with the customers to maintain a lovely place to live and work. 

We are lucky to be part of the Durham Mental Wellbeing Alliance where we have access to a number of services who can also provide support ...