Bank Support Worker - Southwark, United Kingdom - Look Ahead Housing and Care

Look Ahead Housing and Care
Look Ahead Housing and Care
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Southwark, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Job profile:


  • The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.
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Job details:
Job details:

Job reference

  • REQ00459
  • Date posted
  • 24/03/202 Application closing date
  • 24/04/202 Location
  • Southwark
  • Salary
- £11.95 per hour

  • Package
  • Blank
  • Contractual hours
  • 0
  • Basis
  • PSA Zero Hours
  • Job category/type
  • Zero Hour Contract
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Bank Support Worker:

Job description
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We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Bank Support Worker to join our Mental Health service in Southwark. No personal care or experience is required, just the right values.
- £11.95 per hour, zero hours contract.
Want to feel like you're making a difference? You'll feel at home here._
Recruiting Bank Support Workers to cover two services until successful recruitment of permanent staff:

  • 24 hour supported housing and high support Mental Health Hostel for customers with complex needs/substance use.
  • Includes sleep ins (concierge on shift)
  • Shift pattern is: 84pm, 210pm.
  • Sleep in shift: 210pm/ sleep in/ 84pm

This role requires a valid Right to Work for the UK as Look Ahead are not a sponsoring organisation.

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Bank Support Workers have the ability to accept any shifts available on an ad-hoc basis across from all of Look Ahead's specialisms including Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Homelessness and Young People.

Bank 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.

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.

Within Learning Disability services, this will include providing physical, domestic, emotional and social care.

Within Mental Health and Homelessness services they will 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.

While carrying out activities, Bank Support Workers should deal with all customers, visitors and staff in a professional and appropriate manner and report to Look Ahead staff and management any observations relating to customers' welfare.

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What you'll do:


  • Working proactively with other members of the team to handle the service caseload and administrative responsibilities
  • Building supportive, trusting relationships with customers
  • Conducting key work sessions that are innovative and engaging in order to achieve Support Plan goals
  • Ensuring ongoing assessment and management of risks associated with customers within an attitude of 'positive risk taking'
  • Proactively manage risk and safety both in and outside of their physical living environment
  • 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
  • Undertake all administrative work and keep accurate and comprehensive tenant/customer records to professional standards
  • Report any observations relating to customers welfare
  • Develop and maintain links with all key agencies and service providers in the local area to provide a range of engagement opportunities for customers in the community
  • 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
  • Empower customers to ensure they receive the service and benefits they are entitled to
  • Engage in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills
  • Ensuring Look Ahead Health and Safety policies are adhered to at all time and to uphold all health and safety responsibilities within relevant policies and local protocols
  • Adhering to all other Look Ahead's policies and procedures
  • Encourage and enable tenants to pay their rent and to ensure that rent accounts are managed effectively in conjunction with the Housing Management team
  • Ensure that referrals are chased proactively so that properties which can be used to house those in need are filled as efficiently as possible
  • 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
  • Carry out security duties to ensure the safety of the customers and premises
  • Monitor the CCTV throughout the shift
  • Undertake any
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