Enhanced Support Worker - Islington, United Kingdom - Look Ahead Housing and Care

Look Ahead Housing and Care
Look Ahead Housing and Care
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Islington, 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

  • REQ00465
  • Date posted
  • 22/05/202 Application closing date
  • 22/06/202 Location
  • Islington
  • Salary
- £26,413.00 per annum

  • Package
  • Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.
  • Contractual hours
  • 40
  • Basis
  • Full time
  • Job category/type
  • Fixed Term Contract, Full Time
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Enhanced Support Worker:

Job description
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We're looking for three kind, compassionate and resilient Enhanced Support Workers to join our Mental Health service in London.

£26,413.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.


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.


Hanley Gardens and Caledonian Road are a pair of services supporting 15 High Needs customers with an enduring mental health diagnosis to achieve greater independence and health outcomes.

The service is an interim service that will eventually move, along with its customers, to a new site in the next 6 months once the building has finished development.

The service works closely with health and community colleagues to support customers to achieve their goals and engage in their local community safely.


This is a 5 month Fixed Term Contract, starting in July and ending in November.

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

What you'll do:


  • Undertake keyworking 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
  • 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
  • Develop and maintain links with all key agencies and service providers in the local community
  • Develop knowledge around the local mental health system to ensure customers receive the best treatment available
  • Lead on an area of specialism (e.g. ETE, health and wellbeing) and build partnerships and develop internal and external opportunities for serviceusers in this area
  • Empower customers to ensure they receive the service and benefits they are entitled to
  • Undertake all administrative work and keep accurate and comprehensive tenant/customer records to professional standards
  • 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
  • Adhere to Look Ahead's Policies and Procedures
  • Engage in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills
  • Undertake any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as may be reasonably assigned

About you:


  • Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encouragecustomer involvement
  • Approachable 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
  • Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
  • Flexible
  • Open to feedback and self development
  • Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
  • Is confident with high levels of selfesteem
  • Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
  • Is essentially customerfocused
  • Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
  • Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviours

What you'll bring:


Essential:


  • Up to NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent or experience in the social care/charity sector

Desirable:


  • Experience working in mental health

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
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