Support Assistant - London, United Kingdom - One Housing

One Housing

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Support Assistant
We are One Housing and we create places for people to call home and support them to live well. With a breadth of services and expertise to help people whatever their housing, care, or support needs.
Our Homeless prevention team is friendly and we love what we do. We are passionate about the high-quality support we provide. We offer our colleagues a friendly, collaborative workplace and the chance to build a rewarding career with a not
- for-profit organisation that is proud to make a genuine difference to peoples' lives, each and every day.
Join our Homeless prevention team as a Support Assistant

Working in Care can be demanding, but our colleagues are always kind and compassionate no matter what challenges they encounter.

Working as a Support Assistant is not only varied and interesting, it's incredibly rewarding.

As part of our team you will be doing work you can be proud of, ensuring the safety and happiness of our customers in their home.

We're an organisation with strong values.

We keep our promises; we do a great job; we value diversity; we work together; and we look for ways to improve.

These are what make us such a great team, working together as one to achieve our vision.

The role

Salary:
£ per year

Shifts: 37.5 hours per week. Shifts will be on a rolling rota basis, 08:00-16:00, 15:00-23:00. You will be required to work some weekends and do at least 1 sleep-in shift each week (additional sleep in shift allowance is paid)

Location:
Tower Hamlets

We have a fantastic opportunity for someone to join us in the position of Support Assistant. Your responsibilities will

include:

Ensure the service is running at exceptionally high standard and meeting all the service specification outlined by the commissioners.
Undertaking keywork sessions, support planning, completing risk assessments and needs reviews.
Dealing with incidents and safeguarding concerns in accordance with organisational policies and procedures.
Facilitate and encourage effective customer participation, consultation and feedback within the service.
Promote and encourage involvement in Social Inclusion. This will include supporting colleagues with group work.

What you will need to succeed
We are looking for someone who believes in working together as part of a team, who shares our values and who is

A good understanding of issues faced by young people living in supported accommodation.
An empathetic approach with an understanding attitude.
Does not need to have experience as full training will be provided.

The offer
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Welldone With our colleague recognition programme you will know when you've done a #greatjob
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Learning never One Academy, our innovative, in-house learning and development offering is designed to help you take your career to the next level.
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We'rehere for you. Our employee assistance programme offers counselling and support for you and your family 24/-
Stay book-smart. Take up to five paid days off per year to study toward a relevant qualification.