About

• Tenancy Management Support Worker
• Working across Kendal, Cumbria
• Temporary 6 month contract, full time (37.5 hpw)
• Earn £12.60 per hour (£24,638 per annum) and great benefits including Health Cash Plan
• We can’t offer CoS for this role
• 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 needs to develop their skills to live more independently in the community. You’ll make a big difference each day as you help our customers achieve their hopes and aspirations. Amazing we know!
• What you’ll do
• Assisting customers who have experienced homelessness with practical, daily living tasks to develop their independence, helping them to achieve the goals, aspirations and outcomes documented in their support plans.
• Helping customers with daily living activities such as making meals, shopping, budgeting, maintaining their tenancy and moving onto independent accommodation if they are able.
• 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.
• Why join us?
• Join a team that cares about you as much as the customers we support. From flexible working to brilliant wellbeing support, you’re free to bring your best self to work and grow in a way that suits you. Be part of one of the UK’s top 10 Great Places to Work!
• You have
• Passion to support our customers to live their best life, working together with an eye for detail
• Experience of caring for others, professionally or personally
• The ability to work on your own initiative, remain calm under pressure and have a resilient approach
• Recognise that every customer is different and you’re able to adopt a flexible, personal approach, listening to customers to understand their needs
• The practical bits
• Where we’re flexible with you, we still need to meet our customers' needs. That may mean adapting your start or finishing times on occasion.
• Shift patterns 8am-4pm/9am-5pm/11am-7pm/12pm-8pm
• Manage your own diary
• Able to use technology to update support plans, complete online learning and collaborate with colleagues.
• You’ll need an Enhanced DBS check, and we'll pay for it.
• Stronger together
• We do our best work when we’re ourselves. That’s why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help make Home Group a great place to work!
• What’s in it for you?
• 34 days leave, rising to 39 (this includes bank holidays and a “me day”). The option to buy 5 more each year
• 2 paid volunteering days each year
• Health cash plan saving you (and your children) £1140+ each year covering dental, opticians, prescriptions and more
• Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out.
• Family friendly policies including maternity, paternity, adoption, neonatal, fertility and menopause support
• Find out more
• Click APPLY NOW to see our Support Worker Job Description, find out about us and for help to apply. Roles can close early, so don’t wait. For reasonable adjustments email recruitment@homegroup.org.uk.