Senior Support Worker (Maternity Cover)

Stockwell, London

£29,781

Are you looking for a new care and support opportunity? If you are passionate about making a real difference through supporting vulnerable people, we would love to hear from you!

We have Senior support worker role in our supported housing service in Stockwell. The role builds on customer care, health and safety, flexibility, adaptability, child welfare including preparing for birth, developing positive parenting skills and maintaining their health during pregnancy.

We have a vacancy at our Evolve Stockwell location- a young person's service made up of three sites supporting young mothers and babies in Croydon and Stockwell, and unaccompanied asylum-seeking young men. We are conveniently located a 10- minute walk from Stockwell tube station offering excellent transport links across London and beyond. Parking is available on site for colleagues.

Our customers come with a range of support needs, such as those associated with pregnancy and birth, mental health, care leaver status, probation, ex-offending, domestic violence, learning disabilities and asylum seeking.

You will join a lively, supportive, and friendly team to work together to provide an excellent service for our young people.

You will be required to support a caseload of at least 10 customers to:

• Identify their strengths as part of our asset-based approach and identify their needs, opportunities, rights, and responsibilities to enable them to move onto to independent living
• Plan and set targets to achieve and take appropriate action to meet their goals and aspirations
• Take part in activities and provide them with opportunities that generate aspiration and confidence around self-development and parenting.

A key part of the role is to support customers to recognise and respond to their children's needs and develop effective parenting skills, working in partnership with internal and external agencies. You need knowledge of safeguarding and how this may apply in the day-to-day work we do, as well as understanding the reasons why people become homeless and further identifying any barriers customers may face around education and employment, and how to overcome them.

Evolve Housing + Support is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including people who have experienced homelessness themselves. Equality, diversity and inclusion are key objectives for us, and we reflect this in our recruitment practices, actively seeking applications from all parts of the community regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or disability.

You will need to have the correct right to work in the UK in place, as Evolve does not have a sponsorship license. Please ensure that your answers give a clear outline of how your application meets the criteria for this role using the included job description and person specification.

You will need to be able to work shifts on a pre-planned rolling rota - 5 /7 days a week including mornings (from 7am), evenings (to 10pm) - these also include mid shifts and weekends.

In return, we can offer you:

• Over 6 weeks holiday per annum (rising with service)
• Ability to buy or sell additional one week holiday per annum
• Employer paid DBS checks
• Occupational sick pay
• Employer contributory pension scheme
• 4 x Life Assurance
• Medical Cash Back Plan
• Yulife Employee Assistance & Rewards Programme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Full training and induction programme
• Blue Light Card

Closing Date: Midnight Sunday 16th November