Assistant Support Worker - Robertson Street London
Job description
Role: Assistant Support Worker - Robertson Street
Salary/Grade: £27,075 per annum / A
Hours: 37.5 per week
Location: Clapham
Closing date: 26/03/2023
Interview date: 02/04/2023
Whatever your experience of street homelessness and its impact on people’s lives – personal, professional or voluntary – when you join the Thames Reach team as a Assistant Support Worker, we’ll make the best use of all your understanding, compassion and commitment.
About us…
Thames Reach runs projects and services that help to end homelessness in London. We work directly with homeless people on the streets and in hostels. We work to prevent vulnerable people from becoming homeless. We help formerly homeless people get their lives back on track. We help people find work and access training and volunteering opportunities.
Is our mission easy? No, but we never give up on people. Last year we helped more then 10,000 people.
Is our work rewarding? Yes, in every sense. We’re listed as one of the top 100 Best Workplaces in the UK. There’s no better place to develop or transfer your skills and build a fulfilling career.
About this role…
We are looking for an Assistant Support Worker to join the team at Robertson Street, our 42 bed hostel for people over 40 who have experienced homelessness and have a variety of support needs. .
Thames Reach’s hostels are transitional spaces where a 24 hour staff team support people to move in, assess their needs, and quickly identify the best place for them to move on to next. Skilled staff teams develop a personalised support plan to ensure people are ready for their move on and have holistic support with their mental and physical health, substance misuse needs, criminal justice issues and life skills. Thames Reach welcomes applications from people with transferable skills.
As the Assistant Support Worker you will:
- Support our service users with practical tasks that will enable them to sustain their hostel accommodation.
- Assist senior staff to manage the health and safety of the hostel.
- Support links with community programmes and resources.
- Ensure that all paperwork is completed and work is recorded and monitored
- Ensure the environment is safe, healthy, reflective of our ethos and supports our client’s aims.
To succeed as the Assistant Support Worker, you will have:
- good communication and problem solving skills
- a commitment to providing a high standard of service
- competency at using a computer and software packages
- commitment to developing your knowledge and skills
- excellent organisational skills
This role requires working on a rota which includes early and late shifts and some weekend working. It does not include working overnight.
We are listed in the top 100 UK Best Workplaces 2022 in the UK. As part of a commitment to our employees we offer:
- Generous holiday allowance – 29 days per year plus 8 public holidays (pro rata).
- Pension – we contribute 6.5% to your pension when you contribute 1.5%.
- Excellent development opportunities – career progression, regular supervision and appraisals, and learning programmes to support your career with Thames Reach.
- Wellbeing support – our 24/7 employee assistance programme and opportunities for TOIL.
- Life assurance – four times your annual salary with cover starting on your first day of employment.
- Critical illness cover.
- Other benefits including interest free season ticket and cycle to work loans.
Thames Reach is committed to achieving a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We value, respect, and celebrate diversity. We welcome and encourage applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their history of homelessness, sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religious belief.
To apply visit our website and complete our application form.
For further information: please contact James Oladunjoye, Lead Manager, via Email at: [email protected]
