Support Worker (Housing) - Golau Caredig and Barry area

We\’re looking for an experienced Housing Support Worker to join our fantastic team at Golau Caredig, Barry.

This role is a permanent position working 30 hours per week, across 4 days. The shifts will be worked between Mondays and Fridays with very limited weekend working.

What you\’ll do

You will assist in the provision of a full range of support services to older persons with support needs – adults with mental health issues and those with a physical disability. You will work as part of a team to provide flexible and targeted housing related support service to customers who live both in Golau Caredig and the community, supporting them to maintain their accommodation and achieve independent living.

This will include assisting social inclusion, support to manage their tenancies/accommodation; budgeting; accessing education; training and employment; increasing awareness of their community and improve skills to live independently.

What you\’ll need

To be successful in this role you will be capable of organising your own workload and prioritising between various competing tasks. You will have experience of working directly with people with support needs and/or liaison with voluntary and statutory agencies. A qualification in Social Care or related discipline is desirable. You will need excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to manage your time. You will have the ability to remain calm in a changing environment and be able to work flexibly when required.

UK Driver\’s Licence and access to a vehicle is essential.

Benefits

• Pay rate of £12.55 per hour
• Fully paid induction and training programme
• Enhanced sick pay
• Medicash – cashback healthcare
• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Employee assistance programme and well-being resource available 24/7
• ‘Perks’ – a range of shopping and activity discounts and cashback options
• We are a Family Friendly organisation
• Develop with the support of our Learning and Development team

Opportunities for development

We provide a range of learning and development opportunities to support you at every stage of your career. From technical training to leadership development, we have a range of programmes available for you.

Next steps

If you would like further information about this opportunity please contact Madeleine.

If you are interested in applying for this role, please click \’Apply\’ and you will be diverted to our recruitment platform.

Closing date: 1 January 2025

Interview date: Thursday 9 January 2025

If successful for this role, a DBS check will be required.

Hafod reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration.

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do that’s why we include them in helping us select the right people to work with us. If you are successful in the initial selection stages you may have the opportunity to interact with one of our customers where they will have the opportunity to ask you some questions. We will consider feedback from this as part of the selection process.

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