Support Worker

Job description

Part-time 21 hours per week

Newport, Sandown, Shanklin, Ryde

The role

We are looking for a Support Worker to join our Single Homeless Pathways team here at Southern Housing!

In this role, you will work as part of a team across multiple locations providing support services to vulnerable residents, promoting independence within their home and the wider community. You will provide support services promoting daily living and social skills, health and wellbeing to people who are young or have complex needs so they can develop independent living skills, remain independent and move on to living within the wider community and prevent future homelessness.

This is a part-time role for 21 hours a week.

Please note, this is a 24/7 hours service and youwill be required to undertake sleep-in duties (if applicable) and may be required to be on the On-call rota.This role requires you hold a full UK drivers licence.

What youll be doing:

• Provide support to residents and people receiving a service from us, through the principles of housing first and psychologically informed environments, as identified in their needs assessment and support plan
• Deliver services in a way that uses a strengths-based approach promoting independence, rights, choices, dignity and inclusion Summon professional assistance in the case of an emergency
• Practice within the criteria set out by the Local Authority, ensuring residents and people who receive a service from us, have an up-to-date support plan which reflects their needs, wishes and agreed outcomes
• Deliver key working sessions, promoting engagement with people in the service, writing plans to help them achieve their goals and desired outcomes
• Maintain and develop professional relationships with people who receive a service from us and stakeholders
• Promote life skills and social skills and encourage resident involvement, playing a key role in the successful implementation of the Customer Involvement Framework.
• Signpost and access specialist services, as required to meet identified outcomes
• Provide assistance with security of the residents home, and provide support with maintaining a safe living environment
• Follow health and safety policies and procedures at all times, including lone working and infection control as well as the SI&C QA Guide for Health and Safety

What you'll have:

• A good level of written and verbal communication skills
• You demonstrate empathy, compassion and patience
• Able to adapt to working environments
• A willingness and ability to train towards an NVQ 2 in Care
• You hold at least 5 GCSE passes at grade C or above (or equivalent, Grade 9-5) including Maths and English
• You will need to be willing to obtain underpinning knowledge required to perform the duties of the role

Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive a high volume of applications

Closing Date: 14th August 2026 at 23:59

Applying for roles with us

The Company has experienced unprecedented growth over the past few years. We have a vast number of employees, and provide support to clients from all over the country.

What's in it for you

• Pension
• Life assurance
• Healthcare cash plan
• Eyecare & dental
• Birthday leave
• Retailersdiscounts
• Cycle to work
• Buy & sell annual leave
• Season ticket loan
• In-house academy & career development
• Flexible working

Inclusion and Diversity
We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, its about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experienceand perspective of each individual. Were all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Newport

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Salary indication

£14,000 Per Month

Published at

04-08-2026

Profession type

Home Care Jobs

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English