Housing Support Worker

Job description

About the role
Salary £26,300 per annum and great benefits including Health Cash Plan

Home, a place where you belong
Join us and make a real difference every day. You'll help customers live independently, feel valued and stay connected. This role is all about supporting customers to develop their independent living skills.
We can't offer a CoS for this role.

What you'll do

• Work in Homelessness service (large 50 bed service)
• Supporting customers to promote independent living in the community through a combination of community-based and in-service support
• Travel between customers during your working day
• Creating a safe, positive space where dignity and respect come first
• Working collaboratively with Recovery, Drug & Alcohol, Mental Health teams to empower our customers

Why join us
This role gives you the chance to grow your career while making a difference where it matters most. You'll take on new challenges, build your expertise and help create positive change. Be part of one of the UK's Great Places to Work!

You have

• Passion to support our customers to live their best lives
• Experience of supporting others, professionally or personally
• The ability to work?on your own initiative, staying?calm and positive under pressure
• Recognise every customer is different and adopt a flexible, personal approach, listening to understand their needs

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!

The practical bits

• Week 1: 7:00am to 3:00pm (short week due to weekend working), Week 2: 11:00am to 7:00pm, and Week 3: 9:00am to 5:00pm, with one weekend in every three worked as 12-hour shifts.
• You'll work as part of a team of six full-time Support Workers
• You need an Enhanced with barring list (we pay)
• You need to be able to drive and have access to your own vehicle insured for business purposes
• On the job mileage? We've got you covered

What's in it for you?

• 34 days leave increasing to 39 (including bank hols and a "me day")
• Health cash plan saving you (and your children) £1140+ each year covering dental, opticians, prescriptions and more
• Matching pension c...

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Whitehaven

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

02-11-2026

Profession type

Counselling and Social Services

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