Support Worker - Westward Housing

Support Worker

Bethany House, Exeter

Can you inspire and motivate young people to achieve their dreams and aspirations?

Do you enjoy engaging meaningfully with young people?

Perhaps our Support Worker role will be the one for you…

Bethany House has 4 new and exciting opportunities for Support Workers with experience or a passion to work with young people. Bethany House is our Exeter based young people’s support service. The team provide quality one to one support to give young people the opportunities to shape their own lives and to have an improved quality of life. By you working with young people you can inspire them to understand their capabilities and what they are able to achieve.

In this role you will have the opportunity to help somebody become the person they want to be …

Duties also include:

• Supporting customers to engage with creative support plans on a one-to-one basis.
• Delivering individual and group support sessions with the customers.
• Working with external agencies and developing close links with the local community.

In your role you will be part of an exciting new team at Bethany House. The rota will involve you working on your own during the evenings and weekends. The service is staffed 24 hours a day so this job will include the cover of sleep in shifts (with an additional payment per night).

The new roles are all permanent positions and are all part time (1 x 16 hours per week, 3 x 24 hours per week).

Bethany House is located near the centre of Exeter therefore easily accessible via public transport.

In return we offer: * A competitive annual salary of £20,625.23 (pro rata) *26 days annual leave (pro rata) *Healthcare plan *Company pension scheme.

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Is this you?

• Passionate about working positively with young people.
• Want to be part of a new and exciting team.
• Great communication skills which can be adapted to different individual needs.
• Able to work appropriately with confidential information and in accordance with GDPR.
• A solution focused thinker with the ability to work creatively with young people.
• Committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children.
• Able to work either 16 or 24 hours per week with regular evening, weekend and bank holiday work on a rota basis, including sleep in shifts on a rota basis

If this role inspires you, we want you to submit an online application by clicking ‘Apply online’ in the bottom right hand corner of this page. Within the covering statement please highlight how you meet the person specification. 

Closing date: 30 June 2021

Please note that Westward is committed to safeguarding Adults and children and as such practices Safer Recruitment techniques. This means that if you are shortlisted, we will take up at least one reference before interview and you will need to show a full employment history with any gaps explained.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applicants from all sections of the community.