Care & Support Worker
Part Time – 30 Hours
£17,846.40
Nottingham
About Us
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing is one of the UK`s leading providers of affordable housing and care and support services. We employ over 1900 people to manage and develop our large portfolio of nearly 56,000 homes serving over 75,000 customers across London, the East Midlands, Southern and the East of England.
This role
This is a great opportunity and a rewarding role for an experienced care and support worker to join our team. In this position you will:
Support people with various learning disabilities to remain as independent as possible.
Be responsible for support plans and liaising with others.
Encourage customers to be as independent as possible and be involved in social activities so they are a valuable part of the community.
Previous experience as a support worker is essential and you will need basic literacy and IT skills for record keeping. All our services are supported housing where support is provided 24 hours a day.
To meet our commitment to providing safe, high-quality services to our customers, we will complete an enhanced background check with the Disclosure and Barring service, which will include a check of the Adult Barred list, once an offer of employment is made. A new check will be completed every three years.
What you’ll need to succeed
We are looking for a candidate who has a positive approach to life.
Someone who is looking for a rewarding career.
You will be driven by seeing customers facing and overcoming new challenges on a daily basis.
Previous experience in a similar position is preferred and ideally with experience of handling medication and safeguarding.
What’s in it for you?
Our benefits include:
28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year.
2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities.
An additional ‘Beliefs day’ once a year to have an extra day off.
Supported family-friendly approach with extended parental leave.
Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%.
Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave per year.
Life assurance cover 3 x your salary.
Cycle2work scheme.
Hybrid working - Dependent on job role and department.
Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members to.
Tenancy deposit – interest-free loan to help with rental deposits and season ticket loan.
Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform.
Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues.
Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring/coaching programmes, apprenticeships and career planning support.
Employee Assistance Programme - We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation.
Our promise
Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively ‘Serving people better every day’ to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve.
We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and others’ wellbeing.
We provide a platform of Network groups for employees to share views, tell us what we’re doing well and recommend improvements. We want to create a real sense of community and a workforce who feel that their opinions are valued. Our Networks groups are:
Gender
Ethnicity
LGBTQ+
Disability
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Industry:
Non-profit Organizations
Employees:
1,001-5,000
Founded:
1959
Address:
77 Hatton Garden, London, England , GB, EC1N 8JS
MTVH is one of the UK’s largest housing associations. We believe everyone should have a decent home and the opportunity to live well. If you’re looking for a rewarding career in an organisation that puts people first, you've come to the right place. We’re a team of more than 1,800 colleagues dedicated to building more affordable homes and creating thriving communities across London, the South East, East Midlands and East of England. We also provide quality care and community regeneration services. People are at the heart of everything we do. That includes our own people too. In return for their hard work we offer our staff a competitive salary, a range of career development opportunities and a diverse, open and inclusive working environment. With a national shortage of affordable housing and increasing demand for social care, there’s never been a more pressing need for the services we provide. So, if you care about communities and the people who live in them, why not build a worthwhile career with us?