Overview

The vacancyHere at Peabody, we have an opportunity for a part time Support Worker (Mental Health, Complex Needs and Learning Disabilities) on a permanent basis across two of our support housing schemes in St Albans, Milligan House, and Russet Drive.Our St Albans schemes provide high quality support to people who have a history of mental illness and learning disabilities.Milligan House provides mental health supported accommodation for up to 18 months whilst working with the local authority housing teams, local mental health services and mental health trusts. It has 8 bedrooms.Russet Drive provides learning and physical disabilities supported accommodation, working with the local authority disability teams and service finders as well as other voluntary agencies. It has 7 self-contained flats.Both schemes are not far away from the centre of St Albans, so close to local shops and transport links.What we’re looking for:* Have you got the life skills and experience it takes to support our customer in their journey towards independent living?* Are you an enthusiastic support worker with a strong desire to work with diverse, vulnerable and complex people to achieve positive outcomes?* Can you work just as effectively as part of a team as you can by yourself?* Do you have great IT (Word//Excel) and communication skills with a knack for creating good professional working relationships?If so, this role is perfect for you!A bit about the role:As a Part Time Support Worker, you will work to support our customers in a collaborative way around a variety of needs including promoting their recovery, independent life skills, training and education, maximising their income, substance use and move on from our services within an 18-month period.The working hours are 20 per week, Monday to Friday between the hours of 9AM to 5PM and there is no requirement to work evenings or weekends.Some of the key results for the role include:* Supporting our customers to help them to develop life skills.* Working with our customers to promote social inclusion, independent living whilst encouraging them to build their skills and life choices.* To build trust and provide practical/emotional support to help our customers live independently.This role will require an Enhanced DBS check, a UK driver’s licence, and access to a vehicle.A bit about us:It started over 160 years ago with one man’s desire to improve the lives of poverty-stricken Londoners. Today, we have 107,000 homes and 220,000 residents across London and the Home Counties and around 20,000 care and support customers. But the desire remains the same – to create homes and communities where people can flourish.Here just a few of the benefits for working at Peabody:* Flexible and hybrid working (depending on the role)* Up to 30 days’ annual holiday plus bank holidays* Competitive salaries that are benchmarked regularly against current market rates* Two additional paid volunteering days each year* Flexible benefits scheme, including family friendly benefits and access to a discount portal* 4 x salary life assurance* Up to 10% pension contributionOur values include;Be kind, Do the right thing, Love new ideas, Celebrate diversity, Keep our promises, Pull together!Are you ready to apply?PLEASE NOTE: As an employer, Peabody does not provide sponsorship as a licenced UK employer.To be considered for the position of Part Time Support Worker, please visit our website

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