Senior Support Worker

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£30,472 a year

Swindon

Location

Full-time

Job type

Permanent

Contract type

On-site

Work setup

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In brief

This senior support worker role involves leading a team to deliver person-centred care within a supported housing setting. The work focuses on managing customer caseloads, coordinating referrals, and facilitating support sessions to help individuals develop essential life skills and transition toward independent living.

Best for

Experienced support workers with team leadership skills and a background in social housing.

Non-negotiable

Level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care or equivalent required.

Worth knowing

Successful candidates may be required to study towards a professional qualification to meet social housing standards.

What you need

Required

  • Vulnerable people support

    Clearly required in the listing

  • Caseload management

    Clearly required in the listing

  • Team leadership

    Clearly required in the listing

  • Partnership working

    Clearly required in the listing

  • Housing and benefits advice

    Clearly required in the listing

  • Communication

    Clearly required in the listing

  • Organisational skills

    Clearly required in the listing

  • Level 3 Health and Social Care

    Clearly required in the listing

  • Microsoft Office

    Clearly stated in the job description.

Preferred

No preferred skills or technologies were clearly stated.

Your day-to-day

  • Lead support worker team

    Clearly stated in the job description.

  • Manage customer caseloads

    Clearly stated in the job description.

  • Coordinate service referrals

    Clearly stated in the job description.

  • Deliver support sessions

    Clearly stated in the job description.

  • Ensure safeguarding compliance

    Clearly stated in the job description.

  • Collaborate with partner agencies

    Clearly stated in the job description.

Experience expected

Level

Senior level

Based on what the listing states

Years of experience

Not stated

No clear years requirement found

Evidence from the listing

Experience level

“What you’ll be doing Leading and supporting a team of Support Workers to deliver high-quality, person-centred support.”
Full job description (from employer)⌄

Location: Swindon Foyer Salary: £30,472 per year Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time(40 hours per week) Are you passionate about empowering people to transform their lives? Do you thrive in a supportive, person-centred environment where no two days are the same? If so, we’d love to hear from you! Stonewater is looking for a Senior Support Worker to join our Supported Housing team, helping some of the most vulnerable members of our communities to build brighter futures. What you’ll be doing Leading and supporting a team of Support Workers to deliver high-quality, person-centred support. Managing a caseload of customers, helping them work towards independent living. Coordinating referrals, assessments, and customer inductions. Delivering focused support sessions on topics like budgeting, wellbeing, and employment skills. Ensuring safeguarding practices are followed and risks are managed. Working collaboratively with partner agencies to connect customers with additional support. What we’re looking for Experience working with vulnerable people and managing caseloads. Proven ability to lead and inspire a team. Strong partnership working skills with agencies such as mental health services and housing teams. Knowledge of housing and benefits advice. Excellent communication and organisational skills. A Level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care (or equivalent). IT literacy, including Microsoft Office and housing management systems. Appointment to this role will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (if applicable), satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work document. This role may require specific qualifications, skills, knowledge, and behaviours to meet the Competence and Conduct Standard for Social Housing. If not already qualified, there may be an expectation to study towards a professional qualification. Discover Stonewater: Stonewater is one of the UK’s largest social housing providers, driven by our purpose that everyone has a place to call home. With around 40,000 homes, we proudly serve more than 93,000 customers, providing safe, affordable homes and the services and support that help people and communities thrive. Our mission is to make a difference to our customers and communities through quality homes and great services that reflect our social ethos. Guided by our vision to be the most trusted, inspiring and sustainable provider of affordable homes, we offer homes for rent, shared ownership and purchase, alongside specialist housing and support services, including retirement living, supported housing, domestic abuse refuges, LGBTQ+ safe spaces and young people's foyers. Everything we do is centred on our customers. We build trusted relationships, create lasting social value and invest in homes, services and communities that enable people to live independently, realise their potential and thrive. Through innovation, collaboration and a long-term commitment to sustainability, we are helping shape stronger communities for the future. We are a Disability Confident Employer and working towards accreditation for becoming a Disability Confident Leader, which allows us to record and report on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace to better support our colleagues. We have also achieved accreditation for being an Advanced Employer for Investing in Ethnicity Maturity Matrix. To Apply If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Stonewater, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application

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