Support Worker

If you share our values and are excited about making a significant impact at Riverside, please ensure you attach a current CV and covering letter. At Riverside we recruit to potential not just on skills and experience, so we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all the essential criteria on the job description. The difference you will make as a Support Worker You will be working from one of our supported services providing support to our customers in a variety of ways. For example, connecting them with employability coaches and other support agencies, helping them manage their money, signing up for benefits or to move on to a more permanent home. It will be your job to help boost their confidence and support them on their journey as they rebuild their lives. Through all of this you will need to keep records of everything, so there is some admin to do. At times this role is tough, but most of the time it can be incredibly rewarding. You will need to be resilient, empathetic

and able to leave your work at work and not take it home with you. About you We are looking for someone with:

• Experience of working with vulnerable people


• Experience of delivering structured support and risk management


• To be a team player with a caring and empathetic nature with a resilient, can-do attitude, able to work as part of a team


• An understanding of supporting vulnerable people - this could include having your own lived experience of homelessness or drug or alcohol addiction.


• Ability to work flexible hours to meet customer and business needs, which may not include normal office hours and may include lone working
  
  Competitive pay & generous pension


• 28 days holidays plus bank holidays (pro rata) delete for Full Time


• Flexible working options available


• Investment in your learning, personal development and technology


• A wide range of benefits