Supported Housing Worker

About us

Hillingdon is London's second largest borough, with fantastic transport links with the A40, M25, the Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines all local to us, so you can travel to work with ease and boasting over 20 square miles of scenic countryside, consisting of canals, rivers, parks and woodland. We're also home to some of the world's most renowned brands such as Coca-Cola and United Biscuits.

With an ambitious strategy we pride ourselves on delivering services that improves the lives of all our residents, businesses, and partners. Embarking on our journey of continuous improvement, we've set an agenda to ensure the provision of; safer communities, a thriving local economy, a greener more sustainable environment, whilst increasing our digital capabilities throughout the Borough.

Putting our residents first is at the heart of everything we do! We want talented individuals like you to share our aspirations for the borough, supporting us to deliver exceptional services for Hillingdon.

Chapel Lane is a supporting living Home for adults with mild to moderate learning and physical disabilities. We are situation close to Hillingdon Hospital in a quiet residential area, we offer the tenants a 24/7 service 365 days a year. We currently have 5 permanent tenants that staff support to help them maximise their quality of life by building and maintaining their independence.

What does a Supported Housing worker do?

Working directly with tenants, you will be helping them to maintain and improve their quality of life by ensuring independent living skills are developed and maintained. You will support tenants with personal daily living skills pertaining to personal hygiene, medication support and community access. You will be required to provide a high-quality service in line with the essential standards of care and in return will be well supported from other skilled team members.

In this role you will be predominately lone working, and expected to remain on site for a 24hour period which includes sleeping on the premises.

The typical shifts patterns for this role are over a 24hr period. For example, you will begin at 2;30pm and your shift will finish at 10:30pm, then you will have an 8hr gap where you are required to sleep at the property (this will be paid separate to your wages and will not be counted as your working hours) then you will return on shift at 7am and then finish at 3pm.

This is a non-negotiable part of the role, please do not apply if you are unable to commit to the shifts detailed above.

About you

It will be essential that you have relevant experience of working with people with learning and /or physical disabilities. You need the ability to manage, organise, and prioritise workloads effectively.

This is for individual passionate about working with vulnerable people and dedicated to supporting them to reach their goals and maximise their independence.

Key skills/ experience to evidence within your application include (but are not limited to):

• Previous experience working with individuals with physical and learning disabilities
• Ability to communicate and work efficiently with in a team

• IT Skills across MS Office applications (Excel, Word, Outlook)

What we offer

We offer a range of Company benefits. These vary according to the business area and role but may include:

• local government average salary pension scheme
• free parking (4 days a week) if based at the Civic Centre
• a 36-hour week for all full-time staff
• generous holiday entitlement: a minimum 25 days a year (plus bank holidays), rising to 28 days after five years' service. For more senior positions holiday entitlements can rise to a maximum of 36 days
• career breaks
• flexible working hours
• season ticket loan
• access to a Credit Union
• access to a wide range of training and courses
• discount on a variety of Adult Education courses run by the Council
• payment of professional fees where these are required
• discounts at council-owned leisure centres and swimming pools at Hillingdon (Uxbridge), Queensmead (South Ruislip), Highgrove (Ruislip) and Botwell Green (Hayes)
• cycle purchase scheme
• car sharing scheme
• 30% discount on green fees at council-owned golf courses

Additional information

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Applicants should be aware that the post will only be offered to successful candidates subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances.