Temporary Floating Support Officer
West Sussex - peripatetic
Temporary until 31st March 2020
£20,780-£22,790 plus £1000 essential car user allowance
Southdown delivers a range of quality Homelessness Prevention and accommodation based support services for vulnerable people of working age living in various locations across West Sussex.
We are seeking temporary Floating Support Officers skilled in the proactive delivery of short-term, solution focused interventions for harder to engage clients.
Focusing on the prevention of homelessness and successful move-on from support to independence, you will support clients to identify solutions to resolve their housing issues and sustain current accommodation or to explore realistic housing options and secure safe, affordable accommodation.
With the ability to design and deliver comprehensive tailored support packages, you will have excellent people skills and will be adept at recognising, harnessing and developing your clients’ skills, to promote personal resilience and encourage sustainable independence.
Working from our office in Worthing, you will meet clients in the community and their homes, utilising technology to deliver comprehensive coaching and support. Flexibility, resourcefulness and resilience are therefore essential to the role.
This post requires you to hold a driving licence and have access to a car for work purposes
Please note the service is currently under review with the current end date for the contract being the 31 March 2020.
If you would like further information about the post, please contact Roisin Murphy, Operations Manager (07384467870)
Closing date for applications: Sunday 3rd November 2019
Interviews will be held: Wednesday 13th November 2019
Support Worker
St Pauls Court, Worthing
37 hours per week
£9.04-£9.44 per hour / £17,411-£18,174 per year
Vital is a Service Manager at a supported living service for people with learning disabilities and has been working at Southdown for six years. He started as a Support Worker at a service where the clients predominantly had physical disabilities. He stayed there for two years and learnt a lot before becoming a Senior Support Worker at another service. All the while he was developing, progressing, growing, and learning new things. He was able to balance his family commitments and work.
What Vital likes best about Southdown is how great the support our clients get is, how much they are valued and the person-centred approach everyone adopts. The staff are diverse and different - a really fun group to work with, they have great team spirit and enjoy a laugh. There’s lots of scope for personal and professional growth and development too. All you need to bring is the kind and caring approach that can make all the difference for someone with a learning or physical disability and a real desire to train and develop for a rewarding career. In return, we’ll offer some flexibility in the hours you work to help you achieve a great work/life balance.
So what are you waiting for? Be like Vital. Make the move to Southdown.
Closing date for applications: Monday 4th November 2019
Interviews will be held: Friday 8th November 2019
Finance Assistant
Lewes
£18,174-£20,255 per year
An opportunity has arisen within the Finance Department for a full time Finance Assistant.
The main duties of the role will include:
Candidates should have a recent working knowledge of Excel (able to set up and use spreadsheets and formulae), be able to work both alone as well as part of a team and be able to manage conflicting demands.
In return, we can offer 25 days holiday – rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service (plus bank holidays), access to a health cost cash-back scheme, life cover, an advice and counselling service, access to the EasitNetwork which gives local travel discounts and access to our staff benefits scheme which offers over 170 discounts and perks e.g. discounted cinema tickets, savings on health, fitness and supermarket shopping.
Interviews will be held: Tuesday 12th November 2019
Waking Night Support Worker
Portslade - 37 hours per week
Hove - 27 hours per week
£9.05-£9.44 per hour
What Vital likes best about Southdown is how great the support our clients get is, how much they are valued and the person-centred approach everyone adopts. The staff are diverse and different - a really fun group to work with, they have great team spirit and enjoy a laugh. There's lots of scope for personal and professional growth and development too. All you need to bring is the kind and caring approach that can make all the difference for someone with a learning or physical disability and a real desire to train and develop for a rewarding career. In return, we'll offer some flexibility in the hours you work to help you achieve a great work/life balance.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 29th October 2019
Interviews will be held: Tuesday 5th November 2019
Support Workers
Southdown Court, Brighton
Up to 37 hours per week
£9.49-£9.67 an hour
Are you looking for a new and exciting opportunity?
Southdown has recently opened our brand new, state of the art flagship service in East Brighton for six adults with learning disabilities. You could be joining our new team in working with young energetic people that are moving out of long stay hospitals or school environments into the community. Each have a purpose built flat with a small garden.
Starting salary will be £9.49 per hour plus our comprehensive benefits package. You don’t need qualifications or experience. We are looking for people who have sound values, plenty of warmth and empathy, good communication skills and an ability see others’ point of view, which sometimes could be communicated without words, or through behaviour. You need to have a good sense of fun, be consistent and stay calm under pressure. You need to be adaptable and committed to helping people with learning disabilities get the most out of life.
You can work your way up; there are many training and promotion opportunities. You will be part of a diverse and inclusive group of different ages, ethnicities and nationalities too, not to mention feel really supported and part of a team. In short, you will have all you need to build a great career with the largest provider of housing, care and support in Sussex.
It's preferred that candidates are drivers with a manual driving licence valid for the UK. This is not essential but this skill will be weighted at interview.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 22nd October 2019
Interview date: We are holding a recruitment open afternoon and will be interviewing on a first come, first served basis. You don't need an appointment to attend.
When: Thursday 17th October 2019 between 14:30-18:30
Where: The Jubilee Library, Jubilee Street, Brighton, BN1 1GE
If you are unable to attend or are applying after this date, we will contact you to arrange interview in due course.
Southdown Road, Seaford
20-37 hours per week
£9.04-£9.44 per year
Interviews will be held: Thursday 31st October 2019
Senior Support Worker
25-37 hours per week
£20,780-£22,091 per year (based on 37 hours)
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Support Worker to join this established service in Seaford for 7 adults with learning and physical disabilities.
The aim of the service is to support the clients to participate fully in all aspects of their home and out in the community. We work closely as a team to achieve this and to maintain our excellent standards; therefore the ability to communicate clearly and to contribute ideas is important to the continued success of this service.
The main role of Senior Support Worker involves role modelling good practice to the team, being creative in promoting active support within the service and excellent practice in relation to Great Interactions. Also supporting Staff and giving feedback, and supporting the Management team. Good practice in relation to moving and handling, excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills, you will play a really important role in being the link between the team and the managers.
Service Manager
Brighton and Hove Recovery College - Frederick Brighton
37 hours per week (part time working will be considered)
Salary: £30,320-£32,672 a year
We are looking to appoint a Service Manager who, in addition to providing line management support to Peer Tutors, Peer Trainers and the administration staff, will also be responsible for the on-going operation and performance of the Recovery College. You will be experienced in working in Mental Health Recovery Services and be passionate about the service and its development.
The Recovery College forms part of the Community Roots Contract and you will work with other partners to continue to provide an accessible service to students, and work to meet the needs of the community.
Closing date for applications: Monday 28th October 2019
Interviews will be held: Wednesday 6th November 2019
If you have recently seen a job listing advertised for "Bank Support Workers" for a particular location (e.g. Bognor Regis), please apply for that role here. We have a rolling register that we add to and will allocate you to one of our sites based on your location.
We have exciting opportunities for people looking for a rewarding role in our support services.
As a Bank Support Worker, you will support adults with learning and sometimes physical disabilities to live a full and active life and be part of their local community. Support is delivered both in clients' homes and out and about. The role is varied and fulfilling.
You don't need experience or qualifications as we offer a full training and induction package, as well as a supportive team environment to work in.
If you're looking to take a step into support work or a more flexible approach to work, this role could be for you. We'd love to hear from you. Shifts can be planned far in advance or at short notice.
Southdown are proud of our accolades that make us The Place to Work. We have awards for our family friendly, flexible working as well as 'Gold' Investors in People status. For more information. For more information, please visit our website www.southdown.org/work-with-us
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