Support Worker

Job Title: Support WorkerContract Type: Permanent Salary: £26,549.63 per annum plus £4000 London Allowance (£27,722.51 is achieved after 18 months successful performance in the role)Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week, full time Working Pattern: Shift work, Monday to Sunday, 8-4 4-10, rolling rotaLocation: London Supported Services, Brixton 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.Please note that whilst we will accept applications on the basis of any form of valid legal permission to work in the UK, we will be surrendering the Riverside Sponsorship licence, so for the avoidance of doubt, we are unable to apply for any further sponsorships whether on behalf of existing colleagues or candidates.The difference you will make as a Support WorkerYou 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 youWe are looking for someone with:Experience of working with vulnerable peopleExperience of delivering structured support and risk managementTo be a team player with a caring and empathetic nature with a resilient, can-do attitude, able to work as part of a teamAn 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 workingWhy Riverside?At Riverside, we're a housing association with a difference - enhancing the everyday for all our customers. For 90 years, we've been revitalising neighbour