We are looking for a compassionate and motivated Senior Support Worker to join our Supported Housing team in Aylesbury. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of individuals by providing high-quality emotional, practical, and housing-related support.
You will work in a trauma-informed way, empowering clients to build independence, develop life skills, and move towards sustainable living.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Deliver person-centred support tailored to individual client needs
- Manage referrals, assessments, and risk assessments
- Develop and review support plans with clients
- Provide day-to-day support within accommodation and the community
- Support clients to maintain tenancies and manage rent payments
- Work collaboratively with internal teams and external agencies
- Help clients access benefits, healthcare, and other services
- Maintain accurate records and reports using IT systems
- Ensure properties are safe, well-maintained, and compliant with standards
- Follow safeguarding, health & safety, and organisational policies
- Contribute to service improvement and client engagement activities
- Participate in an on-call rotafor out-of-hours support
About You
We’re looking for someone who is:
- Experienced in a similar support or housing role
- Knowledgeable about safeguarding, risk assessment, and support planning
- Understanding of housing and welfare benefits systems
- Confident working with vulnerable individuals in a non-judgemental way
- A strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills
- Organised, self-motivated, and able to manage a varied workload
- A team player who shares our values and commitment to client care
- IT literate (Microsoft Office and case management systems)
- Full driving licence is required
About Life:
Life is a national pregnancy support charity that helps over 60,000 people a year. Through our services, we help people – whoever they are – to meet pregnancy or pregnancy loss with courage and dignity so they can flourish.
Our services include:
- Supported housing and community support
- Counselling and skilled listening
- Free pregnancy tests and baby supplies
Our values
All our work is underpinned by the following universal human values:
- Humanity – All people are special and equal
- Solidarity – We’re with you and for you
- Community – We’re better together
- Charity – Doing good for one another
- Common good – Building a better world
Information about the role:
For further information, please see the attached job description.
Salary: £9,908.08 per annum
Hours: 14 hours across 3 days per week
Location: Aylesbury
Benefits:
At Life we are passionate about providing our employees with a supportive and engaging environment. As well as ongoing development and training, we offer our:
- Generous holiday allowance, starting at 25 days per year, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time hours)
- Birthday Leave (applicable after 1 years service)
- Extra annual leave for long term service
- Company Pension Scheme
- Signed member of the Menopause Workplace Pledge
Safeguarding and Equality:
Life is committed to protecting all staff, volunteers and service users from harm of any kind. Life expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct.
We are committed to ensuring diversity and equality within our organisation by encouraging applications from all backgrounds.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks. Life takes its obligation to protect the rights of children and vulnerable people very seriously; therefore, the successful candidate for this post will be also subject to extensive background checking, including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS) which is paid for by the Charity.
How to apply
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