We are looking for a compassionate and motivated Senior Support Worker to join our Supported Housing team in Bracknell. This role is ideal for someone passionate about empowering vulnerable individuals to build independence and improve their wellbeing.
You will deliver high-quality, trauma-informed support to clients, helping them develop life skills, maintain safe accommodation, and access the services they need to thrive.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Providing emotional, practical and housing-related support to clients
- Managing referrals, conducting needs and risk assessments
- Creating and reviewing individual support plans
- Supporting clients to maintain tenancies and manage rent payments
- Working collaboratively with external agencies and professionals
- Helping clients access benefits, healthcare and other services
- Maintaining accurate records and contributing to service improvements
- Delivering group sessions and 1:1 support
- Taking part in an out-of-hours on-call rota
What We’re Looking For:
We’re seeking someone who is:
- Experienced in working with vulnerable individuals (housing or support setting preferred)
- Knowledgeable about support planning, safeguarding, and welfare benefits
- A strong communicator with a non-judgemental and empathetic approach
- Organised and IT literate, with good administrative skills
- Able to work independently and as part of a team
- Flexible, proactive, and committed to delivering high-quality support
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: £14,154.40 per annum
Hours: 20 hours per week
Location: Bracknell House & Community
Please note, there is a requirement to drive for this role.
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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