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Support Worker – Alliance North Living Well Centre

33,472 per year
Brixton
Full-time
30th September 2026
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Job Summary

Role: Support Worker – Alliance North Living Well Centre

Salary £33,472 per annum

Hours: 37.5 per week

Location: Brixton

Closing date: 30/09/2026

Interview date: 14/09//2026

Whatever your experience of street homelessness and its impact on people’s lives – personal or professional – when you join the Thames Reach team as a Support Worker we will make the best use of all your understanding, compassion and commitment

About us…

About this role…

We are looking for a Support Worker to join the Alliance North Living Well Centre Team.

The Lambeth Living Well Network Alliance supports people in Lambeth experiencing mental illness. Thames Reach works in partnership with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Lambeth NHS Clinical Commissioning Group, Lambeth Council and Certitude to deliver mental health services as part of the innovative transformation of mental health services in the borough.

You will:

  • Be a capable and enthusiastic support worker
  • Be joining the North Living well Centre, a service which is part of the innovative reshaping of Mental Health services in Lambeth.
  • Work directly with clinical staff to manage a caseload of people with Mental Health needs in the Lambeth Community, focusing on resolving practical issues and improving their wellbeing and social integration and supporting them the to lead independent lives in the community alongside their GP.
  • Work with Staff in the Living well centres supporting clients using mix of brief interventions or longer-term support as needed, delivered by multi-disciplinary teams consisting of support workers, community psychiatric nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, peer mentors and consultants.
You will have:
  • Knowledge of the needs and hopes of vulnerable people – particularly those with mental health issues and complex needs.
  • An understanding of the issues facing vulnerable people and the services they require to address these.
  • An ability to work quickly and build relationships in a short period of time.
  • Ability to work in partnership with external agencies and health & social care professionals.
  • A good understanding of social support needs including the difficulties of social exclusion and housing issues.
  • Generous holiday allowance – 29 days per year plus 8 public holidays (pro rata).
  • Pension – we contribute 6.5% to your pension when you contribute 1.5%.
  • Wellbeing support – our 24/7 employee assistance programme and opportunities for TOIL.
  • Life assurance – four times your annual salary and critical illness cover.

To apply visit our website and complete our application form.

For further information please contact, Jason Alvares, Lead Manager at

Jason.Alvares@thamesreach.org.uk.
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Brixton - London