Support Assistant - Part Time - 30 Hours PW

We are looking for a Support Assistant on a part time basis of 30 hours a week spread across different shifts to provide high-quality person centred support to individuals in all aspects of daily living, promoting independence, tenancy sustainment, community engagement, and positive outcomes while ensuring services are delivered in line with Delta’s values, policies and procedures.

What you'll be doing

  • To support individuals with daily living activities, including personal care, tenancy sustainment goal setting and participation in meaningful activities.
  • Contribute to the development implementation, monitoring and review of support plans to ensure they reflect individual needs, aspirations and outcomes.
  • Ensure all support is delivered in accordance with organisational policies, procedures, legislative requirements, and safeguarding, health and safety standards.
  • Support the safe operation of the service, including medication administration, appointment support, and completion of routine operational tasks.
  • Communicate effectively with individuals, colleagues, families, and partner professionals to ensure coordinated and responsive support.

What we are looking for
  • QCF level 3 (or working towards this qualification).
  • The ability to effectively both alone and as part of a team
  • Commitment to always delivering excellence in customer service.

  • Basic understanding and promoting the needs, rights equality, and diversity of the people we support.
  • The ability to communicate effectively orally, in writing, electronically with colleagues, interested other professionals and the people we support.

Please note the office expectancy of this role is as follows: This role requires you to be based on site for the 30 hours per week. We require flexibility around working hours as shifts may vary on a weekly basis. Benefits

  • The salary for this post will be £21,265 Per Annum.
  • Learning and development opportunities
  • Healthcare cash plan
  • Robust employee reward and recognition programme

  • Free and confidential Employee Assistance Programme
  • Volunteering programme
  • Competitive pension scheme
  • 25 days pro rata annual leave per annum, plus bank holidays, 3 extra days between Christmas and New Year and 1 wellbeing day per annum.

  • 30 hours per week - employees may be able to work flexibly by agreement with their line manager, taking account of business need. We operate a hybrid working policy at Delta Housing Ltd.

Please note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications or successfully appoint a candidate before the closing date. We encourage early applications to avoid disappointment.

The Company

We’re a local housing association that’s passionate about tackling the housing shortage in the East of England. We provide warm, safe and affordable homes. But we don’t stop there. We offer a wide range of support and services to help our customers and their communities to thrive.

We want to be an organisation that cares about our customers and communities and is determined to make a difference. We'll be bold and open-minded in our pursuit of solutions to help people transform their lives.

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