Community Support Officer
Job Description
Job title: Community Support Officer
Company: Tal.ai
Job description: Are you passionate about making a positive impact in your community? Do you thrive in dynamic environments where every day brings new challenges and opportunities to help others? Look no further! Our client is seeking dedicated individuals to join their team as Community Support Officers in London, SW6 1DT.
As a Community Support Officer, your main tasks involve developing and executing support plans customised to meet the unique needs of each client. You will actively seek out and facilitate access to relevant opportunities for their well-being, including mental health services and leisure activities. Moreover, you will work on enhancing and sustaining their independent living skills while advocating for their rights and needs. Additionally, you will be dedicated to supporting clients in integrating smoothly into the local community.
Hours of Work: 2 year Fixed Term Contract, Full time: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Community Support Officer Requirements:
They would particularly like to hear from candidates who have a genuine interest in helping people to maintain their quality of life and independence, regardless of the potential barriers they face. You must be patient, kind and sympathetic to the difficulties that an individual faces. You will facilitate their independence as much as possible and encourage their wellbeing at the same time. They would also like to hear from candidates who have experience in Support planning and working with caseloads.
Community Support Officer Benefits:
- £28,342 per annum
- Up to 6 weeks Annual Leave – a minimum of five weeks annual leave in your first year (pro-rata for part time employees) plus statutory days. Your annual leave entitlement increases with your length of service to a maximum of six weeks.
- Team-building Events – quarterly staff social activities and structured team-building events enabling teams to work together and have some fun!
- End of Year Celebrations – offering every employee an end of year celebration, to enjoy time together.
- Birthday half day off! – offering every employee a half day off during the week of their birthday to celebrate, in addition to their Annual Leave entitlement.
- Learning and Development – we offer a huge range of learning and development opportunities for staff at all levels of the organisation including skills and management development training, e-learning and secondments.
After successful completion of probation:
- Flexible Working – allowing qualifying employees to adopt a working pattern which facilitates a better work/life balance and allow for the care of dependents.
- Healthcare Cash Back Plan – provided by Bupa, this scheme financially reimburses you for treatment costs (up to an annual limit) for everyday healthcare needs including dental and chiropractic treatments, physiotherapy and health screenings.
- Anytime Health Line – offering 24-hour access to health information and guidance on almost any health-related issue, ranging from symptom advice and travel vaccinations to first aid queries and lifestyle changes.
- Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme, including a health and wellbeing app with an enhanced set of wellbeing tools and engaging features. The features are designed to improve the user’s mental and physical health by using personal metrics to set goals and measure achievements.
- Pension – the Social Housing Pension Scheme (SHPS) is available to all employees via salary exchange. Following successful completion of the Probationary Period Stoll will increase contributions.
- Professional Qualification Sponsorship and Study Leave – offering staff the opportunity to apply for financial sponsorsh
