Reserve Community Support Worker (Outreach)

Vacancy Salary £12 per hour

Vacancy Location Birmingham

This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

The vacancy

Are you looking for a flexible working role where you can help people?

Full training, flexible hours, and the chance to really improve people’s lives. Sounds great, doesn’t it? Today, you can take a step towards a new and rewarding career, deliver a heartfelt service with each customer, and enjoy a real feel-good factor from your work.

We are currently recruiting for Reserve Community Support Workers who can offer occasional support to our customers across the course of the week. In this role you will work across Birmingham in the community visiting customers in their homes providing support and helping them to access services.

To do this you will need to hold a valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle in order to travel between our customer customers.

Whether you’re already experienced, or brand new to support work you can make a huge difference. The Birmingham community support team provides floating support to a wonderful and diverse selection of customers offering them individualised support packages to help them live independently and with dignity.

As a Community Support Worker, you will help individuals with:

Access to Leisure activities.
Accessing local services
Staying well.
Attaining and maintaining housing.
Supporting them into employment.
Supporting with life skills such as shopping or paying bills.
Attending appointments and more.

If you’re looking for a role whereby you can help others to maximise their independence, support them in their daily activities and help integrate them into the communities they live then we’d love to hear from you…

How to apply

Please click “apply” today to upload your CV detailing your employment history.

Please note, if this vacancy receives a high number of applicants, we reserve the right to close the advert and application window early.

Vetting Requirements

The important things - We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK. All shortlisted candidates will need to verify eligibility to work in the UK at interview. Original proof must then be provided by day one upon successful candidature).

Naturally working with our customers we need to complete pre-employment checks before you join us. This role is conditional upon receipt of two satisfactory references (one from your current employer). We also need you to tell us what you have been up to as a minimum over the past 5 years in terms of employment history. We recognise, welcome and support that everyone’s employment history is unique and can be different. This could include carer duties, travel, seeking work, education, employment, training, or volunteering.

We are committed to safeguarding, promoting the welfare of adults with care and support needs and expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to a DBS Check.

Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunities’ employer, Longhurst Group is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We pride ourselves on looking after our colleagues and as part of our commitment we are an Employer for Carers and would welcome your application if you have additional unpaid caring responsibilities.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Longhurst Group.

Our company

Longhurst Group is one of the leading housing groups in the Midlands and East of England, providing more than 24,000 homes and a wide range of care and support services.

With a team of 1,300 colleagues guided by our shared values, our vision is to improve the lives of our customers and our colleagues and to enhance the communities we serve. We do this by focusing on two clear themes of work: Health and wellbeing and economic resilience. To see how we’ll achieve this through our Improving Lives strategy, please watch the video below.