Housing Support Worker
Home Group
Whitehaven
Full time
Salary £26,300 per annum + Health Cash Plan
Salary
Salary £26,300 per annum + Health Cash Plan
Type
Full time
Closing Date
06 Oct 2026
Posted
16 Sep 2026
About the role
Salary £26,300 per annum and great benefits including Health Cash Plan
Home, a place where you belong
Join us and make a real difference every day. You’ll help customers live independently, feel valued and stay connected. This role is all about supporting customers to develop their independent living skills.
We can’t offer a CoS for this role.
Home, a place where you belong
Join us and make a real difference every day. You’ll help customers live independently, feel valued and stay connected. This role is all about supporting customers to develop their independent living skills.
We can’t offer a CoS for this role.
What you’ll do
• Work in Homelessness service (large 50 bed service)
• Supporting customers to promote independent living in the community through a combination of community-based and in-service support
• Supporting customers to promote independent living in the community through a combination of community-based and in-service support
• Travel between customers during your working day
• Creating a safe, positive space where dignity and respect come first
• Working collaboratively with Recovery, Drug & Alcohol, Mental Health teams to empower our customers
Why join us
This role gives you the chance to grow your career while making a difference where it matters most. You’ll take on new challenges, build your expertise and help create positive change. Be part of one of the UK’s Great Places to Work!
You have
• Passion to support our customers to live their best lives
• Experience of supporting others, professionally or personally
• The ability to work on your own initiative, staying calm and positive under pressure
• Recognise every customer is different and adopt a flexible, personal approach, listening to understand their needs
Stronger together
We do our best work when we’re ourselves. That’s why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help make Home Group a great place to work!
The practical bits
• Week 1: 7:00am to 3:00pm (short week due to weekend working), Week 2: 11:00am to 7:00pm, and Week 3: 9:00am to 5:00pm, with one weekend in every three worked as 12-hour shifts.
• You'll work as part of a team of six full-time Support Workers
• Creating a safe, positive space where dignity and respect come first
• Working collaboratively with Recovery, Drug & Alcohol, Mental Health teams to empower our customers
Why join us
This role gives you the chance to grow your career while making a difference where it matters most. You’ll take on new challenges, build your expertise and help create positive change. Be part of one of the UK’s Great Places to Work!
You have
• Passion to support our customers to live their best lives
• Experience of supporting others, professionally or personally
• The ability to work on your own initiative, staying calm and positive under pressure
• Recognise every customer is different and adopt a flexible, personal approach, listening to understand their needs
Stronger together
We do our best work when we’re ourselves. That’s why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help make Home Group a great place to work!
The practical bits
• Week 1: 7:00am to 3:00pm (short week due to weekend working), Week 2: 11:00am to 7:00pm, and Week 3: 9:00am to 5:00pm, with one weekend in every three worked as 12-hour shifts.
• You'll work as part of a team of six full-time Support Workers
• You need an Enhanced with barring list (we pay)
• You need to be able to drive and have access to your own vehicle insured for business purposes
• On the job mileage? We’ve got you covered
What’s in it for you?
• 34 days leave increasing to 39 (including bank hols and a “me day”)
• Health cash plan saving you (and your children) £1140+ each year covering dental, opticians, prescriptions and more
• Matching pension contribution (up to 7% and life insurance of 3x basic salary)
• Instant pay access with Stream
• 800+ discounts on shops, holidays, days out, tech and more
• You need to be able to drive and have access to your own vehicle insured for business purposes
• On the job mileage? We’ve got you covered
What’s in it for you?
• 34 days leave increasing to 39 (including bank hols and a “me day”)
• Health cash plan saving you (and your children) £1140+ each year covering dental, opticians, prescriptions and more
• Matching pension contribution (up to 7% and life insurance of 3x basic salary)
• Instant pay access with Stream
• 800+ discounts on shops, holidays, days out, tech and more
Finally
For reasonable adjustments email recruitment@homegroup.org.uk. Roles can close early, so don’t delay applying. If you can’t see the Job Description at the top of this page, click APPLY to view it on our pages and find out more about us.
For reasonable adjustments email recruitment@homegroup.org.uk. Roles can close early, so don’t delay applying. If you can’t see the Job Description at the top of this page, click APPLY to view it on our pages and find out more about us.