Support Worker


Company:	Home Group Limited
Salary:	£26,300 to £26,425 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 5JY
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	29 Sept 2026
Closing date:	12 Oct 2026

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Summary

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 care, respect and practical support that improves lives.

What you’ll do

• Helping with day to day takes such as budgeting, maintaining their tenancy and moving onto independent accommodation.

• Encouraging and empowering young people to achieve their goals, whether it’s finding stable housing, securing employment or building confidence.

• Working alongside a supportive team you will take the time to build real connections with young people and guide them through life’s challenges.

• Carrying out risk assessments, support planning, goal setting and regular reviews.

• Supporting young people, aged 16-25, who may be facing homelessness, mental health challenges, exploitation or substance abuse, helping them to develop the skills to live independently.

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! We can’t offer a CoS for this role.

You have

• Passion to support our customers to live their best lives

• Experience of caring for 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 

• A Level 2 diploma in Care or equivalent experience (or willing to study towards it)

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

• Due to our service being regulated by Ofsted you must have experience supporting young people.

• You’ll work a four-week rolling rota, a mixture of weekdays and weekends. Shifts are 5, 7.5 shifts per week. They are a mixture of 8am - 4pm, 10am - 6pm or 2:30pm - 10:30pm

• Where we’re flexible with you, we do need to meet the needs of our customers. That may mean adapting your start or finishing times on occasion.

• Able to use technology to update support plans, complete online learning and to collaborate with colleagues.

• You need an Enhanced with barring list (we pay)

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.

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