Relief Worker

Riverside Group ,
London, Greater London
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £9.30 per hour

Overview

Riverside have a new opportunity for a Relief Worker in Hackney, you will earn £9.30 per hour. Working as a Relief Worker you will need to be able to work flexibly and cover sickness and holidays on an as and when basis, including the possibility of night and weekend shifts. Who you will be helping Engage Hackney is a borough-wide floating support service for people at risk of homelessness, including those with mental health needs and learning disabilities. Engage Hackney will operate from 8am-8pm, Monday to Friday, with drop-in sessions during the week and over the weekend. The service will work with up to 1400 customers per year, across 4 service levels aimed at different groups of individuals: 1. Housing related crisis intervention 2. Vulnerable short-term 3. Complex long-term 4. Resettlement and Pre-tenancy What will you do? As a Relief worker, you will be the first point of contact for customers, working on reception, general cleaning and housekeeping duties, health and safety checks and reporting in order to maintain the safety of the customers and the vibrancy of the service. For a deeper understanding of your responsibilities, take a look at the job description linked below. Does this describe you? The successful candidate will preferably have experience of working in a homeless or support setting and have excellent communication skills as well as the ability to show initiative and remain resilient, reliable and motivated at all times. This is an ideal opportunity for someone looking for start their support or housing career, a new challenge or additional hours. What’s in it for you? In return for your hard work and dedication, we offer you: • Access to ongoing personal career development opportunities through Learning Zone • Family friendly benefits providing enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental leave and adoption • Tax-free bikes and car loan scheme • Eye tests, glasses and lenses • Riverside Rewards scheme and app, providing valuable access to discounted benefits including high street and online savings Who are Riverside? We are one of the UK’s leading social housing and regeneration organisations. We are a group of not-for-profit and commercial companies with a charitable housing association at our core. Operating across 160 local authorities in England and Scotland and housing 100,000 people, we are fully committed to improving the lives of thousands of individuals and families. We seek to transform lives and revitalise neighbourhoods. Is Riverside for you? We want you to feel empowered and that your voice is truly heard. Being a company focused on people, we treat our customers with this same respect. We trust you to protect our customers, our people and our business and we see outstanding worth in those with the courage to take responsibility, innovate and find solutions. Your focus on performance and ambition is rewarded with development opportunities. With Riverside, you can achieve. If you’re thinking of joining us as a Relief Worker, we’d love to hear from you. We encourage applicants from all sections of the community so that we can truly reflect the neighbourhoods in which we work.