Hightown Housing Association
Position: Female Assistant Support Worker
Location: Chesham
Salary: £13.45 Per Hour
Hours: Part-time (30 hours per week)
Join our friendly team at Waterside, a supported living service for five adults, where you will help people live independently, achieve their goals and enjoy fulfilling lives.
As an Assistant Support Worker, you’ll provide person-centred support that promotes choice, dignity and wellbeing. Whether supporting with personal care, developing daily living skills, encouraging community involvement or helping someone work towards their personal goals, you’ll make a genuine difference every day. Working closely with colleagues, families and professionals, you’ll help create a supportive environment where everyone feels valued and able to thrive.
About You
You’ll be caring, reliable and motivated, with a genuine passion for supporting others. You’ll enjoy building positive relationships, promoting independence and working as part of a team to achieve the best outcomes for the people we support.
Holds a care certificate or willingness to undertake a care qualification. A full UK driving licence is essential.
Working Pattern
Two-week rolling rota:
- 07:00 – 15:00
- 14:00 – 22:00
You must be able to work every other weekend and complete sleep-ins as required. Sleep-ins are paid at an enhanced rate of £52.78 per sleep-in.
Why Join Hightown?
- 33 days annual leave (pro rata), rising with service
- Annual performance and monthly attendance bonuses
- Blue Light Card discounts
- Pension scheme and life assurance
- Ongoing training and career development
- Employee Assistance Programme
If you’re looking for a rewarding role where you can help people build confidence, develop independence and live the life they choose, we would love to hear from you.
The successful candidate must always maintain appropriate professional boundaries and understand their responsibilities in relation to positions of trust.
All appointments are subject to satisfactory right to work, enhanced DBS, reference and medical clearances.
We will be shortlisting and interviewing on an ongoing basis so may close the vacancy early.
We are an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident Employer.
Advertised on behalf of: Hightown Housing Association, a charitable housing association, operating in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, aiming to help people who need support and care or who cannot afford to buy or rent a home at market values. We do this by building hundreds of much needed new homes and providing care and supported housing services for a wide range of people.
