Support Worker

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dedicated team delivering specialist mental health support within a small, community-based service in Haringey. As a Support Worker, you’ll work with individuals with complex needs, empowering them to move forward, build independence, and live fulfilling lives. Working in a hands-on, person-centred environment, you’ll play a key role in creating a safe, supportive, and positive space where customers can thrive.

How You’ll Make a Difference

You’ll support customers to build independence and sustain their tenancies, using a trauma-informed and recovery-focused approach tailored to individual needs. You’ll help people develop essential life skills such as budgeting, cooking, and maintaining their home, while working closely with mental health services, social care teams, and other partners to provide joined-up support. You’ll play a vital role in identifying and responding to safeguarding concerns, promoting wellbeing, and encouraging social inclusion by helping customers access education, training, and employment opportunities.

What You’ll Bring With You

* Experience of working with vulnerable individuals, including those with mental health needs, substance misuse, or complex backgrounds

* A strong understanding of safeguarding, equality, diversity, and inclusion Knowledge of housing management, welfare benefits, or willingness to learn

* Ability to create and maintain support plans and risk assessments

* Confidence to work independently, including lone working when required

* Excellent communication skills and the ability to build positive relationships with customers and partners

* A compassionate, resilient approach with a genuine passion for supporting people to achieve their potential

The working pattern for this role is 15 hours per week, on a rota basis. An enhanced DBS check is required for this role.

Why Join Us?

When you join Peabody, you’re joining a team guided by our values, Be Kind, Do the Right Thing, Love New Ideas, Celebrate Diversity, Keep Our Promises, and Pull Together. We believe in creating a workplace where everyone feels supported, included, and empowered.

What We Offer

* 25 days’ annual holiday, plus bank holidays

* two additional paid volunteering days each year

* flexible benefits scheme, including family friendly benefits and access to a discount portal

* 4 x salary life assurance

* up to 10% pension contribution

Please read before applying:

* You must be eligible to work in the UK and able to work the full contracted hours of 15 hours per week (including weekends).

* We may close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

If this sounds like we are right for you and you’d love to be part of Peabody, we’d like to hear from you. Please apply now by submitting an anonymised CV and a short statement explaining why you’re the perfect fit for this role.

Closing date: 19th June 2026 at midnight.

Interviews will be held place face to face Wednesday 1st - Friday 3rd July 2026