Your career at The Safehouse.
The Safehouse is one of the UK’s leading providers of support for people with learning disabilities, autism, deafness, hearing loss and associated complex needs. We strive to support, inspire and shape the lives of people we support, while encouraging their individuality and respecting their right to choose. We do this by creating specialised support plans, as individual as the people we support, ensuring their needs are met in every area aspect of their lives.
Are you ready to join the team and make a real difference?
Why work with us?
Our team members are our most valuable asset. Without them, we simply wouldn’t be who we are today. We’re always delighted to welcome hard-working, passionate people who want to make a difference and support others. We call this ordinary people, extraordinary lives.
Being part of our team means you’ll be delivering excellent care and support, celebrating achievements and encouraging fun and creativity by engaging directly with people we support. This is not a role where you will be tied to a desk, you will enjoy the freedom to explore and access local communities and activities, sharing these moments and shaping the lives of people we support.
Our Roles
Our Support Workers work closely with people we support, both in their home and in their local communities.
They work to ensure that the individuals in our care are able to live their lives independently and engage in daily enrichment activities, while receiving focused, tailored support where needed.
Evenings, Weekends are a solid part of this role.
Our Senior Support Workers enhance and enrich quality of life for people we support by enabling them to keep moving towards their individualised goals. They also support team members in their role, encouraging them to be the best they can be.
Evenings and Weekends are a solid part of this role.
Our Home Managers ensure the our homes and services are run to the highest standard. They promote a supportive, safe environment for people we support, ensuring that each individuals needs are met each day.
Our Central Support Team looks after the behind-the-scenes running of our homes and services. Our HR, Finance, Marketing, IT, Growth, Quality and Wellbeing teams are focussed on delivering great support for our frontline teams.
Your Career
At The Safehouse, you’ll embark on a career adventure like no other, with dedicated training and development opportunities along the way to develop your skills and support your journey. Whatever your aspirations, we can help you reach your goals and forge a long-lasting career with us. To view all the benefits of a career with The Safehouse.
Our learning and development pathway is specifically tailored to ensure that every team member has the skills to provide the highest quality care and support. Our award-winning learning and development team has been consistently recognised as one of the strongest in our sector, which reflects directly on the opportunities we offer to our team members.
Our initiatives include:
- A range of specific training classes and courses that prepare you to support people with learning disabilities and a wide variety of complex needs.
- An active coaching scheme to support people with their individual development.
- An initial 12-week training period including a dedicated induction journey with your line manager.
- A devoted learning and development platform featuring an extensive library of educational resources.
- Opportunities to complete apprenticeships at various levels.
- A structured career pathway that rewards your development – we call this Career Adventures.
We offer a range of exciting benefits, such as:
- Flexible hours to suit a range of lifestyles
- Career progression and training opportunities
- Employee welfare and wellbeing initiatives, including a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- Recognition schemes, team events and social activities
- Employee discount schemes across a range of retailers and services
- Team member incentive schemes such as Refer a Friend, Employee of the Month and Heroes Awards to name but a few!
We share moments to shape the lives of people we support. These moments inspire a generation to create and grow together and provide specialist, tailored support. Being a part of our team means uplifting others, working together and learning new skills with each other every day.
Inspire
Inspiring a generation and changing lives for the better can be challenging. Together, we can have fun and discover what it means to help people live healthy, happy and meaningful lives.
Create
Creativity opens minds and unlocks potential. We encourage our team to take the creative approach to build a better future for people we support.
Learn
If you have a thirst for knowledge and a natural appetite for building lasting relationships, we’ll invest in your learning and development and help you achieve.
Grow
Progression matters. As you develop the skills and confidence of people we support, we’ll make things happen so you can grab the opportunities that come your way as we grow together.