Activity Support Worker - Newham (Hiring Immediately)

Job Title: Activity Support Worker

Contract: Permanent Part Time

Hours: 15 hours per week

Salary: £29,334 per annum pro rata part time

Location: NE London: Newham

About Outward.

For 50 years, Outward has been providing high-quality support and care services to vulnerable people across London, predominantly in North East London. Established by families seeking alternatives to institutional care, we’ve grown into a respected provider of person-centred support for adults with learning disabilities, autism, mental health needs, and complex needs. We support over 1,000 people across nine boroughs, guided by our core values: engage, enable, and empower.

Outward is proud to be an accredited Living Wage Employer . This means we are committed to paying the Real Living Wage – not just the government minimum or national living wage – to our frontline Support Workers and other eligible staff. We recognise the value of the work our teams do, and we are committed to ensuring fair pay that reflects the true cost of living. The Real Living Wage is updated annually by the Living Wage Foundation, and Outward remains committed to aligning our pay accordingly.

About the Role

We are looking for a proactive and passionate activity support worker to join our dedicated team supporting adults with a range of needs, including learning disabilities, autism, mental health challenges, and complex support requirements. This role offers a unique opportunity to combine care and support responsibilities with planning fun and meaningful activities.

As an activity support worker, you will play a key role in empowering the people we support to live independent and fulfilling lives. You’ll be fun, friendly and a great communicator with a willingness to plan and lead a variety of activities that are person centred and tailored to the people we support. You will work closely with the Deputy or Team Manager and play an active role in ensuring our services are high quality, well-managed, and aligned with Outward’s core values of engage, enable, and empower.

Your Responsibilities

As an activity support worker, you will:

· Ensure that the activities on offer are person centred, and outcome focused

· Ensure activities are where possible within the wider community and involve using universal services.

· Ensure that there is constant involvement and consultation with the people using the service and their circle of support.

· Organise and facilitate activities at the Hub base and develop these with the members.

· Undertake shift leading and key working responsibilities,

· Encourage all community-based activities to be accessed by public transport where possible.

· Record all information accurately and appropriately.

· Create and update club member’s risk assessments and support plans.

· To assist with any personal care or other needs of attendees.

· To support the attendees at all activities to get the most out of their time and to participate as much as possible,

· To market the service appropriately

· To ensure that all media relating to the service (plans, timetables, newsletters etc.) is accessible and created with the involvement of people using the service.

· To undertake other tasks in line with the role; daily cleaning duties and day to day petty cash monitoring.

Requirements

Essential Criteria

• Friendliness and a kind and caring nature,
• Compassionate and understanding,
• Patience and empathy,
• A willingness to learn and be proactive in trying new things,
• An ability to build trust and relationships with others,
• A considered and sensible approach,
• Commitment to empowering people with learning disabilities and autism to live fulfilled lives,
• Able to plan and deliver meaningful activities for the people we support,
• Able to encourage people to engage in activities,
• IT literacy – Microsoft Office and online applications,
• Good understanding of safeguarding and risk management in a care/support setting
• Knowledge of health and safety issues within supported housing or care environments
• Understanding of confidentiality, GDPR, and data protection principles
• Staff must have access to a smartphone capable of receiving SMS messages and installing authe]]>