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Support Worker

Job details
Posting date: 05 April 2024
Salary: £13.61 per hour
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 05 May 2024
Location: Castle Cary, BA7 7HP
Company: Discovery
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: DS03730

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Summary

Support Worker Vacancy
Full Time And Part Time Vacancies Available
Castle Cary
Pay Rate: £13.61 per hour

Drivers needed due to the people we supporting wanting to go out and about!
The Maples is next to the park by the bowls club and a 2 minute walk from the high street.

We are looking for people with a fun positive outlook willing to encourage people we support to try new things, with a reasonable level of fitness to help the people we support go out and about in their wheelchairs.

At this home the people we support enjoy active lifestyles including things such as visiting Longleat, gardening club, exercise club, swimming, theatre, going out for lunch, going to the pub, meeting up with friends and family and any other fun activities you think they may enjoy!

Person A has regular hydrotherapy sessions with prescribed movements which they would love you to come and support them with.

Person B is a reading buddy at the local school and enjoys going out for meals and would love you to join them!

Benefits for Support Workers working with Discovery include:

- 30 days paid Annual Leave (including public holidays - pro rata)

- Opportunities for career progression

- High Street Discounts - Retail and Entertainment (supermarkets, hospitality, pubs, cinema etc.) which could be worth up to £1200

- Life Assurance and Company Pension

- Industry leading, award winning, training enhanced DBS paid for by us

- We offer a salary advance scheme where you can access up to 50% of the money you've earned before payday.

About us:

Discovery is about people. We are ambitious for the people we support and our colleagues. We want the people we support to have fulfilling lives and we want our colleagues to have great careers with us.

This role requires an enhanced DBS Disclosure, which will be obtained for you by Discovery.

Shortlisting will be conducted on receipt of applications and interviews arranged and conducted until the vacant positions have been filled.

Discovery is an equal opportunities employer that values diversity and is strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. Discovery are Disability Confident Committed and we guarantee to interview all applicants who let us know they have a disability and meet the minimum essential criteria for this role. As part of our commitment to making reasonable adjustments we can offer support to complete your application in our offices using assistive technology.

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We want the people we support to have fulfilling lives and we want our colleagues to have great careers with us. If you would like to be a part of our team and feel that your values match ours, please apply by clicking the button below, or contact Tia on 0300 303 9150 or drop us an email at applynow@discovery-uk.org for an informal conversation about the role. Before you know it you could be making a positive difference every day.

This role requires an enhanced DBS Disclosure, which will be obtained for you by Discovery.

Discovery is an equal opportunities employer that values diversity and is strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. Discovery are Disability Confident Committed and we guarantee to interview all applicants who let us know they have a disability and meet the minimum essential criteria for this role. Discovery has been awarded this symbol by Jobcentre Plus to recognise our commitment towards the employment, retention, training and career development of disabled employees. As part of our commitment to making reasonable adjustments we can offer support to complete your application . Please contact the Resourcing Consultant Team on 03003039150 or email applynow@discovery-uk.org

Other organisations may call this role Community Support Worker, Residential Support Worker, Care Worker, Care Assistant, Social Care Worker, Social Care Assistant or, Bank HCA, Healthcare Assistant or Carer.

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A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

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