FEMALE SUPPORT WORKER
| Posting date: | 09 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12.00 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | £12.00 per hour plus great benefits package |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 May 2024 |
| Location: | CA22 2QA |
| Company: | Walsingham Support |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 34131-449-04081138 |
Summary
Work with Walsingham and make a real difference to people's lives
Walsingham Support has been operating across England and Wales since 1986. We enhance the lives of people with learning disabilities, autism and other complex needs. We're different because we pride ourselves in putting the people we support at the centre of everything we do. We do this by delivering specifically tailored support for every individual we work with.
o As a valued member of our team, each Female Support Worker is there to help deliver the quality-of-life people with disabilities deserve. By doing so, the female support worker will be supporting our service users to reach their full potential.
o You will help to ensure that Walsingham Support's care is of high quality and person-centred. As a Female Support Worker you will help to ensure that care is tailored to the needs of each individual and based on their lifestyle.
o As a Female Support Worker, it is your duty to ensure a high quality and well maintained environment for those we support.
o Each Female Support Worker is expected to work from a care plan, providing help with day to day living tasks. This might include personal care, meal preparation, housekeeping, providing emotional support, social interaction and visits to activities in their communities.
WE REALLY CARE ABOUT OUR STAFF AND OFFER A WIDE RANGE OF BENEFITS TO EACH FEMALE SUPPORT WORKER:
o Favourable working hours, including part-time roles and bank positions.
o 28 days annual leave, rising up to 38 days depending on length of service.
o Double pay if you work on bank holidays.
o Pension scheme contributions.
o Life assurance equal to three times your salary.
o Bereavement helpline.
o Walsingham Rewards Scheme with extensive discounts on everyday items.
o Exceptional training and continuing professional development opportunities.
o Long service awards.
o Eyecare vouchers.
o Outstanding work bonus payments.
o Recommend a friend bonus of £250.
This is a wonderfully varied role where you will build genuine relationships with the people you care for. You do not need prior experience to join as a Female Support Worker with Walsingham Support. We provide all the training required! Read on to find out more
ABOUT THE SERVICE
Beech Avenue service is a small homely residential care home where five individuals supported reside. The home is situated in a small rural town/ Egremont. Public transport is quite sparse especially at weekends so all staff need to have a driving license. The nearest train station will be Whitehaven or St Bees. The individuals supported in their home have a shared adapted van for accessing the local community and personal appointments, all staff are required to have a driving assessment for using the adapted van. Within Beech service we pride ourselves with a high standard of care, showing empathy and understanding at all times. The individuals we support have high complex needs and there is intensive training in place with e learning, face to face training and collaborative working with external professionals for inhouse service training. There is a high level of personal care and use of specialist equipment such as ceiling tracker hoists, shower beds, profile beds etc. and all staff complete regular moving and handling person specific training and are competency assessed. Staff coming into the service have an in-depth induction to meet the needs of the individuals supported in the service, as the service supports all females with a high level of personal care, female support is required to support and maintain the dignity and comfort of those supported. The service itself is very much a specialist service supporting with a host of health needs including all aspects of medication including rescue medication, personal care, continence management, peg feed administration, epilepsy. We pride ourselves in knowing the individuals supported very well, with non verbal communication it takes time to get to know the individuals' supported mannerisms, verbal cues, facial expressions. We work with a minimum of two staff on shift and the RCM is in service throughout the week, there is also an on-call system for back up and support out of hours.
Walsingham Support has been operating across England and Wales since 1986. We enhance the lives of people with learning disabilities, autism and other complex needs. We're different because we pride ourselves in putting the people we support at the centre of everything we do. We do this by delivering specifically tailored support for every individual we work with.
o As a valued member of our team, each Female Support Worker is there to help deliver the quality-of-life people with disabilities deserve. By doing so, the female support worker will be supporting our service users to reach their full potential.
o You will help to ensure that Walsingham Support's care is of high quality and person-centred. As a Female Support Worker you will help to ensure that care is tailored to the needs of each individual and based on their lifestyle.
o As a Female Support Worker, it is your duty to ensure a high quality and well maintained environment for those we support.
o Each Female Support Worker is expected to work from a care plan, providing help with day to day living tasks. This might include personal care, meal preparation, housekeeping, providing emotional support, social interaction and visits to activities in their communities.
WE REALLY CARE ABOUT OUR STAFF AND OFFER A WIDE RANGE OF BENEFITS TO EACH FEMALE SUPPORT WORKER:
o Favourable working hours, including part-time roles and bank positions.
o 28 days annual leave, rising up to 38 days depending on length of service.
o Double pay if you work on bank holidays.
o Pension scheme contributions.
o Life assurance equal to three times your salary.
o Bereavement helpline.
o Walsingham Rewards Scheme with extensive discounts on everyday items.
o Exceptional training and continuing professional development opportunities.
o Long service awards.
o Eyecare vouchers.
o Outstanding work bonus payments.
o Recommend a friend bonus of £250.
This is a wonderfully varied role where you will build genuine relationships with the people you care for. You do not need prior experience to join as a Female Support Worker with Walsingham Support. We provide all the training required! Read on to find out more
ABOUT THE SERVICE
Beech Avenue service is a small homely residential care home where five individuals supported reside. The home is situated in a small rural town/ Egremont. Public transport is quite sparse especially at weekends so all staff need to have a driving license. The nearest train station will be Whitehaven or St Bees. The individuals supported in their home have a shared adapted van for accessing the local community and personal appointments, all staff are required to have a driving assessment for using the adapted van. Within Beech service we pride ourselves with a high standard of care, showing empathy and understanding at all times. The individuals we support have high complex needs and there is intensive training in place with e learning, face to face training and collaborative working with external professionals for inhouse service training. There is a high level of personal care and use of specialist equipment such as ceiling tracker hoists, shower beds, profile beds etc. and all staff complete regular moving and handling person specific training and are competency assessed. Staff coming into the service have an in-depth induction to meet the needs of the individuals supported in the service, as the service supports all females with a high level of personal care, female support is required to support and maintain the dignity and comfort of those supported. The service itself is very much a specialist service supporting with a host of health needs including all aspects of medication including rescue medication, personal care, continence management, peg feed administration, epilepsy. We pride ourselves in knowing the individuals supported very well, with non verbal communication it takes time to get to know the individuals' supported mannerisms, verbal cues, facial expressions. We work with a minimum of two staff on shift and the RCM is in service throughout the week, there is also an on-call system for back up and support out of hours.