Relief Support Worker
| Posting date: | 15 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £11.50 per hour plus accrued holiday credit |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 03 May 2024 |
| Location: | Levenshulme, Manchester |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Creative Support |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 68709 |
Summary
Creative Support is a national not-for-profit organisation which provides care and support to people with learning disabilities, autism spectrum conditions, mental health needs, and older people. Our supported living service in Levenshulme provides person centred support to adults who have learning disabilities and/or autism spectrum conditions.
We are looking for warm, caring Relief Support Workers to provide person centred support to adults with learning disabilities and autism spectrum conditions in the Levenshulme area. Your role will include:
- Providing personal care, practical and emotional support to adults with learning disabilities
- Maximising service user outcomes by promoting independence and social inclusion
- Encouraging service users to be involved in decisions regarding their care and lives
- Collaborate with service users, their families and involved professionals to provide a consistent and coordinated service.
It is expected that you will work flexibly, including evenings and weekends, to meet the needs of the service.
Experience is essential for this role. You will have a warm, caring nature, and a commitment to making a positive difference in people’s lives.
As a Creative Support Relief Support Worker staff member you will have access to our free app which allows you to pick up shifts in any area of the country, provides information on the service and shifts as well as directions. You will be paid on a weekly basis.
Creative Support is a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer, who have recently received Investors in People Gold award. We actively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and cultures, however we can only accept fully completed applications from those located in and eligible to work within the UK – This post will not be open to Sponsorship under the UKVI scheme. We are also not accepting applicants who are currently on a Skilled Worker Visa, seeking secondary employment, as we are unable to actively track the hours worked with the primary sponsor.
Please note, we do not accept CVs as a form of application.
We will be interviewing for this role as suitable applications are received and may close this role before the closing date upon a successful candidate being appointed. We do not notify unsuccessful candidates of their outcome at application stage, previously unsuccessful applicants must wait six months before reapplying.
We are looking for warm, caring Relief Support Workers to provide person centred support to adults with learning disabilities and autism spectrum conditions in the Levenshulme area. Your role will include:
- Providing personal care, practical and emotional support to adults with learning disabilities
- Maximising service user outcomes by promoting independence and social inclusion
- Encouraging service users to be involved in decisions regarding their care and lives
- Collaborate with service users, their families and involved professionals to provide a consistent and coordinated service.
It is expected that you will work flexibly, including evenings and weekends, to meet the needs of the service.
Experience is essential for this role. You will have a warm, caring nature, and a commitment to making a positive difference in people’s lives.
As a Creative Support Relief Support Worker staff member you will have access to our free app which allows you to pick up shifts in any area of the country, provides information on the service and shifts as well as directions. You will be paid on a weekly basis.
Creative Support is a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer, who have recently received Investors in People Gold award. We actively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and cultures, however we can only accept fully completed applications from those located in and eligible to work within the UK – This post will not be open to Sponsorship under the UKVI scheme. We are also not accepting applicants who are currently on a Skilled Worker Visa, seeking secondary employment, as we are unable to actively track the hours worked with the primary sponsor.
Please note, we do not accept CVs as a form of application.
We will be interviewing for this role as suitable applications are received and may close this role before the closing date upon a successful candidate being appointed. We do not notify unsuccessful candidates of their outcome at application stage, previously unsuccessful applicants must wait six months before reapplying.
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