Support Worker
| Posting date: | 17 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Up to £11.60 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 May 2024 |
| Location: | Morecambe, Lancashire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Creative Support |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 78334 |
Summary
We have a fun, new, vacancy for a support worker within our Morecambe Learning Disability Services.
Our tenants have a wide range of interests and hobbies including volunteering, walking and membership of the Rollercoaster Association!
Join our committed staff team at our supported living service in Morecambe to provide person-centred support to adults with learning disabilities and autism. As a valued support worker you will help our service users to enjoy an excellent quality of life.
You will provide person-centred care and support to tenants to take part in all aspects of every day life and to enjoy a wide range of activities. We are looking for the right person to share their passions and interest.
Support Worker Duties:
• Collaborating with colleagues, families and involved professionals to ensure a coordinated and consistent service
• Providing respectful personal care, practical and emotional support
• Ability to work flexibly in shifts over the weekend and bank holidays
• Develop and sustain warm and trusting relationships with service users
• Shifts are available during the day and for waking nights
Prior experience in this field of work is beneficial, although not a substitute for an engaging, creative and person centred approach.
Creative Support is a high quality provider of support to individuals with a wide range of care needs including individuals with a learning disability and other needs. We employ over 5,000 staff and have been a not for profit care provider for over 30 years.
Benefits of working with Creative Support:
We offer all employees competitive pay and a pension contribution in addition to 28 days annual leave. As an employer that is committed to the professional development of our staff we also support our care staff to complete the nationally recognised Care Certificate and pay for your enhanced DBS. Additional benefits include enhanced maternity leave, employee support programmes and an additional day of leave each year on or around your Birthday.
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 – Please be aware we are currently at full capacity with our Visa Sponsor Licenses, therefore we are not accepting applicants who are seeking sponsorship.
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.
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.
Our tenants have a wide range of interests and hobbies including volunteering, walking and membership of the Rollercoaster Association!
Join our committed staff team at our supported living service in Morecambe to provide person-centred support to adults with learning disabilities and autism. As a valued support worker you will help our service users to enjoy an excellent quality of life.
You will provide person-centred care and support to tenants to take part in all aspects of every day life and to enjoy a wide range of activities. We are looking for the right person to share their passions and interest.
Support Worker Duties:
• Collaborating with colleagues, families and involved professionals to ensure a coordinated and consistent service
• Providing respectful personal care, practical and emotional support
• Ability to work flexibly in shifts over the weekend and bank holidays
• Develop and sustain warm and trusting relationships with service users
• Shifts are available during the day and for waking nights
Prior experience in this field of work is beneficial, although not a substitute for an engaging, creative and person centred approach.
Creative Support is a high quality provider of support to individuals with a wide range of care needs including individuals with a learning disability and other needs. We employ over 5,000 staff and have been a not for profit care provider for over 30 years.
Benefits of working with Creative Support:
We offer all employees competitive pay and a pension contribution in addition to 28 days annual leave. As an employer that is committed to the professional development of our staff we also support our care staff to complete the nationally recognised Care Certificate and pay for your enhanced DBS. Additional benefits include enhanced maternity leave, employee support programmes and an additional day of leave each year on or around your Birthday.
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 – Please be aware we are currently at full capacity with our Visa Sponsor Licenses, therefore we are not accepting applicants who are seeking sponsorship.
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.
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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