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Support Worker

Job details
Posting date: 18 June 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: Up to £11.60 per hour
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 03 July 2024
Location: Bury, Greater Manchester
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Creative Support
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 74886

Summary

Are you looking for a diverse role that is fun, stimulating and rewarding every day?

Creative Support is looking for a warm, reliable and proactive Support Worker to join our friendly and dedicated staff team in Bury, Manchester. At our vibrant service we provide quality care to nine service users with mental health support needs. Our service users enjoy gardening, movie nights, going out for walks, cooking, and many more! This role is excellent for someone new to care and looking to kick-start their career in a fun service with a collaborative, friendly staff team.

Support Worker Duties:

• Be willing to work flexibly according to the needs of the service, including weekends, evenings and daytimes
• To support service users in managing self-medication programmes
• To maintain a warm and responsive approach to service users and their families
• To support service users in budgeting and managing their finances and to ensure that they are able to maximise their income by liaising with Welfare Rights agencies.
• To promote the service user’s self-esteem and enable them to express their preferences and make choices and decisions.

No personal care, nights or sleeps are included in this role.

We are looking for candidates from all walks of life. No previous care experience is needed, just a passion for providing person-centred care and support and working in a bright, friendly environment! Full training is provided by our Creative Support Training Academy, as is the opportunity to work towards QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care.

Benefits of working with Creative Support:

• A one-off bonus of £100 upon successful completion of the 4-month probationary period.
• Competitive pay and a pension with company contribution and 28 days annual leave,
• Company paid enhanced DBS for all staff
• Free employee support programme
• All our staff are supported 24/7 by our out-of-hours teams
• Support to complete the nationally recognised Care Certificate and Social Care Diploma

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 Silver award. We actively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and cultures.

Vacancy Reference Number: 74886
Applications for this role must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the above vacancy reference number

Full training is provided, as is the opportunity to work towards QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care. Benefits of working with Creative Support include a probationary bonus, pension contributions, 28 days Annual Leave and company paid enhanced DBS.

We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organization - Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Gold awarded.

We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK. – This post will not be open to Sponsorship under the UKVI scheme