Support Worker
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 19 June 2024 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £11.79 to £11.98 per hour |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Plus Enhancements |
| Oriau: | Part time |
| Dyddiad cau: | 03 July 2024 |
| Lleoliad: | Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 2UP |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | West Sussex County Council |
| Math o swydd: | Permanent |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | CAFHE05250_1718793123 |
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Our team at Hammonds (Adults Residential Service) focuses on providing the right balance of the individuality, needs, wishes and rights of each of the people we support.
Why not have a look at our dedicated Careers in adults' residential services, day opportunities and shared lives webpage to learn more about the difference you can make!
About The Job
Salary: £11.79 - £11.98 per hour (plus enhancements)
Enhancements: Weekend working - Time & a half, Bank Holidays - Double time & Night enhancement (8pm - 10pm shifts)
Working Pattern: Evening & Weekend Shifts available
Contract Length: Permanent
Location: Hammonds, Bognor Regis
About You
To become a Support Worker with us you will be:
- Passionate about supporting people to be the best they can be.
- Empowering people to live the life they choose.
- Supporting people to take part in activities such as trips to the cinema, festivals and going on holidays!
- A good listener, patient, respectful, kind and treat all people with dignity.
- Ensure people have opportunity to be involved in every aspect of their care and support.
- Support people to maintain friendships/relationships important to them and to make new relationships.
About Hammonds
Here at Hammonds, we provide specialist care for maximum of 16 and up to 4 people in our respite homes. We are a service supporting adults with learning disabilities. We prioritise helping everyone have as much independence as they are able and to feel connected to the community around them.
Our Support Workers provide tailored care to the people they care for and we actively take them out to a range of activities from swimming to trips to the pub, to holidays to Euro Disney. We develop the activities around the individuals and what they are passionate or interested in. This allows for unique and personal care plans and ensures that no day is the same for our Support Workers or those we care for.
Reward & Benefits
We promote personal development within our team, and this will continue beyond the induction in the form of training opportunities and advising on promotion opportunities within the service to advance your career. We care hugely about wellbeing, allowing time for a good work/life balance, and developing our team to be the best they can be. Alongside this, we also offer the below benefits.
- Maternity, paternity, dependency, and adoption leave.
- Training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships and personal development.
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme, 21.37% employer contribution
- Eligible to apply for a Blue light card
- As a support worker will be given online and face to face training throughout the year.
For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on our Rewards and Benefits page.
Key Skills: (Please use these to help you answer the question on the application form as this will be used as the shortlisting criteria for interviews)
- You can interpret information, such as service complaints, and redirect them to the appropriate person to provide quick and accurate resolution.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- You will show the ability to deal appropriately with expressive behaviour from the people we support and respond sensitively to their families and carers.
- Confident in building relationships with people from a wide variety of cultural, religious and ethnic backgrounds.
- Enjoy working as part of a team completing shared tasks as required.
Qualifications and/ experience
- Please refer to the attached job description on the West Seussex County Council application page.
To apply
Upload your CV and complete the application explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you refer to the key skills listed in the job description. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check.
West Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer committed to promoting an environment that is inclusive and free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of its people. We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and take every possible step to ensure that no individual will be disadvantaged.
For information regarding your eligibility to apply for this role under our Disability or Veteran's Guaranteed Interview Scheme, this can be found on our application help page.
Note for Recruitment Agencies: We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!