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Support worker- Wolverhampton

Job details
Posting date: 11 September 2024
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 11 October 2024
Location: Wolverhampton, WV10
Company: Affinity Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: OPS04539-27079

Summary

Doing Amazing Things Together

We’re all about possibilities. Are you?

Are you enthusiastic, inventive with a positive mindset? Maybe you can create imaginative craft projects, know where the best recipes are or really love animals?

And patience. Do you have patience and empathy?

Become a Support Worker.

What matters to the people we support matters to us. It’s their life, their way.

You will be working in a registered care home, so it’s important you can connect, share interests and be interested. We support 13 people on site across 3 dorma bungalows and there is a opportunities activities building too. From making a cuppa to supporting with finding their place in community, the people we support have their own goals to shoot for and milestones to reach – big or small.

So if you enjoy building meaningful relationships and think you could plan, communicate and deliver support with and alongside people, then this is the place for you.

Ability to commute/relocate:WV1 - You must be able to reliably commute for shift start times or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Affinity Trust does not presently hold a Sponsorship Licence and while this status is reviewed regularly there is no present proposal to apply for such a Licence

Why Join Us?

What will we do?

We will train you in everything you need to be a great Support Worker. We will apply and pay for your enhanced DBS, and we have a mentorship scheme in place to provide support and guide you on your journey with us.

We provide a package of benefits that make it that bit easier to be your best and we can also support you to achieve a Level 2 diploma in Health and Social Care and pursue a career that takes on more responsibility.

We offer Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it, access to coaching, vouchers, discounts, cashback and more.

You will be entitled to annual leave with the ability to buy additional leave

Fully funded health cash plans giving you access to a 24 hour GP, money back on prescriptions, dental treatment, opticians and access to many more health benefits

What will you do?

Supporting people is really important but it’s not all trips out and artwork. We also support people to take their medication, make healthy lifestyle choices or maintain their home in a way they are safe and well.
It sounds exciting to say no two days will be the same, but in support, sometimes they are. Sometimes people like routine and struggle with change… But when you support someone to try something new – what a feeling!
If you want to empower people to live the life they choose and you share our values… Apply to become a Support Worker today.

Apply today

Ready to do things differently? Submit your application.

We’re committed to being Disability Confident and we guarantee to interview all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

Please contact our recruitment team for further information: recruitment@affinitytrust.org.

Check out more opportunities on our careers page: https://www.affinitytrust.org/about-us/careers/job-search/

This advert may close early if the people we support find their new support worker or sufficient applicants are received

INDHP

Apply today

Ready to do things differently? Submit your application.

We’re committed to being Disability Confident and we guarantee to interview all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

Please contact our recruitment team for further information: recruitment@affinitytrust.org.

Check out more opportunities on our careers page: https://www.affinitytrust.org/about-us/careers/job-search/

This advert may close early if the people we support find their new support worker or sufficient applicants are received

INDHP

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