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Support Worker
| Posting date: | 12 September 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £11.44 to £11.44 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 October 2024 |
| Location: | Derbyshire, NG10 4PB |
| Company: | Real Life Options |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | ORG3708-ZK1143501LonSW |
Summary
Female Support Worker – Long Eaton
We offer a competitive rate of £11.44ph plus great benefits!
Part time – 30 hours per week
We are looking for people to join our friendly and welcoming team in Long Eaton service which comprises of 1 supported living service with 2 ladies. This is a great opportunity to enhance people’s lives.
You will be responsible in supporting with personal care, activities and daily living task such as shopping, cleaning, cooking and medication and to attend appointments ensuring notes are written in full after. As a support worker, you will provide person-centred care to two individuals with unique needs:
Lady A requires hands-on support and clean, simple communication. You will assist her with daily tasks, offering clear instructions and ensure safety due to her epilepsy and parkinsonism. Therefore, patience, attentiveness, and the ability to break down tasks into manageable steps are essential.
Lady B requires supportive and calm environment. She is verbal but relies on reassurance and consistency to manage her emotional wellbeing. With her registered blind, you’ll help ensure her environment is organised.
Both ladies may display challenging behaviour at times, therefore you must have the ability to use effective de-escalation techniques to maintain their wellbeing.
You’ll have a really rewarding role working with a great team of people and the chance to make a real difference to other people’s lives. We will support you along your career path to learn, develop and grow.
Real Life Options offers flexible employment opportunities. Your shifts may include weekends, evenings, nights and sleepovers but general shifts run between 9:00am and 22:00pm followed by sleep ins. Some shifts are from 9:00am to 15:00pm when 1:1 hours are taking place but can vary depending on needs and activities that are planned.
Previous experience is desirable for this position although full training will be provided.
Benefits and Rewards
A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job
An employer contributory pension scheme
In addition to the above you also have access to the following great benefits:
Health Cash Plan (for full/part time contracted hours)
£10,000 Life cover
A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
Cycle to Work Scheme
A financial wellbeing scheme
Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
Recognition Initiatives
We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are:
Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence
If you can circle 6 or more of the skills below, then you could be the person we are looking for:
Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values – Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive
Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.
Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.
We offer a competitive rate of £11.44ph plus great benefits!
Part time – 30 hours per week
We are looking for people to join our friendly and welcoming team in Long Eaton service which comprises of 1 supported living service with 2 ladies. This is a great opportunity to enhance people’s lives.
You will be responsible in supporting with personal care, activities and daily living task such as shopping, cleaning, cooking and medication and to attend appointments ensuring notes are written in full after. As a support worker, you will provide person-centred care to two individuals with unique needs:
Lady A requires hands-on support and clean, simple communication. You will assist her with daily tasks, offering clear instructions and ensure safety due to her epilepsy and parkinsonism. Therefore, patience, attentiveness, and the ability to break down tasks into manageable steps are essential.
Lady B requires supportive and calm environment. She is verbal but relies on reassurance and consistency to manage her emotional wellbeing. With her registered blind, you’ll help ensure her environment is organised.
Both ladies may display challenging behaviour at times, therefore you must have the ability to use effective de-escalation techniques to maintain their wellbeing.
You’ll have a really rewarding role working with a great team of people and the chance to make a real difference to other people’s lives. We will support you along your career path to learn, develop and grow.
Real Life Options offers flexible employment opportunities. Your shifts may include weekends, evenings, nights and sleepovers but general shifts run between 9:00am and 22:00pm followed by sleep ins. Some shifts are from 9:00am to 15:00pm when 1:1 hours are taking place but can vary depending on needs and activities that are planned.
Previous experience is desirable for this position although full training will be provided.
Benefits and Rewards
A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job
An employer contributory pension scheme
In addition to the above you also have access to the following great benefits:
Health Cash Plan (for full/part time contracted hours)
£10,000 Life cover
A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
Cycle to Work Scheme
A financial wellbeing scheme
Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
Recognition Initiatives
We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are:
Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence
If you can circle 6 or more of the skills below, then you could be the person we are looking for:
Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values – Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive
Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.
Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.
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