Support Worker BRR8639
| Posting date: | 06 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £15.00 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 06 July 2025 |
| Location: | Worthing, West Sussex |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Independent Lives |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | BRR8639 |
Summary
Support Worker
Ref: BRR8639
Location: Worthing
Details
This role is to support a Woman
Drivers licence required:
Employment status:
Employed
Hours per week:
Up to 10 hours per week, will vary. More hours may be required later on.
Hourly pay rate:
£15.00
I am a friendly 23 year old woman and live with my parents and cockapoo dog.
I love music, dancing, animals and cooking. I attend college and would like to be a chef. I won the Catering and Hospitality Star of the Year 2023 award at college which led to some work experience cooking in a bakery which is now finished.
I also enjoy going to lots of other activities e.g. swimming, Rangers (Girl Guides), theatre group, and horse riding.
You would be required to assist me by attending social activities such as Ten Pin bowling, accompany me on meals out with Mencap and other groups and generally provide encouragement for me to interact with my peers, develop friendships and gain confidence and independence.
You will also need to help me to use public transport and cross busy roads, assist with shopping and cooking at home and some domestic tasks.
Experience of working with people with similar needs is essential. I must be kept safe and supervised at all times.
A driver with their own car would be useful but not essential.
Duties include:
- Shopping
- Cooking
- Companionship
- Support to attend Mencap and other social activities e.g. bowling, meals out.
- Encouragement to interact with peers, develop friendships and gain confidence and independence in social situations.
- Keep safe and supervised
Candidate qualities:
- Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality
- Reliable with good timekeeping
- Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative
- Hygienic, tidy and well organised
- Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties
- Creative
- Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
- Must be comfortable with pets
- Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
- Cheerful and enthusiastic
- Patient and empathetic
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Good communication skills including listening and explaining
- Honest
- Experience of working with people with Downs syndrome or learning disabilities.
Additional requirements
Non-smoker preferred or someone willing to refrain from smoking during working hours
Notes:
All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required.
Please note, if you are successful in your application for this position, you will be either engaged directly or employed by the individual employer and not by Independent Lives. The role may be offered on an employed or self-employed basis, depending on the suitability and agreement with the employer. If the role is employed, you will be entitled to holiday pay and issued an employment contract.
*Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9
Ref: BRR8639
Location: Worthing
Details
This role is to support a Woman
Drivers licence required:
Employment status:
Employed
Hours per week:
Up to 10 hours per week, will vary. More hours may be required later on.
Hourly pay rate:
£15.00
I am a friendly 23 year old woman and live with my parents and cockapoo dog.
I love music, dancing, animals and cooking. I attend college and would like to be a chef. I won the Catering and Hospitality Star of the Year 2023 award at college which led to some work experience cooking in a bakery which is now finished.
I also enjoy going to lots of other activities e.g. swimming, Rangers (Girl Guides), theatre group, and horse riding.
You would be required to assist me by attending social activities such as Ten Pin bowling, accompany me on meals out with Mencap and other groups and generally provide encouragement for me to interact with my peers, develop friendships and gain confidence and independence.
You will also need to help me to use public transport and cross busy roads, assist with shopping and cooking at home and some domestic tasks.
Experience of working with people with similar needs is essential. I must be kept safe and supervised at all times.
A driver with their own car would be useful but not essential.
Duties include:
- Shopping
- Cooking
- Companionship
- Support to attend Mencap and other social activities e.g. bowling, meals out.
- Encouragement to interact with peers, develop friendships and gain confidence and independence in social situations.
- Keep safe and supervised
Candidate qualities:
- Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality
- Reliable with good timekeeping
- Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative
- Hygienic, tidy and well organised
- Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties
- Creative
- Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
- Must be comfortable with pets
- Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
- Cheerful and enthusiastic
- Patient and empathetic
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Good communication skills including listening and explaining
- Honest
- Experience of working with people with Downs syndrome or learning disabilities.
Additional requirements
Non-smoker preferred or someone willing to refrain from smoking during working hours
Notes:
All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required.
Please note, if you are successful in your application for this position, you will be either engaged directly or employed by the individual employer and not by Independent Lives. The role may be offered on an employed or self-employed basis, depending on the suitability and agreement with the employer. If the role is employed, you will be entitled to holiday pay and issued an employment contract.
*Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9
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