Support Worker
| Posting date: | 22 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £12.21 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 21 September 2025 |
| Location: | Warwick, Warwickshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Penderels Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 17097WARRB1 |
Summary
To provide social support and inclusion to a young man living in the Warwick area. To support to maintain independence at home and within the community.
To provide support in a holistic manner by assisting, enabling, and maintaining general wellbeing, both in the home and in the community, whilst also helping to maintain dignity and independence.
You will join an established team who provide support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Personal care needs
Shopping for both personal items and food
Cooking nutritious and healthy meals
Keeping both bathroom and kitchen hygienically clean
Vacuuming, dusting, laundry, and general tidying
Support to access community resources, friends, and family
Assist with meetings with professionals and individuals interested in welfare.
Maintain professional boundaries, and respect for the home environment.
You will be required to follow instruction, support, and adhere to medication/medical regimes as agreed and prescribed by medical professionals/ and managed by the care manager.
To facilitate and support the individual in decision making, promoting choice, involvement, and control.
Ensure the individual’s needs are met through planning and reviewing.
Support the individuals’ participation and accessing community resources, leisure, friends, and family.
Interact and participate with the individual’s development of self-help skills, supporting to him to reach his potential for independence.
A willingness to travel to support the delivery of the individuals needs.
Driver – to use the individual’s own vehicle. Be responsible for reporting any issues or concerns regarding the maintenance of the vehicle to the care manager.
All the above tasks must be completed in a supportive, respectful, enabling, and guiding manner.
Responding to any difficulties a team member may be having, including attending to offer support.
Responsible for ensuring all records including medication are kept up to date.
Responsibility to keep Mum informed of any difficulties.
Responsible for ensuring all team members have everything required to undertake their shifts.
Patient and kind
Caring and reliable
Self-motivated and able to work independently.
Able to work in isolation.
Able to support and guide choices.
Able to meet personal needs in a respectful manner.
Able to provide care in a manner which encourages achievement.
Able to cook healthy and nutritious meals.
A car driver (Motability car is available)
You must be able to legally work in this country.
To be an advocate at times when needed.
To possess motivational skills but to also respect the individuals’ views and wishes.
Be able to understand the importance of seeking guidance and support when required.
The ability to take responsibility for own actions and behaviour, being able to reflect on previous experiences to improve own practice.
The ability to understand the barriers faced on a daily basis for people with a disability and willingness to sensitively challenge behaviours.
Oral Communication
Be able to communicate open and honestly.
Be able to ask sensitive and difficult questions and obtain information about matters that might be personal and sensitive.
To be able to seek clarification if you do not understand.
Ethics
Treat people with respect.
Keeps commitments.
Inspires the trust of others.
Works with integrity and ethically
Commitment to anti-oppressive, non-discriminatory, non-judgemental practice.
Professionalism
Be able to approach work and others in a tactful manner and be able to reacts well under pressure.
Be able to treat others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position.
Accept responsibility for own actions.
Be able to follow instruction and accept positive criticism.
Adaptability
To be able to adapt to changes in the work environment.
Be able to manage the varying demands of the post.
Be able to deal with possible changes, delays, or unexpected events.
To communicate in a professional manner any concerns you may have.
Healthy and safety:
Employee’s responsibility to report all accidents to the employer immediately and to record all details in the accident book.
Employee’s duty to report any defect and/or hazard which could give rise to an accident.
Employee’s duty to be cognizant with emergency procedures, and to be aware of fire extinguisher, fire blanket, emergency exit windows.
To ensure the safety of the individual at all times.
This post is subject to satisfactory references and a DBS check cost covered by employer.
To provide support in a holistic manner by assisting, enabling, and maintaining general wellbeing, both in the home and in the community, whilst also helping to maintain dignity and independence.
You will join an established team who provide support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Personal care needs
Shopping for both personal items and food
Cooking nutritious and healthy meals
Keeping both bathroom and kitchen hygienically clean
Vacuuming, dusting, laundry, and general tidying
Support to access community resources, friends, and family
Assist with meetings with professionals and individuals interested in welfare.
Maintain professional boundaries, and respect for the home environment.
You will be required to follow instruction, support, and adhere to medication/medical regimes as agreed and prescribed by medical professionals/ and managed by the care manager.
To facilitate and support the individual in decision making, promoting choice, involvement, and control.
Ensure the individual’s needs are met through planning and reviewing.
Support the individuals’ participation and accessing community resources, leisure, friends, and family.
Interact and participate with the individual’s development of self-help skills, supporting to him to reach his potential for independence.
A willingness to travel to support the delivery of the individuals needs.
Driver – to use the individual’s own vehicle. Be responsible for reporting any issues or concerns regarding the maintenance of the vehicle to the care manager.
All the above tasks must be completed in a supportive, respectful, enabling, and guiding manner.
Responding to any difficulties a team member may be having, including attending to offer support.
Responsible for ensuring all records including medication are kept up to date.
Responsibility to keep Mum informed of any difficulties.
Responsible for ensuring all team members have everything required to undertake their shifts.
Patient and kind
Caring and reliable
Self-motivated and able to work independently.
Able to work in isolation.
Able to support and guide choices.
Able to meet personal needs in a respectful manner.
Able to provide care in a manner which encourages achievement.
Able to cook healthy and nutritious meals.
A car driver (Motability car is available)
You must be able to legally work in this country.
To be an advocate at times when needed.
To possess motivational skills but to also respect the individuals’ views and wishes.
Be able to understand the importance of seeking guidance and support when required.
The ability to take responsibility for own actions and behaviour, being able to reflect on previous experiences to improve own practice.
The ability to understand the barriers faced on a daily basis for people with a disability and willingness to sensitively challenge behaviours.
Oral Communication
Be able to communicate open and honestly.
Be able to ask sensitive and difficult questions and obtain information about matters that might be personal and sensitive.
To be able to seek clarification if you do not understand.
Ethics
Treat people with respect.
Keeps commitments.
Inspires the trust of others.
Works with integrity and ethically
Commitment to anti-oppressive, non-discriminatory, non-judgemental practice.
Professionalism
Be able to approach work and others in a tactful manner and be able to reacts well under pressure.
Be able to treat others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position.
Accept responsibility for own actions.
Be able to follow instruction and accept positive criticism.
Adaptability
To be able to adapt to changes in the work environment.
Be able to manage the varying demands of the post.
Be able to deal with possible changes, delays, or unexpected events.
To communicate in a professional manner any concerns you may have.
Healthy and safety:
Employee’s responsibility to report all accidents to the employer immediately and to record all details in the accident book.
Employee’s duty to report any defect and/or hazard which could give rise to an accident.
Employee’s duty to be cognizant with emergency procedures, and to be aware of fire extinguisher, fire blanket, emergency exit windows.
To ensure the safety of the individual at all times.
This post is subject to satisfactory references and a DBS check cost covered by employer.
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