SUPPORT WORKER

Location: WESTMEAD, CASTLEFORD, WF10

SALARY: £8.75 PER HOUR

Vacancy Types: Full time/ Part time/ bank staff

Our Client provides community based registered care services for people with learning disabilities, autism and associated complex care needs. We provide personalised outcome based support to enable individuals with enhanced care and support needs to live safely, happily and successfully in the community.

Our values

·Change perceptions. See the world through the eyes of the people we support and mould the world around them

·Take a different outlook. Be confident to use our wealth of experience and knowledge to look at unique situations differently

·Be nice, kind, patient, resourceful, open minded, resilient and forgiving

·Understand why situations occur. We take an evidence based approach to why behaviour occurs and how to respond appropriately.

·Everyone’s opinions matters. We value every individual as part of the team and they are key to the success of the people we support and the organisation

Our new residential care home at Westmead supports seven people, each within their own homely flat based accommodation. We are looking for dedicated and motivated individuals to join our growing team.

We offer

·Competitive salary we are a Real Living Wage employer

·£8.75 per hour (after probation) or on joining for all qualifying drivers

·£8.50 per hour whilst on probation

·A comprehensive induction with ongoing training

·Flexible contractual hours

oFull time roles 40 hours

oDay and night time roles

oPart-time roles

oBank staff roles

oOpportunity for overtime

·An inclusive culture. We are a small growing organization and value the opinion of everyone within our team

·28 days annual leave including bank holidays

·Opportunities for progression and career development to suit your own aspirations

Purpose of the role

The people we support are at the heart of everything we do. Your role will involve supporting individuals to live their lives to their maximum potential in a way that they want to. This will be a varied and diverse role that will involve supporting individuals with a broad variety of daily activities, independent living skills and routines important to their respective wellbeing.

We are looking for individuals who can make a real difference to the people we support. Some of the individuals we support will at times display complex or difficult to understand behaviours. We will provide you with a comprehensive induction, training and support to build the right skills and experience to feel equipped to respond positively in these situations.

Our aim is to understand people’s different viewpoints of the world around them and mould our approach to their needs. You will have the benefit of seeing the progress people make when supported in the right environment.

We are a values-based recruiter so prior experience is not required though is of course welcome! All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) paid for by the company

Equal Opportunities

Our clients are committed to anti-discriminatory policies and practices and it is essential that the post holder shares and promotes this.