We’re recruiting for male support workers!
We have a 37.5 hour and a 20 hour vacancy available. Sleep-ins and weekend work in an essential requirement and lone-working in this service.
Join us as a Learning Disability Support Worker and create a future where learning disabled people live the best life possible.
We know that life can be complicated for everybody. But some of us are stopped from working towards our dreams. Many learning disabled people won’t be heard about the support they’d like. Some won’t get to decide what they do for work. Or how to spend or save their money. Many won't get to try out the new hobbies they’d love to try.
But you can change all that.
Join our growing team in Cheshire and get all the training you need to become a confident Support Worker.
Do you feel like our values - Kind, Diverse, Positive and Visionary - are a good match to your values? Then we’ve got lots in common already. Come on board and support learning disabled adults with those very values to develop skills, achieve their life goals and thrive in your community.
What we offer you
- Where you’ll be working: Ellesmere Port
- Your salary:£12.00 per hour
- Your working hours: We offer lots of flexibility to suit you and those you support. If you are interested in ‘Sleep ins’ we will pay you £44.62 per shift plus over 12% holiday pay.
- Generous Holidays: 33 days of annual leave (including eight days statutory bank holidays).
- Pay incentives: 10% overtime allowance, 20% Bank Holiday allowance, 50% for key dates over Christmas.
- Training & development: Earn money while you get a fully funded Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care.
- Lots of benefits: Health, retail and cash incentives to use how you want.
What you’ll be doing
This service is a transitional service working with 4 20-30 yr old men with ASD and Learning Disabilities. The successful Support Worker will be supporting the young men through their transition into independent or semi-independent living. Help with life skills such as cooking, cleaning, public transport use, social skills and safety (both at home and in the community). Helping with their hobbies as well as encouraging self-management of medical appointments and medication where applicable.
Due to the people we support in this setting being so independent, the support worker would need to be able to use their initiative when in work and be fully flexible with the changeable schedules of the people we support. We also continue to support those who have transitioned out of the house in an outreach setting, whereby they live independently and receive our support on occasion throughout the week.
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