Bank Enabling Support Worker - Keefield Close, Harlow - £13.15 per hour

Shaftesbury; Harlow; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Gift vouchers

Training program

Holiday pay

Pension scheme

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Shaftesbury is seeking a Bank Enabling Support Worker to provide compassionate support, following the person-centred plan and maintaining records. The role may include administering personal care and medication and covering sleep-in shifts, with a £60 supplement per sleep-in.

Keefield Close, Harlow, provides care for ten adults with profound disabilities in a two-bungalow setting. The charity is committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare; DBS/Access NI checks are required.

Qualifications

• Provide support and encouragement following the person-centred support plan.
• Maintain accurate records in line with service requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care and medication administration as required.
• Cover sleep-in sessions with an additional £60 per sleep-in.
• Support ten adults with complex needs in a residential setting.

Skills

Care giving

Record keeping

Medication administration

Sleep-in shifts

Job description

Are you the candidate we are looking for? At Shaftesbury Keefield Close we are recruiting for Bank Enabling Support Workers.

Please note this role does not qualify for visa sponsorship, as the salary requirements set by the Home Office are not satisfied.

We are looking for people with the passion, talent, skills and experience that all add up to a caring and community-minded workforce.

We believe that the people we support have the right to a full and flourishing life. They deserve the very best in delivery. Driven by our core values, Shaftesbury strives to be Open, Enabling, Inclusive and Courageous in all that we do.

Our disability services across adult care, children's care and education are all focused on inclusion and support. Committed to professional, flexible and personalised care, we are passionate about going the extra mile in providing opportunities for people to thrive and live well.

About the role

As a Bank Enabling Support Worker it will be your role to provide support and encouragement, by taking direction from both the person supported and the person centred support plan.

You will be required to maintain accurate records while at work, in line with the service requirements. You may also be required to administer personal care and medication.

There will be the opportunity to cover sleep in sessions. You will be paid an additional £60 per sleep in.

Keefield Close, on the outskirts of Harlow, Essex, provides person-centred, responsive, residential care for ten adults with profound physical and intellectual disabilities.

We provide care for a wide range of needs including spastic quadriplegia and Down's Syndrome.

The home is spread over two spacious, adjoining and well-equipped bungalows. There is a lovely sensory garden at the back, and a separate building with facilities such as a sensory room. Our accessible and welcoming environment provides modern facilities with 24/7 support.

Benefits of working at Shaftesbury

At Shaftesbury, we know that our people are our greatest asset. We're proud to have some of the best and most committed staff in the sector - and we want to attract more people like you to work with Shaftesbury. We're now offering even more great benefits to reward the work of our wonderful staff in adult care:

• Great CQC, great reward. If your service is rated good or equivalent by CQC in all domains, all staff will receive a £30 gift voucher. If rated outstanding, all staff will receive a £50 gift voucher. (terms apply)

• We want to reward staff in a range of ways for their hard work. You can be nominated for a recognition letter from a member of the Executive Leadership Team and you may also be nominated to receive a gift voucher up to £50 for going above and beyond within your role.

• Excellent training package provided for all staff.

• Shaftesbury will pay any accrued holiday for the period worked. You will receive a payment equivalent to 12.07% for each hour worked in the period; up to a maximum of 5.6 weeks paid holiday per year.

• Pension Scheme.

• Access to our employee assistance program.

Shaftesbury is the disability charity that's committed to enabling children, young people and adults to live a life that adds up for them.

What makes life liveable is never down to just one thing - it's the sum of many things. From friendship to fun; from companionship to community; from a great chat to a challenge overcome, it all adds up - to Shaftesbury.

Through a wide range of disability care, special education, and rehabilitation services we promote inclusion and wellbeing for all. Together, we work to see people take part, contribute and be valued. We put the elements in place that all add up to connected lives.

Shaftesbury is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced DBS/Access NI check.

Shaftesbury is committed to the Disability Confident Scheme and to equal opportunities therefore we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation.