Bank Specialist Support Worker – Brudenell Road, Leeds

Signhealth; Leeds; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join a passionate Deaf-led charity as a Specialist Support Worker in Leeds, dedicated to providing exceptional care for Deaf clients with complex needs. This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the lives of individuals transitioning from inpatient settings. You will receive comprehensive training, including British Sign Language (BSL) development and ongoing support to maximize your potential. Enjoy flexibility in your work schedule and a competitive pay rate while contributing to a mission that prioritizes wellbeing for both clients and staff. If you have a heart for service and the skills to support our community, we want to hear from you!

Benefits

Flexibility of working

Competitive rate of pay

Free of Charge DBS Certificate

PAID Care Certificate

Defined contribution pension scheme

Eye Care Vouchers

Qualifications

• Experience working with Deaf clients and complex needs.
• Strong communication skills and BSL proficiency required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain tenants' safety, privacy, and dignity.
• Work alongside clients with complex mental health conditions.

Skills

British Sign Language (BSL)

Experience with varying degrees of deafness

Excellent communication skills

Experience with Learning Disabilities

Experience in supported living services

Prevention Management of Violence and Aggression (PMVA)

Job description

Bank Specialist Support Worker – Brudenell Road, Leeds

Role: Specialist Support Worker
Salary: £13.50 per hour – day rate or £15.12 per hour – night rate
Location: Brudenell Road, Leeds
Hours: Bank (Nil hours)

About the role

Our service in Leeds is a brand-new supported living service for 4 clients who are Deaf with complex needs and/or mental health conditions. Some clients may be moving directly from inpatient hospitals.

If you have the passion to make a difference, have experience outlined below and you are interested in working for SignHealth, we would be delighted to hear from you:

We are looking for people with:

• Experience of working with varying degrees of deafness, including those who are culturally deaf
• British Sign Language (BSL)
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience of working with people with Learning Disabilities and/or Mental Health challenges where diagnosis is complex and may present challenging behaviour
• Experience of working in supported living services or residential care services
• Experience of Prevention Management of Violence and Aggression (PMVA) or willingness to undertake this training

You will maintain tenants’ safety, privacy and dignity in accordance with CQC regulations and organisation policies and procedures.

SignHealth is a passionate and unique Deaf-led charity, committed to creating a future where there are no barriers to good health and wellbeing for Deaf people.

We will work alongside you during your career with SignHealth to maximise your full potential with training and development to help you become the best you!

Working with your line manager, you will receive an in-depth induction to give you great insight into our charity and what we do.

You will find out the role you will play in helping SignHealth deliver its mission.

Join our learning pathway with BSL; we offer paid training and development to further your BSL knowledge.

Wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do! It’s not just about our clients; it’s about you too.

Being a SignHealth employee, you will also receive:

• Flexibility of working
• Competitive rate of pay
• Free of Charge DBS Certificate
• PAID Care Certificate
• A generous defined contribution pension scheme, we pay 6% after successfully passing probation
• Eye Care Vouchers

How to apply

If this sounds like a position you would be interested in, please apply today!

We positively encourage applications from deaf people, disabled people, people of colour, and people from the LGBT+ community. We will support all applicants along the journey of our recruitment process.

Offers of work are subject to: Enhanced DBS checks, Right to Work checks, satisfactory references, and Medical Health clearance.