Bank Support Worker - Adult Residential

Swanton Care and Community; Hengoed; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A supportive care organization is seeking a Bank Support Worker in Hengoed. This role emphasizes empowering individuals through practical assistance and emotional support, promoting their health and well-being while respecting their individuality. Ideal candidates should be enthusiastic, compassionate, and possess excellent communication skills. Various employee benefits include referral bonuses, long service awards, pension plans, and access to funded qualifications to further develop staff careers.

Benefits

Refer a friend scheme

Long service awards

Employee benefits app

Cycle to work scheme

Pension scheme

Life cover

Funded qualifications

Career pathways

Training qualification centre

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and compassionate candidates with a commitment to supporting others.
• Ability to promote individual dignity and choice.
• Experience or willingness to work in a care provision setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical assistance and emotional support to individuals.
• Promote well-being and respect individual preferences.
• Facilitate social and recreational activities.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Adaptability

Compassion

Teamwork

Flexibility

Job description

About The Role

Are you looking for a rewarding career? We’re looking for support workers who care about making every moment matter for the people we support.

Position: Bank Support Worker

Location: Hengoed (CF82)

WE DO NOT OFFER SPONSORSHIP.

About you

Are you enthusiastic, compassionate and committed to supporting people in a way which respects their dignity?

Here at Swanton, we are looking for people who share our core values and are able to apply these to the work that they do. At the heart of our ethos are five key words, these underpin the PRIDE we take in our services.

‘Potential, Responsibility, Integrity, Diversity, Empathy’

You will need to be adaptable and flexible with excellent communication skills and able to work as part of our team. It would be advantageous to hold a drivers licence.

The Role

• Provide practical assistance and emotional support to empower the people we support to achieve their goals and aspirations, respecting everyone’s individuality and enabling them to make appropriate choices to live the life they wish, in line with their individual support plans.
• Promote the health, well-being, physical, emotional, cultural and spiritual beliefs of the people we support and ensure they are met in an inclusive way.
• Facilitating social, educational or work activities such as visiting family and friends, walks, shopping and other recreational activities of their choice.
• General housekeeping duties that can include shopping, domestic duties as well as elements of personal care.
• As part of the role, you will need to be able to complete a range of records and documents.

What we can offer:

• Refer a friend scheme we know that you will know fantastic people who will be make a great contribution, you will receive £400 each time a successful referral is made *
• Above and beyond we recognise that our staff teams do amazing things for the people we support and their teams. We award contributions for those who go the extra mile and for good inspection feedback with vouchers for high street shops and other surprises!
• Long service awards we recognize your contribution to the team and celebrate long service
• Employee benefits app stay connected to our community, receive discounts across everyday and luxury shops, access information about learning & development opportunities.
• Cycle to work you can save money and get fit with our salary sacrifice scheme
• Pension we will auto enrol you into our salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Life cover you will be entitled to the death in service benefit.
• Funded qualifications earn whilst you learn! we aim to develop our own talent, giving you the opportunity to develop your career with Swanton *
• Career pathways we invest in our people and offer apprenticeships in Health and Social Care (Level 3). Earn whilst you learn has never been easier!
• Swanton Educates we have our own training qualification centre which can further support your development
• Trained mental health first aiders available to support you when you need someone to talk to
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) free confidential access to 24hr assistance program for counselling, advice and support
• Employee Voice we hold regular events throughout the year to listen to your feedback about working with us
• *subject to eligibility & criteria

About The Service

Bramble Cottage is a large 2-bedroom Bungalow with Annex (Single service), set within a pleasant residential area of Hengoed, within close proximity to the small flourishing towns of Ystrad Mynach and Blackwood. There is a small community in which the individuals who live in Bramble Cottage are a major part of.