Male Bank Enabling Support Worker- North East-£12.25 per hour

TN United Kingdom; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Gateshead is seeking a Bank Enabling Support Worker. The role involves providing essential support to individuals, maintaining records, and potentially administering personal care. Candidates should have a full UK driver's license and a passion for community service. This position offers flexible hours and a supportive work environment focused on inclusion and professional development.

Benefits

Gift vouchers for good CQC ratings

Recognition letters from leadership

Excellent training package

Paid accrued holiday

Pension Scheme

Employee assistance program

Qualifications

• Full manual UK drivers licence required.
• Experience in providing support and encouragement.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and encouragement based on the support plan.
• Maintain accurate records and administer personal care.

Skills

Caring

Community-minded

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Male Bank Enabling Support Worker- North East-£12.25 per hour, Gateshead

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17.05.2025

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01.07.2025

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Job Description:

Are you the candidate we are looking for? At Shaftesbury North East we are recruiting for Bank Enabling Support Workers. Due to service requirements, applicants will require a full manual UK drivers licence.

Please note this role does not qualify for sponsorship, as the hours available do not meet the guidelines set by the Home Office.

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.

If there will be the opportunity to cover sleep in sessions, you will be paid an additional £60 per sleep in.

Shaftesbury North East is an Independent Living service run by Shaftesbury. This service offers Independent Living specialising in providing flexible, client-driven approach to care, health and inclusion and has requirements for people with a wide range of needs and living situations.

Whether support is needed for an hour or two, or up to 24 hours a day, we help people to get the most out of life and their local community. This service, which embraces homecare, accessing local activities, community support and day services, supports all ages from late teens to elderly people

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.