Enabling Support Worker

Shaftesbury; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Welcome bonus £500 after 12 months

Birthday day off option

Great rewards for good/outstanding CQC

Training package

25 days + 8 bank holidays

Pension scheme

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Shaftesbury is a disability charity delivering care and support at Cranfield Court in Chelmsford. The Enabling Support Worker role provides person-centred assistance to adults with disabilities, enabling them to live flourishing lives.

You will work 40 hours per week at Cranfield Court, providing support, recording progress, and following care plans. Duties include personal care, medication administration, and occasional sleep-in shifts with a £60 sleep-in allowance.

Qualifications

• Take direction from person supported and the person-centred plan.
• Maintain accurate records in line with service requirements.
• May administer personal care and medication as required.
• Cover sleep-in sessions and receive £60 per sleep in.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and encouragement following the person-centred plan.
• Maintain accurate records while at work per service requirements.
• Deliver personal care and administer medication as directed.
• Cover sleep-in sessions as required (£60 per sleep-in).

Skills

Record-keeping

Personal care

Medication administration

Sleep-in support

Job description

Job reference: 006493
Salary: £13.32 per hour
Department: Operations
Hours Per Week: 40 hours per week
Location: Cranfield Court, Chelmsford

About the role

As an 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 a requirement to cover sleep in sessions. You will be paid an additional £60 per sleep in.

Cranfield Court offers a high level of support 24/7, with person-centred, responsive care for up to 20 adults with physical and intellectual disabilities. Our experienced team provide positive behaviour support to ensure that those in our care are enabled to live a flourishing life.

Benefits of working at Shaftesbury

• Welcome to Shaftesbury bonus of £500 on completion of 12 months of employment (terms apply)
• Happy Birthday to you! As well as sending you a birthday card, all frontline care staff can have the opportunity to take the day off on their birthday, taken from your annual entitlement.
• 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.
• 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.
• Generous Annual Leave entitlement of 25 days + 8 days bank holiday for the first 5 years. Increasing to 28 days + 8 days bank holiday after 5 years.
• Pension Scheme.
• Access to our employee assistance program.

About Shaftesbury

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.