Enabling Support Worker

TipTopJob; Newtownards; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Welcome bonus

Birthday day off

Gift vouchers

Recognition award

Training package

Annual leave

Pension

Employee assistance

Job summary

Shaftesbury North Down is hiring an Enabling Support Worker in North Down Ards, Northern Ireland. You will provide supportive care, follow the person-centred plan and help people live independently within the community.

The role requires maintaining records, assisting with personal care and medication, and occasional sleep-in duties with additional pay. This is a permanent, full-time post (40 hours per week).

Qualifications

• Experience in disability or community care settings.
• Ability to follow person-centred care plans.
• Willingness to cover sleep-in shifts.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and encouragement per the person-centred support plan.
• Maintain accurate records in line with service requirements.
• Cover sleep-in sessions as required.

Skills

Caregiving

Record keeping

Medication admin

Sleep-in support

Job description

Location: North Down and Ards, Northern Ireland

Salary : A GBP 13.15 per hour

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time (40 hours per week)

Are you the candidate we are looking for? At Shaftesbury North Down we are recruiting for Enabling Support Workers.

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, childrens 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 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 A GBP 60 per sleep in.

North Down Ards is an Independent Living service. Independent Living specialises in providing flexible, client:driven approach to care, health and inclusion 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 workers are our greatest asset. Were 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. Were now offering even more great benefits to reward the work of our wonderful staff, which is listed below:

• Welcome to Shaftesbury bonus of A GBP 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 RQIA, great reward. If your service is rated good or equivalent by RQIA in all domains, all staff will receive a A GBP 30 gift voucher. If rated outstanding, all staff will receive a A GBP 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 A GBP 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.

Shaftesbury is the disability charity thats 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 : its 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 conn