Enabling Support Worker

TipTopJob; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£500 sign-on bonus after 12 months

Birthday day off option

Gift vouchers tied to CQC ratings

Staff recognition rewards

Training package

Annual leave 25 days + 8 BH

Pension scheme

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Shaftesbury Kenway Court in Southend-on-Sea is seeking an Enabling Support Worker to provide care and encouragement under the person-centred plan. The role involves maintaining records and supporting residents with intellectual and physical disabilities in a residential setting.

Sh Shaftesbury offers a comprehensive benefits package, including generous leave, pension, and training. Sleep-in shifts are paid in addition to the hourly rate.

Qualifications

• Provide support and encouragement per person-centred plan.
• Maintain accurate records as required by service.
• Potentially administer personal care and medication as directed.

Responsibilities

• Support and enable individuals to lead a full, flourishing life.
• Take direction from the person supported and the support plan.
• Cover sleep-in shifts when required.

Job description

About The Role

Location: Kenway Court, Southend on Sea

Salary : A GBP 12.82 per hour

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

Are you the candidate we are looking for? At Shaftesbury Kenway Court 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.

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.

Kenway Court is a residential, community:focused care home in Southend:on:Sea.

The service supports people with intellectual and physical disabilities. People who live at Kenway Court have wide individual choice, with active support from staff. Our service offers nursing support to those with complex needs.

We take a person:centred, flexible approach. We know that everyones needs and aspirations are different : that all sorts of things add up to a flourishing life.

Benefits of working at Shaftesbury

• 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 CQC, great reward. If your service is rated good or equivalent by CQC 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 connected lives.

Shaftesbury is committed to safeguarding and promoting the w