Enabling Support Worker - Ashley Place, Bognor Regis - £12.65 per hour

Shaftesbury; Bognor Regis; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading disability charity in Bognor Regis seeks compassionate Enabling Support Workers to provide personalized care and encouragement to individuals. In addition to supporting daily living activities, staff are required to maintain accurate records and manage personal care needs. This role includes covering sleep-in sessions with additional pay. The charity values inclusion and offers extensive benefits including generous leave, a welcome bonus, and employee recognition programs.

Benefits

Welcome bonus of £500

Birthday leave

Gift vouchers for CQC ratings

Staff recognition opportunities

Excellent training package

Generous Annual Leave

Pension Scheme

Employee assistance program

Qualifications

• Previous experience in support work or caring is preferred.
• Ability to follow person-centred support plans.
• Willingness to cover sleep-in shifts and administer medication.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and encouragement according to individual need.
• Maintain accurate records in line with service requirements.
• Administer personal care and medication as required.

Skills

Compassion

Communication

Record keeping

Personal care

Job description

Overview

Are you the candidate we are looking for? At Shaftesbury Ashley Place we are recruiting for Enabling Support Workers. Please note this role does not qualify for visa sponsorship, as the salary requirements set by the Home Office are not satisfied. 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 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. Ashley Place in Bognor Regis is a residential care home located on the seafront, close to the town centre. Designed in consultation with residents, the service offers state of the art equipment and facilities and highly experienced, trained staff. As well as the residential home, we offer a range of disability and rehabilitation services. We work with people in the community and in their own homes. We also offer wellbeing and respite stays. Our location by the sea in Bognor Regis makes Shaftesbury Ashley Place an ideal location for a short break or longer. Some people have used the service whilst adaptations are made at their home. We have five designated rooms on the second floor of our modern building. The first floor is a residential care service for adults with disabilities and on the ground floor we have communal spaces for socialising and dining.

Benefits of working at Shaftesbury

• Welcome to Shaftesbury bonus of £500 on completion of 12 months of employment (terms apply)
• Happy Birthday to you! 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.
• Staff recognition opportunities, including a nomination for a recognition letter from a member of the Executive Leadership Team and potential gift vouchers 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.

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.