Enabling Support Worker- Martello Road-Eastbourne-£12.25 per hour

Shaftesbury; Eastbourne; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused charity in Eastbourne is seeking an Enabling Support Worker to provide support and encouragement to individuals with disabilities. You will help maintain accurate records and may need to administer personal care. The role offers benefits such as a welcome bonus, generous annual leave, and professional training opportunities. If you're passionate about making a positive impact in the community, we invite you to join our team.

Benefits

Welcome bonus of £500

Birthday day off

Great CQC reward vouchers

Generous annual leave

Pension scheme

Access to employee assistance programme

Recognition opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in providing support and encouragement in a care setting.
• Willingness to cover sleep-in sessions as needed.
• Ability to follow individual support plans.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and encouragement based on individual needs.
• Maintain accurate records in accordance with service requirements.
• Administer personal care and medication as required.

Skills

Passion for care

Ability to maintain accurate records

Administration of personal care

Encouragement and support skills

Job description

Overview

Please note this role does not qualify for visa sponsorship, as the salary requirements set by the Home Office are not satisfied.

At Shaftesbury Martello Road 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, 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 may be a requirement to cover sleep in sessions. You will be paid an additional £60 per sleep in if this is required.

About Shaftesbury South East

Martello Road (Shaftesbury South East): Shaftesbury South East provides person-centred care and support, enabling adults with intellectual and physical disabilities to live as independently as possible. In the Eastbourne area, we offer independent living tenancy in shared houses with some communal space, and we support customers in their own homes.

Benefits of working at Shaftesbury

At Shaftesbury, we know that our workers 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, which is listed below:

• Welcome to Shaftesbury bonus of £500 on completion of 12 months of employment (terms apply)
• Birthday day off on your birthday (taken from annual entitlement, with a birthday card)
• Great CQC reward: if your service is rated good or equivalent by CQC in all domains, staff receive a £30 gift voucher; if rated outstanding, £50 gift voucher
• Recognition opportunities: nomination for a letter from the Executive Leadership Team and a gift voucher up to £50 for going above and beyond
• Excellent training package provided for all staff
• Generous annual leave entitlement of 25 days + 8 bank holidays for the first 5 years, increasing to 28 days + 8 bank holidays after 5 years
• Pension scheme
• Access to our employee assistance programme

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 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.