Experienced Support Worker

1st Homecare; Leeds; On-site; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking dedicated Female Support Workers to join their Leeds Outreach team. This role involves providing compassionate care and support to individuals with diverse needs, including autism and learning disabilities. You will assist with personal care, meal preparation, and daily finances while engaging clients in enjoyable activities such as swimming and attending events. The position offers flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, and is perfect for those motivated to make a real difference in people's lives. Join a team that values respect, honesty, and responsibility in a rewarding environment.

Benefits

28 days paid holiday

Accredited training

Employer contributory pension scheme

Health Cash Plan

£10,000 Life cover

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus

Recognition Initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience working with individuals with autism and learning disabilities.
• Ability to follow detailed support plans and provide personal care.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with daily activities and personal care in their homes.
• Engage clients in social activities and assist with budgeting and shopping.

Skills

Good Communicator

Caring

Reliable

Flexible

Self Motivated

Passionate

Strong Values

Honest

Inclusive

Job description

Female Support Worker

£12.21 per hour

Full time and Part time hours available

Leeds Outreach

Experience Essential

Are you a highly motivated caring individual, who is looking for a vocation where every day is different, where you can make a difference to people’s lives?

We offer care packages for a diverse range of individuals with different care and support needs, which range from full support, forensic, and challenging behaviours, whilst being able to risk assess situations. There is also support helping with budgeting and shopping.

For the people we support, you would need to be very active to support with social activities as they like to go swimming, to the gym, and go to rugby games or concerts on occasions, which may include late evenings.

In our Leeds Outreach, you will be working within the community and within people's own homes and day centre support, assisting with daily finances, meal preparation, and personal care. Every day is different, as each individual is unique; this is why a person-centred approach is essential.

The role

Across all services, the individuals we support have autism, learning disabilities, and at times can display behaviours of concern. Therefore, you must have the ability to follow detailed support plans to ensure a consistent approach.

Essential Experience in

• Criminal background
• Grooming behaviours
• Mental Health Disorders
• Personality disorder
• Associated challenging behaviour

Desirable Training

• Mappa Training
• Anthony Bainbridge Training

Working Hours

Real Life Options offers flexible employment opportunities. This role will include shift work, including evenings, sleepovers, nights, and weekends.

• Full time hours: 8am - 10pm
• Part Time Hours: 16 to 20 hours per week.
• Sleepovers will include an allowance.

An enhanced DBS check will be required for this role.

Benefits and Rewards

• A minimum of 28 days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time staff)
• Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first-rate job
• An employer contributory pension scheme

In addition to the above, you also have access to the following great benefits:

• Health Cash Plan (for full/part time contracted hours)
• £10,000 Life cover
• A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
• A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• A financial wellbeing scheme
• Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
• Recognition Initiatives

We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do. These are:

Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence

If you can circle 6 or more of the skills below, then you could be the person we are looking for:

Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values – Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive

Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.

Real Life Options is an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation, and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition, or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best, so please do let us know.