Female Support Worker

The Avenues Trust Group; Chertsey; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early Pay

Fully paid DBS

Flexible working patterns

Paid annual leave (pro rata)

Training and progression opportunities

Pension with life assurance

Blue Light Card discounts

Recommend a Friend £500 bonus

Health and wellbeing support

Free Health/Social Care Diploma培训

Job summary

The Avenues Trust Group in Chertsey is hiring a Female Support Worker to assist individuals with learning disabilities in daily living, including personal care and medication administration. This full-time role requires a UK driving license and rota-based shifts.

You will help service users engage with the community, manage simple finances, and support their hobbies, meals, and social activities while maintaining dignity and respect at all times.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with day-to-day living activities and engage in community activities.
• Assist with personal care and medication administration.
• Manage finances for service users.
• Keep living environments clean and support shopping.
• Promote dignity and respect in personal care.
• Encourage hobbies and social outings with family and friends.

Skills

Driving license

Learning disabilities support

Medication administration

Job description

Female Support Worker – Chertsey
£25,845 per annum (pro rata) / Full time 39 hours per week rota based shift work

Full UK manual driving license is required, due to the location of the service and the shift times.

We’re looking for Female Support Workers to join our team in Chertsey supporting individuals with learning disabilities, down syndrime and PICA. You would be supprting with all aspects of their personal lives from the time they wake up including high level of personal care, medication administration and household tasks.

Being part of the community is a big part of Avenues so we encourage keeping up with hobbies including baking, going out for meals and to the local café and as well as arts and crafts.

No two days are the same but your day might look like this!

• Supporting our people to be engaged in all day to day living activities, including making full use of their community and beyond.


• Supporting our people with social activities and connecting with family and friends.


• Supporting the management of our people's finances.


• Keeping our people's home clean and fresh, and going shopping.


• Providing, and encouraging, personal care with dignity and respect.


• Making each day meaningful and enjoying what you do!

Avenues is a community where people smile, laugh, grow and achieve great things. We know that well-supported people support people well to do their very best for the people we support and achieve our vision.

What’s in it for you?

• Early Pay – access your earnings before payday


• Fully paid, enhanced DBS


• Flexible working patterns


• Paid annual leave (pro rata)


• Comprehensive training and career progression opportunities


• Contributory pension scheme with life assurance


• Discounts on shopping, holidays, and more via Blue Light Card and Benefits website


• Recommend a Friend scheme – earn up to £500


• 24/7 health and wellbeing support, including confidential counselling


• We provide a full range of accredited and award winning training programmes at no cost to yourself, including the Health and Social Care Diploma that will really support your career progression.

At Avenues, we believe that when our teams feel valued and supported, they create the best possible outcomes for the people we support. If you’re looking for your next role in social care - we’d love to hear from you!

As part of our commitment to the "Disability Confident Scheme", candidates who declare a disability, and meet the key criteria for this role, will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at the interview stage.

There is a genuine occupational requirement for the holder of this post to be female in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.