Female Support Worker

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Job summary

A leading charity organization in the United Kingdom is seeking a Female Support Worker to empower individuals to live fulfilling lives. This role involves assisting with daily routines, personal care, and facilitating community engagement. The ideal candidate is compassionate and committed to making a difference. Benefits include enhanced sick pay, wellbeing days, and professional training opportunities.

Benefits

Enhanced sick and maternity/paternity pay

Wellbeing days

Paid training and qualifications

Pension scheme

Recognition program

Qualifications

• Must be dedicated to making a difference in people's lives.
• Ability to build relationships with individuals.
• Flexibility to work across supported living services.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with day-to-day routines.
• Assist with personal care and medication.
• Encourage individuals to engage in their community activities.

Skills

Compassionate

Strong communication

Ability to support individuals

Job description

Role: Female Support Worker

Location: Felpham, Bognor Regis

Salary: £12.40 per hour (plus excellent benefits)

Hours: 30 hours per week.

Are you ready to have a meaningful impact on someone's life?

Are you compassionate to others?

Are you dedicated to making a difference? Then we want to hear from you.

Our support workers are the heart of everything we do. We want you to empower the people we support to live their lives how they want to, whether that’s travelling the world or spending time in their local park! All we ask is that you have the commitment and drive to encourage and guide the people we support to make this happen.

This position is all about building relationships with the people you will be supporting while helping them with their day-to-day routine in line with their personal support plans such as dressing, personal care, finances, medication, attending any appointments along with employment, volunteering and hobbies.

As a Support worker you give us flexibility to cover shifts whilst ensuring that the people we support deal with as little disruption as possible. Within this role you will be able to work across our supported living services, you will be lone working and you will be required to do sleep-in's.

In return, we will help you build a rewarding career along with the following benefits;

• Enhanced company sick and maternity/paternity pay
• Two Wellbeing days per year because your health matters
• Time and half for bank holiday working
• Access to Blue Light Discount Card
• Access to free occupational health, physiotherapy, counselling, wellbeing and advice services
• Fully paid training and access to nationally recognised qualifications/apprenticeships
• Generous annual leave allowance, so you can balance your work and personal life.
• Our UR STARS recognition program rewards for individuals and teams who go above and beyond.
• Work place pension scheme
• Long service awards recognising loyalty to the people we support and the organisation
• Travel to work scheme (season ticket loan)
• Access to an online shopping platform with discounts from over 3,500 retailers

This position is subject to an enhanced DBS Check, the cost to be met by United Response.

United Response is not just a social care provider – we're a well-respected charity dedicated to championing the rights of people with learning disabilities, people with Autism and those with mental health needs. Our mission is to empower these individuals to live, work, and actively participate in their communities, free from discrimination and unnecessary obstacles. In everything we do, we strive to beCreative, Strong, Honest, Responsive, and United.

United Responses’ culture of inclusion, and our focus on health and wellbeing and working models helps ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can be the best they can be. We will treat everyone with dignity and respect and we want to recognise all parts of a person's identity. We believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our organisation and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realise their full potential.

United Response is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to the Mindful Employer values and are a Disability Confident Leader, providing support to applicants with mental and or physical disabilities includingguaranteeing an interview for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria.

(Female applicants only under an exemption from the Equality Act 2010 - Section 9 - Part 1 (A) as a genuine occupational requirement.)

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