Female Support Worker

AVENUES LONDON; Walton-on-Thames; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early Pay

Enhanced DBS

Flexible working

Paid annual leave

Career progression

Pension scheme

Discounts via Blue Light Card

Refer a Friend £500

Wellbeing support

Job summary

AVENUES LONDON is recruiting a Female Support Worker to join our Walton on Thames service. You will assist adults with learning disabilities and mental health needs, supporting daily living, community access, and personal care.

Full UK driving license is essential and you may drive service vehicles. No prior social care experience is required as we provide accredited training, including Health and Social Care Diploma.

Qualifications

• Full UK Driving License required.
• Experience in social care is not essential – comprehensive training provided.
• Willingness to drive service vehicles to enable community access.

Responsibilities

• Support service users with day-to-day living activities and community access.
• Assist with social activities and communication with family and friends.
• Help manage service users’ finances and personal care.
• Keep living spaces clean and orderly and assist with shopping.
• Deliver compassionate care and support to individuals.

Job description

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Job description

• City:Walton on Thames
• Vacancy type:Full Time
• Salary:£25,845
• Rate:per annum (pro rata)
• Plus:Benefits

Female Support Worker (6531)

Are you are looking for your next social care role, or a change in career and a feel-good reward? If so, then we would love to hear from you Rest assured experience in social care is not essential, we will 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 with us.

Female Support Workers - Walton on Thames

£25,845 per annum (pro rata)

Full time hours (39 hours per week)

Full UK Driving License essential - be willing to drive service vehicles so the service users are able to access the community.

This busy service has 6 individuals all who have differing needs including learning disabilities along with Asperger's, Autism, Epilepsy and Mental Health conditions. This is a service where there are behavior's that challenge but training is provided, and you also will provide support to all individuals via shared support and on a 1 to 1 basis. The service users have various activities that they attend with staff support, these include Snoozelum, Nova Club, in house arts & crafts and cookery sessions, aromatherapy as well as house trips and holidays.

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.
• And enjoying what you do!

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
• 24/9 health and wellbeing support, including confidential counselling

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.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities