Female Support Worker - Adult Supported Living

Swanton Care & Community Ltd; Colne; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Refer a friend scheme

Above and beyond rewards

Long service awards

Employee benefits app

Cycle to work

Pension

Life cover

Funded qualifications

Career pathways

Swanton Educates

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Voice

Job summary

Swanton Care & Community Ltd is seeking a Female Only Support Worker to join a dedicated team in Burnley. The role involves helping adults in the community who have moved on from complex services, providing practical and emotional support in line with individual plans.

Shifts are days and weekends, part-time hours, with 24/7 support needs. Candidates should be enthusiastic, compassionate, and adaptable, with excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting adults with disabilities or living in the community.
• Ability to complete records and documents.
• Willingness to work across days and weekends.
• DBS check clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical and emotional support to empower service users.
• Promote health, well-being and individual choices.
• Assist with daily living tasks and personal care where needed.
• Support engagement in social, educational or recreational activities.
• Complete required records and documentation.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Teamwork

Flexibility

Job description

About The Role

We are recruiting Female Only Support Worker to join a core team supporting people in the community who have moved on from more complex services. Supported living services provide people an opportunity to live an independent life in their own home.

Role: Support Worker

Location: Burnley

Shifts: Days, weekends

Hours: Part-Time

WE DO NOT OFFER SPONSORSHIP

Shift Pattern

• Week 1: Tuesday 12.30pm - 4pm
• Week 1: Wednesday 12.30pm - 15.30pm
• Week 1: Thursday 1pm - 9.30pm
• Week 1: Friday 1pm - 4pm
• Week 2: Thursday 12.30pm - 9.30pm
• Week 2: Saturday or Sunday 9am - 6pm

About you

Are you enthusiastic, compassionate and committed to supporting people in a way which respects their dignity?

Here at Swanton, we are looking for people who share our core values and are able to apply these to the work that they do. At the heart of our ethos are five key words, these underpin the PRIDE we take in our services.

‘Potential, Responsibility, Integrity, Diversity, Empathy’

You will need to be adaptable and flexible with excellent communication skills and able to work as part of our team.

The Role

Whilst fully embracing the company ethos support workers provide practical assistance and emotional support to empower people we support to achieve their goals and aspirations, respecting everyone’s individuality and enabling them to make appropriate choices to live the life they want to live.

Support is required 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

• To provide practical assistance and emotional support to empower the people we support to achieve their goals and aspirations, respecting everyone’s individuality and enabling them to make appropriate choices to live the life they wish, in line with their individual support plans.
• Promote the health, well-being, physical, emotional, cultural and spiritual beliefs of the people we support and ensure they are met in an inclusive way.
• Facilitating social, educational or work activities such as visiting family and friends, walks, shopping and other recreational activities of their choice.
• General housekeeping duties that can include shopping, domestic duties as well as elements of personal care.
• As part of the role, you will need to be able to complete a range of records and documents.

What we can offer:

• Refer a friend scheme we know that you will know fantastic people who will be make a great contribution, you will receive £400 each time a successful referral is made*
• Above and beyond we recognise that our staff teams do amazing things for the people we support and their teams.We award contributions for those who go the extra mile and for good inspection feedback with vouchers for high street shops and other surprises!
• Long service awards we recognize your contribution to the team and celebrate long service
• Employee benefits app stay connected to our community, receive discounts across everyday and luxury shops, access information about learning & development opportunities
• Cycle to work you can save money and get fit with our salary sacrifice scheme
• Pension we will auto enrol you into our salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Life cover you will be entitled to the death in service benefit.
• Funded qualifications earn whilst you learn! we aim to develop our own talent, giving you the opportunity to develop your career with Swanton*
• Career pathways we invest in our people and offer apprenticeships in Health and Social Care (Level 3). Earn whilst you learn has never been easier!
• Swanton Educates we have our own training qualification centre which can further support your development
• Trained mental health first aiders available to support you when you need someone to talk to
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) free confidential access to 24hr assistance program for counselling, advice and support
• Employee Voice we hold regular events throughout the year to listen to your feedback about working with us

*subject to eligibility & criteria

Candidates will require a full reference check and an enhanced DBS.We are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offers Act.

Personal care worker for women required. This post is only available to female applicants as permitted under the Equality Act 2010.

About The Service

We provide support to adults with a range of disabilities including learning disabilities, autism, physical disabilities, mental health problems and sensory impairment in the Northwest of England. We provide local, personal and responsive services. We do this by remaining small and staying close to the people we support and the staff we employ.