Female Support Worker (FT/PT)

Creative Support; Whitley Bay; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A community care organization in Whitley Bay is seeking caring individuals to provide person-centred care and support to tenants with learning disabilities. Responsibilities include assisting with living skills and engaging service users in activities. No previous experience is required, but a genuine passion for making a positive difference is essential. The organization offers structured career development and various benefits including a probationary bonus and 28 days of annual leave.

Benefits

Probationary bonus

Pension contributions

28 days Annual Leave

Enhanced DBS paid by company

Qualifications

• Genuine passion for making a positive difference in the lives of people with learning disabilities.
• Ability to provide person-centred care and rapport with service users.

Responsibilities

• Provide person-centred care and support to tenants with learning disabilities.
• Assist in developing everyday living skills and support service users in activities.
• Build trusting and friendly rapport with service users.

Job description

Job Overview

We are seeking individuals to provide excellent person-centred care and support to tenants with learning disabilities. You will assist and develop the everyday living skills of our service users and support them to enjoy a wide range of activities. In provision of this care, we require warm, motivated and person-centred individuals with a keen interest in providing personalised support to meet individual care plans.

Responsibilities

We require positive and enthusiastic individuals who will demonstrate superb communication skills, that are able to work within positive behaviour support guidelines and who will encourage the tenants to live socially inclusive lives. The staff must be able to build a trusting and friendly rapport with all the service users at our Whitley Bay service, and work within the guidelines of local and corporate policies in a dignified manner.

Qualifications

Previous experience is not essential. We would love to hear from people who have the genuine passion and drive to want to make a positive difference in the lives of people with learning disabilities.

Equality and Eligibility

Gender is considered to be an occupational requirement. – Equality Act 2010

We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK – This post will not be open to Sponsorship under the UKVI scheme, and we are unable to accept applicants with Skilled Worker Visas.

Vacancy Reference

Vacancy Reference Number: 83721

Applications for this role must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the above vacancy reference number.

Career Development

Creative Support’s Development Pathway offers a structured induction and values-led training to help staff grow from entry-level to leadership roles. It empowers career progression through tailored learning aligned with national strategies and the WE CARE framework.

Benefits

Benefits of working with Creative Support include a probationary bonus, pension contributions, 28 days Annual Leave and company paid enhanced DBS.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organization - Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Gold awarded.

Application Process

Applications are reviewed as they are received, we do not provide feedback for unsuccessful applications.