Female Support Worker - Ponteland

HF Trust; Ponteland; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable organization is seeking dedicated Support Workers in Ponteland to assist adults with learning disabilities. This role involves providing emotional and physical support, engaging individuals in daily activities, and helping them achieve personal goals. Both full-time and part-time positions are available, with competitive pay of £12.60 per hour plus additional benefits. Flexibility is required for shift work, including nights and weekends.

Benefits

Annual Leave: 33 days

Wage incentives: 20% bank holidays' allowance

Fully funded Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care

Award-winning training and development

Wellbeing services access

Confidential counselling and support

Employee referral app incentives

Life assurance: 3 x annual salary

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting individuals with learning disabilities is preferred.
• Ability to work shifts, including nights, weekends, and bank holidays.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to individuals with moderate to severe learning disabilities.
• Help individuals engage in leisure and work-related activities.
• Assist with household tasks, personal care, and medication management.

Skills

Compassion

Flexibility

Communication

Job description

Overview

Are you looking for a meaningful career? Would you like the opportunity to become a dedicated Support Worker, helping individuals with learning disabilities live the best life possible?

We are looking for Female Support workers to support adults with various needs in Northumberland, Ponteland.

Hft is a charity that supports adults with learning disabilities. We believe in a world where anyone with a learning disability can live within their community with all the choice and support they need to live the best life possible. We are looking for people who are naturally caring and compassionate and align with our values.

We offer

• Annual Leave: 33 days (including 8 days statutory bank holidays)

• Wage incentives: 20% bank holidays’ allowance with an increased rate of 50% for key dates over Christmas.

• Apprenticeships: Earn whilst gaining a fully funded Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care

• Training: Access to award winning training and development

• Wagestream: Allows you to flexibly access your pay throughout the month and utilise a range of financial support, through its dedicated app

• Aviva Digicare + workplace: Access to wellbeing services including health checks, Digital GP and mental health support.

• TELUS health: A 24/service, completely confidential counselling and support platform and helpline that is free for all colleagues to use.

• Care Friends: Employee referral app – earn money for referring your friends to work for Hft.

• Free life assurance – 3 x your annual salary

What will you be doing?

• Giving the highest possible standards of support to individuals with moderate to severe learning disabilities.
• Supporting them to discover new interests, reaching goals like travelling and holidays and working positively with their families and friends.
• Helping individuals to engage in different leisure, home or work-related activities, all according to their personal choice.
• As a Support Worker (Care Assistant), your responsibilities are varied and no two days are the same.
• As well as providing physical and emotional support you may be needed to help with household tasks and personal care as well as supporting individuals with healthcare needs, e.g. taking medication.
• Everything you do will enable people to have choices about their own lives, providing flexible services that meet people’s needs, and always looking for the best way of doing things.

This is your opportunity to make a real difference to people's lives. Full time and part time opportunities available. You will need to have flexibility to work shifts, including sleep in nights, weekends and bank holidays.

• Type of service – Supported Living - supporting individuals with learning disabilities.
• Location – Northumberland, Ponteland
• Salary information – £12.60 per hour
• Working hours – Full time and Part time hours, covering early, late shifts and some weekends
• Sleep ins at the service are £7.01 per hour

Find your place with us and change lives.

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