Male Support Worker - Adult Supported Living

Swanton Care & Community Ltd; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 12,398 - 16,531; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Refer a friend scheme

Above and beyond recognition

Long service awards

Employee benefits app

Cycle to work

Pension

Life cover

Funded qualifications

Career pathways

Swanton Educates

Trained mental health first aiders

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Employee Voice

Job summary

Swanton Care & Community Ltd is seeking a Male Support Worker in Barnsley for part-time hours (19 per week). You’ll provide practical and emotional support, helping people to live independently while respecting their dignity.

Shifts include days, evenings and weekends, with a 2-week rolling rota, and a focus on person-centred care 24/7 staffing coverage. The role emphasizes adaptability, excellent communication, and experience with complex care, autism or learning disabilities is preferred; full

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic, compassionate and committed to supporting people with dignity.
• Core values: Potential, Responsibility, Integrity, Diversity, Empathy.
• Adaptable and flexible with excellent communication skills and able to work as part of our team.
• Experience of complex care, autism and/or learning disabilities is preferred but all training will be provided.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical assistance and emotional support to empower people to achieve their goals and aspirations.
• Promote health, well-being, and beliefs in an inclusive way.
• Facilitate social, educational or work activities such as visiting family and friends, walks, shopping and other activities.
• General housekeeping duties including shopping and domestic tasks.
• Complete a range of records and documents.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Adaptable

Flexible

Job description

About The Role

We are looking for Male Support Workers who care about making every moment matter for the people we support.

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.

Position: Male Support Worker

Location: Barnsley

Hours: Part-time, 19 hours per week

Shifts: Days, evenings, weekend

2 week rolling rota

Week 1 - Mon 08.00-21.00, Wed 15.00-21.00

Week 2 - Sat 08.00-21.00, Sun 15.00-21.00

We do not offer sponsorship

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.

Experience of complex care, autism and/or learning disabilities is preferred but all training will be provided.

The role

• 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, possibly, 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

About The Service

At Central East Supported Living, we have a diverse array of people we support living in Barnsley, from people with a traumatic brain injury, stroke, acquired brain injury, palliative care, autism, learning disability, and physical disability.