Male Support Worker ( Enablement Associate)- Lymington

PBS4; Pennington; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

29 days annual leave (pro rata)

in-house induction training

DBS check paid

General company pension

Refer a friend £300

Job summary

PBS4 in Lymington/Hampshire is seeking a Male Support Worker (Enablement Associate) to cover wake-night shifts for a young non-verbal adult. The role involves community outings, home-based educational activities, and personal care support.

Training in Positive Behaviour Support (ABA) is provided onsite, with room to apply personal interests within the programme. The role offers flexible full- or part-time hours and a supportive management team, with DBS paid and a pension plan.

Qualifications

• Experience or willingness to work in care/support roles.
• Willingness to learn Positive Behaviour Support (ABA) principles.
• Ability to work night shifts and flexible hours.

Responsibilities

• Support a young non-verbal adult with daily outings in the community.
• Provide educational activities in a purpose-built cabin at home.
• Assist with personal care as required and follow training.
• Implement a holistic programme based on ABA principles with supervision.

Skills

Empathy

Adaptability

Self-motivation

Teamwork

Job description

Male Support Worker ( Enablement Associate)- Lymington - Wake Nights

Full-time Permanent Mid-level Senior

Description

Male Support Worker (Internally known as Enablement Associate) -Wake nights

Hourly Rate: £14.12

Hours Per Week: Full time, Nights available

Whilst PBS4 holds a sponsorship license, we are currently unable to offer sponsorship to any new applicants to PBS4. We wish you all the best with your job search and future career.

About the role

We have a family looking for special people to join a growing team working with a young non-verbal adult, for daily outings in the community and to provide educational activities in his purpose built cabin at home,

Flexible, full- or part-time hours offered to fit in with family life and support with personal care is required.

All staff are supported to implement a holistic programme based on ABA principles through onsite training with visiting consultants, in addition to our regular training. The family encourage staff to incorporate their own interests into this programme.

The family are looking for active, self-motivated, adaptable people who are kind, caring and fun. If you think you would fit well into this growing team.

Why work for us?

• Be listened to and have your direct experience and expertise valued
• Have support from an experienced management and clinical team
• Be celebrated for accomplishing goals with the individual you support
• Have training opportunities that enhance your career development

Benefits include:

• 29 days annual leave (pro rata), rising to 30 days annual leave (pro rata) as of the 1st April, following your 1-year anniversary with PBS4.
• in-house paid induction training, followed by 12 weeks blended e-learning, coaching, and mentoring.
• Additional training opportunities following probation
• DBS check payment
• Legal & General company pension
• employee recognition scheme
• earned wage access
• access to various other benefits through our enhanced Employee Assistance Programme
• Refer a friend and receive £300.00 for every successful person you refer.

PBS4 is a values led social care organisation, providing Neurodisability Services to individuals with Learning Disabilities, Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disabilities and Complex Health Needs, and/or behaviours that may challenge. We support people living in their own homes, with their own tenancies, and we utilise Positive Behaviour Support as the framework for the support we provide.

We are a medium-sized organisation supporting people across Hampshire, Dorset, Berkshire, Somerset, and Oxfordshire and with a workforce of around 430 employees.

The people we support overcome huge challenges every day to achieve exciting things. Some may be big, some may be smaller, but we are committed to celebrating all of these! We are committed to leading by example in how 21st Century clinical support for people with learning disabilities should look. We aim to raise the bar of Positive Behaviour Support in social care!

People with learning disabilities should have the same right to an ordinary life as anyone else. They need support from people like you to help them achieve this. If you are passionate about helping people to achieve the life they deserve and thrive of seeing others succeed, then a career with PBS4 is the career for you. We value experience in supporting others, but we warmly welcome people without experience who share our values.

We want to create new ways of working, led by passion and drive for doing what is right, and promote innovation from our teams. Join us on our mission to disrupt social care

“Gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010”

Company Overview

PBS4 provides support to enable people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour to have independent lives and to live in their own home. Our approach is underpinned by Positive Behaviour Support. Positive Behaviour Support is an approach mostly used to support people with learning disabilities whose behaviours challenge others. The goal is to shift the focus away from reducing challenging behaviour to understanding what that behaviour means and supporting people to get what they need better.