Part Time Enabling Support Worker - Next Steps, Bromley - £12.80 per hour

Jobtrain; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Welcome to Shaftesbury bonus of £500

Birthday day off

Gift vouchers up to £50

Excellent training package

25 days + 8 bank holidays

Pension scheme

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Shaftesbury Next Steps is recruiting a Part Time Enabling Support Worker to provide support and encouragement under the person-centred plan and to help with daily living tasks. You will maintain records in line with service requirements and may assist with personal care and medication.

There will be sleep-in sessions, paid an extra £60 per sleep-in. This day centre supports young adults with learning disabilities to learn life-skills and build confidence, within an inclusive and caring team.

Qualifications

• Provide support and encouragement according to the person-centred support plan.
• Maintain accurate records in line with service requirements.
• May administer personal care and medication.

Responsibilities

• Support and encourage the person supported following the care plan.
• Maintain accurate records and documentation.
• Assist with personal care and medication administration as required.
• Cover sleep-in sessions with an additional £60 per sleep in.

Job description

Are you the candidate we are looking for? At Shaftesbury Next Steps we are recruiting for Part Time Enabling Support Workers.

Please note this role does not qualify for visa sponsorship, as per the current guidelines set by the Home Office, as the service is not registered with CQC.

We are looking for people with the passion, talent, skills and experience that all add up to a caring and community-minded workforce.

We believe that the people we support have the right to a full and flourishing life. They deserve the very best in delivery. Driven by our core values, Shaftesbury strives to be Open, Enabling, Inclusive and Courageous in all that we do.

Our disability services across adult care, children's care and education are all focused on inclusion and support. Committed to professional, flexible and personalised care, we are passionate about going the extra mile in providing opportunities for people to thrive and live well.

About the role

As an Enabling Support Worker it will be your role to provide support and encouragement, by taking direction from both the person supported and the person centred support plan.

You will be required to maintain accurate records while at work, in line with the service requirements. You may also be required to administer personal care and medication.

There will be a requirement to cover sleep in sessions. You will be paid an additional £60 per sleep in.

Next Steps is a day centre that supports young adults with learning disabilities and complex needs to learn and develop life-skills and build confidence.

Our caring and friendly staff, encourage people we support to participate in various activities that challenges them to reach their full potential. Activities that include arts & crafts, sport, fitness and wellbeing, and gardening and horticulture

Benefits of working at Shaftesbury

At Shaftesbury, we know that our workers are our greatest asset. We're proud to have some of the best and most committed staff in the sector - and we want to attract more people like you to work with Shaftesbury. We're now offering even more great benefits to reward the work of our wonderful staff, which is listed below:

• Welcome to Shaftesbury bonus of £500 on completion of 12 months of employment (terms apply)

• Happy Birthday to you! As well as sending you a birthday card, all frontline care staff can have the opportunity to take the day off on their birthday, taken from your annual entitlement.

• We want to reward staff in a range of ways for their hard work. You can be nominated for a recognition letter from a member of the Executive Leadership Team and you may also be nominated to receive a gift voucher up to £50 for going above and beyond within your role.

• Excellent training package provided for all staff.

• Generous Annual Leave entitlement of 25 days + 8 days bank holiday for the first 5 years. Increasing to 28 days + 8 days bank holiday after 5 years.

• Pension Scheme.

• Access to our employee assistance program.

Shaftesbury is the disability charity that's committed to enabling children, young people and adults to live a life that adds up for them.

What makes life liveable is never down to just one thing - it's the sum of many things. From friendship to fun; from companionship to community; from a great chat to a challenge overcome, it all adds up - to Shaftesbury.

Through a wide range of disability care, special education, and rehabilitation services we promote inclusion and wellbeing for all. Together, we work to see people take part, contribute and be valued. We put the elements in place that all add up to connected lives.

Shaftesbury is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced DBS/Access NI check.

Shaftesbury is committed to the Disability Confident Scheme and to equal opportunities therefore we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation.