Relief Support Worker

Creative Support; Leek; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Support is seeking a Relief/Bank Support Worker in Leek, Staffordshire, to join our learning disabilities team at a supported living service. You will support individuals at home and in the community, helping with daily living and social activities, with a compassionate, creative approach.

The role requires a minimum of 12 months relevant experience. It offers weekly pay and does not sponsor skilled worker visas. We encourage applicants located in the UK and eligible to work here.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 months relevant care experience.
• UK work eligibility required; sponsorship not provided.

Responsibilities

• Enable individuals to live a fulfilling and independent life at home and in the community.
• Assist with day-to-day living: budgeting, shopping, medication and personal care.
• Work flexibly including evenings and weekends as needed by the service.
• Help service users grow in confidence and independence in social and daily living skills.
• Be responsive to individual needs within their Person Centred Plans.

Job description

£12.85 per hour plus rolled up holiday pay

Leek, Staffordshire

Relief/Bank

Creative Support is a national, fast growing not-for-profit organisation providing support to individuals with a wide range of care needs. We are currently looking to add a Relief Support Worker to our learning disabilities team in Leek, Staffordshire.

We are looking for a compassionate, positive and creative individual to join our supportive and dedicated team at our supported living service in Westwood, Leek. We would love to hear from people who have the genuine passion and drive to want to make a positive difference in people’s lives who have learning disabilities. The successful candidate will be supporting individuals at our beautiful and homely Supported Living Service and out in the community. No two days will be the same as the people that use our service have a wide range of interests and activities from shopping, afternoon tea, trips out visiting new places and coffee and cake days.

Relief Support Worker Duties

• You will be enabling someone to live a fulfilling and independent life at home and out in the community,
• Assisting with day-to-day living duties such as budgeting, shopping and supporting with medication and any personal care that may be required
• To work flexibly including evenings and weekends, according to the needs of the service
• To enable service users to become as independent as possible and to grow in confidence, competence and personal effectiveness in areas such as social skills/relationships, daily living skills and using community resources
• To be responsive to the individual needs of service users within the framework of their Person Centred Plans

A minimum of twelve months relevant experience is required to apply for this role. You will be paid on a weekly basis.

We are unable to offer any Skilled worker visas for any relief/ bank posts.

Vacancy Reference Number: 90760

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

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

Recruitment Department, Creative Support Ltd, Wellington House, 131 Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK1 3TS