Relief Support Worker

Creative Support; Leicester; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Shift booking app

Job summary

Creative Support is recruiting Relief/Bank Support Workers in and around Leicester, Leicestershire. The role involves providing respectful personal care, administering medication, and assisting with domestic tasks to help adults with learning disability and mental health care needs lead a valued life.

You will be paid weekly and can pick up shifts via our free app. A minimum of twelve months prior experience is essential, and eligibility to work in the UK is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 months prior care experience is essential.
• Ability to work across Leicestershire areas.
• Flexible shifts in a bank/relief role.

Responsibilities

• Providing respectful personal care, administering medication, and help with domestic tasks such as cooking and cleaning
• Developing warm and trusting relationships with all individuals we support
• Support individuals to engage in a range of exciting activities inside the home and out in the community
• Collaborating with colleagues, families and involved professionals to ensure a coordinated and consistent service

Skills

Personal care

Medication administration

Domestic tasks

Relationship building

Job description

£12.85 per hour, National Minimum Wage (£12.71 per hour) will be paid when completing training

Leicestershire, East Midlands

Relief/Bank

Creative Support is a national, fast growing not-for-profit organisation providing support to individuals with a wide range of learning disability and mental health care needs. We are currently looking to add Relief Support Workers to our friendly teams in and around Leicester, Leicestershire.

In Leicester city and Leicestershire, we provide support across 16 services supporting over 100 adults with support needs. We are looking for confident, calm and person-centred individuals who can provide this support to our service users so that they can experience a valued life and enjoy the wide range of opportunities available to them for personal development. By providing this warm and responsive support you will be helping us to deliver care which promotes the rights and choices of our service users.

Your Role Will Include

• Providing respectful personal care, administering medication, and help with domestic tasks such as cooking and cleaning,
• Developing warm and trusting relationships with all individuals we support,
• Support individuals to engage in a range of exciting activities inside the home and out in the community,
• Collaborating with colleagues, families and involved professionals to ensure a coordinated and consistent service.

This rewarding role will require flexibility and a minimum of twelve months prior experience is essential. We provide support in the following areas of Leicestershire: South Wigston, Oadby, City Centre, Kirby Muxloe, Quorn, Sileby, Market Harborough, Kibworth, Glenfield, Great Glen, Hamilton and Bruanstone

As a Creative Support Bank Staff member, you will have access to our free app, which allows you to pick up shifts in any area of the country and provides information on the service, including directions. You will be paid on a weekly basis.

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

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, and we are unable to accept applicants with Skilled Worker Visas.