Relief Support Worker

Creative Support Ltd; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization in Liverpool seeks dynamic individuals for the role of Relief Support Worker. You will provide personalized support to service users with learning disabilities, helping them develop essential life skills and promoting their independence. The role requires a proactive approach and at least 12 months of paid care experience. Join a passionate team committed to inclusivity and quality care.

Benefits

Access to a free app for shift management

Weekly pay

Qualifications

• Experience of at least twelve months paid care work is essential.
• Ability to work using your own initiative.
• Willingness to work flexibly according to service needs.

Responsibilities

• Advise, encourage and support service users to maximize self-care.
• Promote service user’s self-esteem and enable them to express preferences.
• Support service users in budgeting and managing finances.

Skills

Promoting independence

Emotional support

Teamwork

Job description

We are looking for creative, positive and dynamic individuals to provide personalised support plans to service users in our learning disabilities supported living services in Liverpool, Merseyside on a relief basis.

Working alongside our dedicated team in Liverpool you will provide practical, emotional and behavioural support to individuals with learning disabilities enabling them to develop the skills to have a great quality of life as important and valued members of the local community.

Relief Support Worker Duties:

• To advise, encourage and support service users so as to maximise their self-care and independent living skills,
• To promote the service user’s self-esteem and enable them to express their preferences and make choices and decisions,
• To support service users in budgeting and managing their finances,
• Be willing to work flexibly according to the needs of the service,
• To encourage service user’s to identify their strengths and interests and to support service users in accessing social, leisure, education and work activities.

You must be able to work using your own initiative, promote independence and work effectively as part of a team to allow service users enjoy the highest quality of life. Experience of at least twelve months paid care work is essential for this role. You will be paid on a weekly basis.

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 and shifts, including directions.

Vacancy Reference Number: 87048

Applications for this role must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the above vacancy reference number

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.

Application Instructions:

In order to apply, please read the job description and then complete the online application form using the links above.

You can also download a copy of our application form using the links above. Completed Application Forms must be submitted to our Head Office address (below) or emailed to [e-mail] to be considered for the vacancy. If you have not received a response to your application within 10 working days of the closing date please accept this as notification of an unsuccessful application. Unsuccessful applicants must wait 6 months before reapplying.

If you require any advice on completing your application form, please call us on 0161 236 0829.

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