Relief Support Worker

Creative Support; Stockton-on-Tees; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

Creative Support is looking for confident Relief Support Workers to provide person-centred support to individuals with learning disabilities in Billingham. You will help enhance their personal development through activities and everyday life skills. Previous care experience and a positive attitude towards supporting others are essential. This flexible role is suitable for those balancing other commitments.

Benefits

Access to a free app for shift management

Weekly pay

Qualifications

• Previous care experience is essential.
• Confidence to work within a positive behaviour support framework.
• Ability to follow agreed guidelines and work within a supportive team.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care and support with cooking, cleaning, and life skills.
• Support service users in social and leisure activities.
• Develop warm relationships with service users.

Skills

Positive communication

Engagement

Unconditional positive regard

Job description

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We are looking for confident Relief Support Workers to provide person centred support to service users within our Billingham services who have a learning disability and complex needs so that they can experience a wide range of opportunities for personal development.

Relief Support Worker Duties:

• Provide respectful personal care and support to individuals with cooking, cleaning, housework and other life skills
• Supporting service users in accessing social and leisure activities
• Develop and sustain warm and trusting relationships with service users
• Carry out general administrative duties, housing management tasks and medication distribution

You will have skills in positive communication and engagement and will be able to demonstrate unconditional positive regard for the people we support within our Billingham services. You will have the confidence to be able to work within a positive behaviour support framework, to accept responsibility and to develop as a skilled practitioner. You must be able to follow agreed guidelines and to work positively within a consistent, mutually supportive team ethos.

Car drivers are preferable as there is an opportunity to drive service user’s cars to participate in activities in the Billingham community.

This is a Relief Support Worker position which is ideal for fitting around personal commitments, study or caring responsibilities. Previous care experience is essential for our relief roles.

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. You will be paid weekly.

Vacancy Reference Number: 65812

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.

We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK- t his post will not be open to Sponsorship under the UKVI scheme.