Residential Support Worker (Driver)

Creative Support; Bedford; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

probationary bonus

pension contributions

28 days Annual Leave

company paid enhanced DBS

Job summary

Creative Support is hiring a dedicated Support Worker for the Bromham, Bedford area. Join a team helping individuals with learning and physical disabilities to reach life goals and engage with their local community.

You will assist with daily living skills, provide emotional support, and help maintain independence while ensuring dignity and safety. Full UK driving license is essential for community travel and service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Assist with daily living activities including cooking, shopping and using public transport.
• Provide emotional support to service users and their families.
• Support personal care while maintaining dignity and monitoring medication and paperwork.

Job description

We are thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity to join our dedicated team in Bromham, Bedford as an enthusiastic and motivated Support Worker. This is more than a job-it's a chance to work alongside people with learning and physical disabilities, helping them reach their life goals and embrace their local community with confidence and joy.

In this rewarding role, you will become an integral part of the lives of those you support, taking part in activities that bring happiness and connection. Whether it is joining someone on a walk around Bromham, watching their favourite films, bowling, attending discos or shopping trips that might end with a delicious treat, you will be contributing to moments that matter. Beyond this, your work will empower individuals to strengthen their independence and enhance their quality of life.

Assisting with daily living skills like cooking, shopping and using public transport to providing emotional support for both the service users and their families, your impact will be truly transformative. You will also support with personal care while ensuring dignity is maintained, and handle tasks such as administering medication, managing paperwork and keeping the service running smoothly.

Looking for a new Career in Care? We Provide the Training!
No Previous Experience Needed
We provide all of your training as you begin your new career in care, including the opportunity to work towards earning your QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care. All employees have access to our training system where, through a combination of in person and e-learning courses, you can learn the skills required to develop in your role and progress toward senior roles.

This is your chance to bring positivity and purpose to both your own life and the lives of others.

Please note, a full UK driving license is an essential requirement for this role, due to travelling around the community to provide support to servicer users.

Vacancy Reference Number: 95136

Benefits of working with Creative Support include:

• probationary bonus
• pension contributions
• 28 days Annual Leave
• company paid enhanced DBS

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.