Specialist Support Worker - Full Time Drivers Preferred

Eden Futures; Long Eaton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading support services provider in Long Eaton is seeking a dedicated individual to support service users in leading fulfilling lives aligned with their personal choices. The role involves providing emotional support, assisting with personal care, and ensuring the welfare of individuals while maintaining professional boundaries. The ideal candidate is compassionate and has a passion for enabling individuals to achieve independence. This full-time position offers flexibility in shifts and a competitive hourly rate of £12.70.

Benefits

Blue Light Discount Scheme

Eligibility for COSTCO membership

Qualifications

• Caring and compassionate nature with genuine interest in supporting individuals.
• Ability to remain positive during challenging situations.
• Team player willing to support colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Support service users to lead a full and active life according to their wishes.
• Provide emotional support and assistance with personal care.
• Accurately report and record issues related to service users' health.

Job description

Support service users to lead a full and active life in line with their wishes and choices, considering their assessed needs and individual support and care plans, participating in the development of plans where applicable. Support individuals to stay safe, taking appropriate action to safeguard their welfare and protect them from abuse wherever possible.

Provide emotional support when needed, maintaining a person-centred approach. Support service users to participate in chosen social activities and services in their community, manage their finances and medication responsibly, help with practical tasks around the home, and respectfully support with personal care, hygiene and healthcare.

You will be an informal point of contact for those in the service users circle of support (e.g. Families and Social Workers). Accurately report and record any issues related to the care and support of our Service Users to monitor their health and wellbeing.

Main Responsibilities

• Comply with Health and Safety regulations and have regard for the Health, Safety and Welfare of others.
• Form appropriate relationships with those we care for and maintain professional boundaries in work.
• Work within organisational policies, procedures and guidance.
• Committed to demonstrating the organisations values and behaviours in their work.

The Ideal Candidate

Caring and compassionate, having a genuine passion for wanting to help our service users lead a full and active life to enable them to achieve as much independence as possible. Ability to remain positive when there are challenging days.

You'll enjoy working as part of team as well as using your own initiative, and have a willingness to support your colleagues when needed.

About The Company

Eden Futures is about enabling people to live fulfilling lives in whatever circumstances people choose. We support people to be as independent as possible to achieve what they want to with their lives.

Our overall aim as an organisation is to provide a high-quality service that empowers Service Users to lead normal lives, and to be the provider of choice. Our purpose is our people, our culture is Platinum.

Benefits

Blue Light Discount Scheme. Eligibility for COSTCO membership. Roles are paid at an hourly rate £12.70 - equating to an annual salary of £27,734.40 based on a 42 hour working week.

This is a Full Time contracted position, with shifts can vary across days, nights and weekends, offering you the flexibility to work around commitments you may already have.

When you first join Eden Futures, you will be paid for completing a comprehensive Induction Programme involving face-to-face training, e-learning and shadowing experienced members of your team.

Application Process

Our organisation is committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained, and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.

As part of our application process, we carry out telephone screening with our candidates.