Specialist Support Workers

Imagine Independence; Burnley; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Employer's contributory pension scheme

EAP scheme

Job summary

Imagine Independence in Padiham, Lancashire, is expanding and seeks Specialist Support Workers to assist individuals with learning disabilities, autism, mental health conditions and more. You will help with daily living tasks, personal care, and community engagement.

You’ll join a values-driven team: compassionate, energetic, reliable, and professional, with shift patterns including alternate weekends and sleep-in duties. Salary £24,849.24 pro rata; benefits include 25 days leave and pension.

Qualifications

• Experience in support work or similar role.
• Ability to assist with daily living tasks and personal care.
• Respect for boundaries, privacy and dignity.

Responsibilities

• Person-centered support: help individuals feel connected to their community and safe at home.
• Daily Living Support: assist with cooking, budgeting, personal care, education and healthcare.
• Engaging activities: participate in drives, seaside visits, walks, arts and crafts and more.

Skills

Compassionate

Patient

Energetic

Creative

Reliable

Professional

Job description

We are expanding and need Specialist Support Workers to support individuals with various needs including learning disabilities, autism, complex behaviours, mental health conditions, and more. You'll assist with daily living tasks, personal care, and community engagement. Responsibilities

• Person-centered support: Help individuals feel connected to their community and safe in their homes.
• Daily Living Support: Support with cooking, budgeting, personal care, education, and healthcare.
• Engaging activities: Participate in drives, walks, seaside visits, music, arts and crafts, swimming, and more.

What We're Looking For

• Compassionate & patient - you care deeply about others
• Energetic & creative - you bring positivity to everyday tasks
• Reliable & professional - you maintain high standards and clear boundaries

Imagine is a values-based recruiter and so it will be seeking to ensure that the successful candidate will align with the following:

• Meaningful Living: Using empathy to bring together diverse people and resources, to put the everyday within reach of everyone.
• Nurturing Individuality: Creating conditions that support people to be true to themselves and express their truth.
• Focused Dedication: Showing up each day hungry to do our best to learn and develop. We never give up on people.
• Challenging Ideas: Keeping our efforts real and centred on what matters most, we do not settle for the ordinary when better is possible.
• Generous Sharing: Giving of ourselves, our experiences and knowledge, to promote and provide a great service.

Imagine Independence is a leading third sector organisation, passionate about supporting people with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge to live as part of their community. Imagine exists to challenge the stigma that having a mental illness or learning disability still brings. Imagine supports people to live meaningfully by nurturing their individuality and recognising the power of small steps.

Why Join us?

• Transform Lives: Make a genuine impact every day and see the difference you make in people's lives.
• Comprehensive Training: Receive comprehensive training face-to-face sessions, online learning, and hands-on shadowing.
• Shift pattern: Working various shift patterns including alternate weekends and sleep-in duties

Salary: £24,849.24 pro rata Based in: Padiham, Lancashire

• Benefits: 25 days annual leave plus statutory bank holidays allowance, employer's contributory pension scheme, EAP scheme and other generous benefits.