Support worker

Madeba Care; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A local care service provider in Birmingham is seeking a Support Worker to assist individuals with personal care and engage them in activities that promote their wellbeing. Candidates should possess a full UK driver's license and ideally have experience or qualifications in Health & Social Care. This is a full-time position, and training will be provided to help you develop your skills further.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in health and social care is preferred.
• Commitment to treating individuals with dignity and respect.
• Ability to support people in varied activities.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care needs for citizens.
• Support individuals with low-level challenging behaviors.
• Engage clients in activities like arts, sports, and social events.

Skills

Compassion

Ability to work with diverse individuals

Driving skills

Education

Qualification in Health & Social Care

Job description

Overview

Job advertisements for Madeba Care Support Worker/Domiciliary Care. We’re Madeba Care, a Residential Care Service, Supportive Living and Domiciliary Care Services in Worcestershire, Redditch and Bromsgrove area.

We provide a range of care and support services for our adult citizens, who have a learning disability. Our main priority for this job role is to find people with the right values, behaviours and attitudes that match our own. We’re seeking to recruit some great new support workers; people with the right values and behaviours to work in our residential care service, supportive living and domiciliary care – could this be you?

You will need to have some previous experience in this field, some with qualifications Health & Social Care – we’re happy to work with you to help you become an excellent support worker.

Values

Above all we want someone that shares in our values. These are:

• A commitment to quality and being the best, we can
• Valuing and celebrating individuality and diversity.
• Supporting rights, needs, choices and dreams.
• Being responsible, sustainable and innovative in our work.
• Treating the people we support with compassion
• Showing dignity and respect to the people that they will be working with.
• Having trust and respect for all members of our team.

Training and Development

We will give you all the training and support you need, such as obtaining a qualification in health and social care.

Responsibilities

The duties are varied, and no two days will be the same. Our citizens are individuals, and they all deserve to be treated as such. As a general guide, duties may include some support with personal care needs, working with low level challenging behaviours, and helping people take part in a wide range of special interests and activities that support their health and wellbeing, such as arts and crafts, watching football, drama, musical evenings, gardening, shopping trips and social occasions.

Requirements

• Full UK driver’s license required due to citizens having their own vehicles.
• Available for a full-time position.
• At present we are unable to accept sponsorship.

How to apply

Interested? To find out more, please call 01527 909435 for an informal chat, or complete your application at www.madeba.co.uk.

We’re holding an informal chat, so please give a call for more details or pop in and have a chat – we’d love to meet you.