Support Worker

Glenholme Healthcare Ltd; Brighton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Support Worker in a rewarding role focused on empowering individuals with learning disabilities. You'll provide essential companionship and personal care, helping clients achieve independence and engage with their community. With comprehensive training and support, this full-time position offers a competitive salary, opportunities for professional development, and a range of benefits, including paid training and a supportive work environment. If you're compassionate and eager to make a difference, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Salary increase after care certificate

Salary increase after NVQ qualification

Compensation for e-learning completion

Hastee Pay

28 holidays

Extra day off for birthday

Quarterly Awards

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension & life assurance

Cycle2Work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in care or support roles is beneficial.
• Compassionate and patient approach to care.

Responsibilities

• Provide companionship and personal care to individuals.
• Teach independent living skills and manage medication.
• Engage in community-based activities with service users.

Skills

Companionship

Personal Care & Support

Teaching Independent Living Skills

Management of Medication

Community Activities

Education

Level 2-3 NVQ qualification

Paid-for-care certificate

Job description

Support Worker - Learning Disabilities Service

Salary: £12.25 up to £12.45, paid training, Full-time opportunity

Location: Saltdean, BN2

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Full time)

We often hear...I would like a job that helps others, where I can make a difference...if this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

• Do you have a big smile, that can make a person's face light up?
• Do you have patience and a sense of humour?
• Are you kind and compassionate?

Working as a care assistant or a Support worker isn’t always the easiest job, but we promise that it will be one of the most rewarding.

Whether you have been a Support Worker, Care Assistant, or Carer previously, or you come from a retail, hospitality, warehouse, cleaner, customer service, or admin background. We will provide ongoing training and support to you throughout your career with us.

About Our Homes

Our homes consists of spacious ensuite rooms, which also have warm communal lounges, kitchen and large garden, as well as sensory and “chill out” activity rooms.

Our services are located in a quiet residential neighborhood very close to shops, restaurants and transport links, including a direct bus route into the centre of Brighton. This ensures service users are able to create positive links with the local and wider community in Brighton.

Our specialist supported living services have been developed to enable people with learning disabilities to live happy, healthy, safe lives and to achieve their full potential.

Benefits and perks as a Support Worker:

• A Salary increase to £12.35 once you have completed our paid-for-care certificate (An industry-recognised qualification)
• A Salary increase to £12.45 on completion of a paid-for Level 2-3 NVQ qualification (An industry-recognised qualification)
• Compensation of up to £200 for completing your e-learning before you start
• Hastee Pay – withdraw up to 40% of your earned salary before payday as and when you want
• 28 holidays (including bank holidays)
• An additional day off for your birthday plus up to 5 additional days off for your length of service
• Quarterly Awards to reward & recognise our amazing staff’s commitment and contribution and service performance-related bonuses
• Automatic entry into our Employee Assistance Programme offering: Personal and everyday advice on child support, financial advice, mental health and health & wellbeing
• You’ll also receive our pension & life assurance cover up to £10,000 (T&Cs apply)
• Cycle2Work scheme
• Blue Light Card Reimbursement

With the right training and support, you can help us to promote independence, choice, and inclusion. Every day you will make an invaluable contribution to the lives of people living with learning disabilities and will become more than just their support worker, you will become their companion too.

Duties of a Support Worker:

• Companionship
• Personal Care & Support
• The teaching of independent living skills
• Management of medication
• Community-based activities such as swimming, social activities, or other leisure activities

Sound good? Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity and apply today to become a Support Worker and join the Glenholme Healthcare family.

At Glenholme, our core values allow our staff and service users to thrive. We believe in treating individuals, their families and our staff with respect and dignity while placing a high value on equality, equity and diversity.

This job requires an Enhanced DBS to be carried out.

Job Code: GHBRI1