Support Worker

Creative Support; Chipping Barnet; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Probationary bonus

Pension contributions

28 days annual leave

Enhanced DBS paid by company

Job summary

Creative Support in Barnet, London, is seeking calm, resourceful and energetic Support Workers to join our team. You will support individuals with learning disabilities and mental health needs in a proactive, holistic person-centred approach.

You will help with personal care and domestic tasks, and assist individuals to access work, education and social opportunities. A full, clean driving licence held for at least 12 months is essential.

Qualifications

• Calm, resourceful and energetic approach to care and support.
• Ability to communicate positively and engage with service users.
• Willingness to embrace holistic, person-centred support.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with learning disabilities and mental health needs in a proactive, holistic way.
• Assist with personal care and domestic tasks as part of daily living.
• Help service users access work, education and social opportunities.
• Promote wellbeing to keep service users healthy mentally, physically and emotionally.
• Apply a can-do attitude; previous experience is welcome but not required.

Skills

Calm temperament

Resourceful

Energetic

Positive communication

Engagement

Job description

£13.45 per hour

Barnet, London

Full-Time/Part-Time

We are looking for calm, resourceful and energetic Support Workers who are highly motivated, hardworking, and keen to join our team in Barnet, London. You will support individuals with learning disabilities and mental health needs in a proactive and holistic person-centred approach.

You must be willing to embrace all aspects of the Support Worker role including, but not limited to, providing support with personal care and domestic tasks and supporting individuals to access work, education and social opportunities. We value the personal skills and interests you bring to the role and to the lives of the people we support, such as, sports and outdoor pursuits, creative arts, music and cooking, to name but a few.

You will have well-honed skills in positive communication and engagement, and will be able to demonstrate unconditional positive regard for all service users. You will support our service users to maintain a healthy state of wellbeing mentally, physically and emotionally. Alongside service users’ circle of support, you will work to empower individuals to be happy, healthy and successful in achieving their life goals.

While beneficial, previous experience is not needed – what we value most is gumption and a can-do attitude.

A full, clean driving licence is an essential requirement for this role, and must have been held for a minimum of 12 months.

Vacancy Reference Number: 89955

Creative Support’s Development Pathway offers a structured induction and values-led training to help staff grow from entry-level to leadership roles. It empowers career progression through tailored learning aligned with national strategies and the WE CARE framework.

Full training is provided, as is the opportunity to work towards QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care.

• Benefits of working with Creative Support include a probationary bonus, pension contributions, 28 days Annual Leave and company paid enhanced DBS.

We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organization – Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received an Investors in People Gold award.

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.