Support Worker

Cartrefi Cymru Co-operative; Cowbridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading cooperative as a Support Worker in Cowbridge, where you'll support individuals with learning disabilities to enjoy their daily activities. This role is dedicated to enhancing well-being and making everyday remarkable through person-centered support. Full training provided, making this a rewarding opportunity for compassionate individuals.

Benefits

Excellent training and development opportunities

25 days annual leave, rising to 30 after 5 years

Benevolent Fund for financial well-being

Long term service awards

Access to online shopping discounts

24-hour access to Employee Assistance Programme

Eligibility for Blue Light discount card

Qualifications

• No experience is required as full training is provided.
• Ability to support intimate personal care with respect and dignity.

Responsibilities

• Support 3 individuals with different interests and personalities.
• Focus on enhancing well-being through meaningful moments.

Skills

Patience

Empathy

Communication skills

Teamwork skills

Written skills

Job description

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Cartrefi Cymru Co-operative provided pay range

This range is provided by Cartrefi Cymru Co-operative. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Here at Cartrefi Cymru, we’re a Cooperative, which means putting people at the heart of our decision making and support. Our colleagues, the people we support, and members of our community contribute to how we build community as one of Wales largest support providers.

With a new opportunity to join us as an Support Worker you can play a part in this. (this role does require you to have a full UK driving licence)

We are dedicated to supporting those with learning disabilities to live a fulfilled and enriched life in the community. We want to work with the best people with the best skills and who demonstrates our values and are committed to making everyday remarkable.

Location: Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan

Hours: From 10 up to 40 hours available

Salary: £12.74 per hour and our sleep-in shifts at £60 per night and our travel expenses is paid 45p per mile

Contract: Permanent

Interviews: We are looking to interview as soon as possible so would encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity

What you’ll be doing:

In this role, you’ll support 3 individuals with different interests and personalities and we're looking for someone who can help them enjoy the things they love!

These individuals require minimal support and are quite socialable, they love eating out at their favourite restaurants, visiting farms and gardening at the allotments. They also enjoy quieter activities like crafting. This role does involve minimal personal care.

Your goal is to make everyday remarkable through enhancing well-being and focusing on the small, meaningful moments that bring joy and purpose. By offering this kind of person-centred support every day, this truly is a fun and rewarding role for the right person.

Who we are looking for:

No experience is required as full is training provided. We’d love to hear from you if you:

• have patience and empathy
• can support a person with their intimate personal care with respect and dignity
• have strong communication and teamwork skills
• are able to speak on behalf of others as well as to a range of professional people
• have good written skills and the ability to record events with empathy and meaning.
  
  

It’s not just what you do, it’s how you do it — we’re looking for someone who can believe and demonstrate our values every day.

Our Benefits

• Excellent training and development opportunities to achieve qualifications
• 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service with the option to buy and sell leave
• Benevolent Fund, confidential financial wellbeing resource available to our colleagues
• Long term service awards
• Access to online shopping discounts and benefits platform
• 24 hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Eligibility for Blue Light discount card
• And much much more…..
  
  

Our Mission

To build a better future by focusing on people with learning disabilities and their families. We strive to be a great support provider for the individuals and families that we support, our employees, our partners and funders, and the communities in which we work.

Our Values

We’ve made a promise to the people we support, setting out our commitments to them and how they can expect to be supported, our values include:

Honesty

Trust

Kindness

Respect

Wellbeing

Please note we reserve the right to close this advert early so we would encourage you to apply early for this position.

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