Support Worker

The Priory; Crowborough; On-site; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in adult care services is seeking a dedicated Support Worker to join a compassionate team. This role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact in the lives of individuals with diverse needs, including autism and mental health conditions. As a Support Worker, you will provide essential support with daily activities, encouraging independence and fostering a positive environment. With flexible shifts and a commitment to training, this position is perfect for those passionate about making a difference. Join a supportive community where your kindness and dedication will truly shine.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Enhanced disclosure cost coverage

Comprehensive induction and ongoing training

Online benefits and cashback rewards

Blue Light Card application opportunity

Cycle to work scheme

NEST pension option

Qualifications

• Passion for providing high-quality care and support.
• Ability to manage challenging behaviors and support personal care.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with daily activities and promote independent living.
• Assist with personal care tasks and observe well-being.

Skills

Kindness

Caring

Understanding

Compassion

Reliability

Resilience

Communication

Education

No specific qualifications required

Job description

Support Worker

Salary: £13.20 P/H + £1,000 Joining Bonus (T&Cs Apply)

Permanent: Full Time

Shifts: 07:30am - 20:00pm & 19:30pm - 08:00am (Days, Nights & weekends Across 7 Days)

*Full Driving licence required for this role

Priory Adult Care is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist adult care services. Our aim is to provide the right support in the right home for all the individuals we accommodate. With community-based residential care settings, as well as a network of supported living services, we support adults over the age of 18 with autism, dementia, learning disabilities, mental health conditions, Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) and behaviours that challenge. We also offer a range of residential and nursing care settings for older people with varying levels of need.

At Priory, you'll have the opportunity to be part of something special. A close-knit, supportive and diverse team who help to make a real difference to people’s lives.

We offer full training and numerous career pathways, including our Nurse Apprenticeship program. Our roles can be flexible around your lifestyle, either full or part time and with a variety of shift patterns including weekdays and weekends.

We’re looking for someone who is kind, caring, understanding and passionate about providing great individual and personalised care. We provide all new colleagues with training to support people and their needs so previous experience in a care role isn’t essential but would be beneficial.

Your positive attitude and passion for providing high quality care and support will be your key strengths, but you'll also have a friendly, patient and positive approach to work. You should be keen to learn and show compassion to care for the people we support.

You will provide support with day to day activities, whilst encouraging and promoting independent living. As part of our team, you’ll help people reach their potential, through both practical and emotional support, making a positive difference to their lives.

The ideal support worker will:

• Be reliable, friendly and caring to help our residents achieve their everyday goals (including personal care)
• Be able to support in-house activities and hobbies
• Be attentive and inspire our service users to achieve their goals.
• Be resilient and help manage some behaviours that challenge
• Support with personal care tasks, such as washing, dressing, eating and personal care
• Perform light housekeeping tasks, such as dusting, vacuuming, and changing bed clothes
• Assist with safe lifting, transferring, repositioning and movement of individuals
• Observe, monitor, and record physical and emotional well-being, and quickly report any changes to senior staff
• Encourage participation in social and recreational activities
• Have a great sense of humour.

Benefits include:

• A competitive salary
• Enhanced disclosure cost coverage
• Comprehensive induction and commitment to on-going training
• Online benefits and cashback rewards
• Blue Light Card application opportunity
• Cycle to work scheme
• NEST pension option
• Benefits are subject to T&Cs

The Vines is located in the beautiful town of Crowborough, East Sussex. It offers residential support for 12 males and females with an acquired brain injury (ABI), traumatic brain injury (TBI) and progressive neurological conditions (PNCs). This includes Parkinson’s disease, stroke and Korsakoff’s syndrome. We are on a private road, in a semi-rural location.

Disclosure: All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland, and the cost of this will be covered by Priory.

We are an equal opportunities employer.