Support Worker

Advance Housing and Support Ltd; England; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading support services provider is seeking Support Workers in Bournemouth. This role involves assisting individuals with various needs, ensuring their comfort and independence. The ideal candidate should be passionate about making a difference and willing to work flexible hours. Great benefits and training opportunities are provided to promote career growth in social care.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Paid mileage and travel time

Paid holiday up to 30 days

Sector-specific training

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• No prior experience required; values and passion matter.
• Ability to follow Support Plans and Risk Assessments.
• Need to be literate and numerate in English.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with personal care and hygiene.
• Medication administration and meal preparation.
• Serving as support in social activities and domestic duties.

Skills

Good at working on your own and within a team

Excellent communicating skills

Ability to complete quality support records

Willingness to achieve the Care Certificate

Job description

Would you like to work somewhere where you get to make a real difference every day? Are you caring, fun and up for a challenge? Are you looking for a career where you get to make a difference to people’s lives? Do you love the idea of no two days being the same? If so, we want to hear from you. Advance is looking for Support Workers in Bournemouth to support customers with learning disabilities/ autism/ complex needs/ mental health conditions to live the lives they choose. We offer great benefits, flexible working and all the training and support you need to kick start a rewarding career in Social Care.

Day to Day Activities

• Assisting with personal care and hygiene (if required)
• Medication administration (if required)
• Support with preparing and cooking meals
• Support with attending medical appointments
• Support with social activities
• Support with independent skills
• Support with domestic duties such as cleaning and laundry
• Keeping accurate records and updating care plans as required
• Keeping up to date with your training

Advance is a great place to progress too; many of our Support Workers have gone on to be managers, and some have moved into roles in other areas of our business. Once you re with us, there are genuine opportunities to learn, develop and build a long and rewarding career. Equally, there is the chance to work flexibly, fitting your role around your other life commitments.

Qualifications

You don’t need to have previous experience working in care or support to be successful in this role. What matters are your values, your passion and determination to make a difference in the lives of people with autism or learning disabilities. If you think a Support Worker role sounds right for you, you will need to be:

• Good at working on your own and within a team
• Excellent at communicating with people
• Able to complete quality support records
• Able to work every other weekend
• Able to work between 7am and 10:30pm
• Ability to follow a Support Plan and Risk Assessments and maintain customer records
• Need to be literate and numerate in English
• Willingness and ability to achieve the Care Certificate

Benefits

We value our staff and the difference they make to the lives of our customers, which is why we offer the following benefits:

• Flexible hours to fit around you and the needs of our customers
• Paid mileage and travel time between appointments
• Paid holiday (from 25 days up to 30 days with long service in addition to bank holidays, pro rata for part‑time hours)
• Sector‑specific training is provided as part of induction plus opportunities for professional development
• Access to Perks at Work where you can obtain great discounts on cinema tickets, shopping vouchers and much more
• Long‑service awards payable in 5‑year increments
• Golden Hello/refer a friend receive up to £500
• Cycle‑to‑work scheme
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Free DBS (Disclosures and Barring Service)
• Excellent opportunities to progress your career within Advance
• Enrolment in a pension scheme with matched contributions above the statutory minimum (if you work enough hours to meet the threshold for enrolment)

Advance is regulated by the Regulator of Social Housing and the Care Quality Commission and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support. You will be required to provide evidence of right to work. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be covered by Advance.

We are an equal‑opportunities employer who values its staff and the difference they make to their customers. There is no place for racism or discrimination of any kind in Advance. As an organisation, we will not tolerate it. We are firmly committed to recruiting the best colleagues regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation and to supporting customers from similarly diverse backgrounds. All newly appointed staff receive an induction, during which they will learn about our PRIDE values, our expectations of how they should treat our customers and our commitments in relation to how they will be treated as a member of staff.