Support Worker

Agincare; England; On-site; GBP 17,220; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£12.50 per hour

Refer a friend scheme up to £500

Outstanding career development

Fully funded training

Company pension scheme

Blue Light card discount package

Job summary

A large care provider in Melksham seeks a Support Worker to provide care for individuals with learning disabilities and complex needs. Responsibilities include encouraging community involvement, supporting daily living activities, and effective communication. The ideal candidate will have enthusiasm, strong people skills, and the capability to work as part of a team. A salary of £12.50 per hour is offered, along with career development opportunities and additional benefits. Join a committed team making a real difference in people's lives.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 months on your right to work is required.

Responsibilities

• Encourage people to play active roles in their communities.
• Support activities of daily living including personal care.
• Communicate using people's chosen methods.
• Promote and motivate people's quality of life.
• Keep accurate records and report changes to management.
• Work as part of a team while using own initiative.

Skills

Enthusiasm

Great people skills

Positive and proactive approach

Effective communication

Team player

Job description

This role as a Support Worker at Enable in Melksham involves providing care and support to individuals with learning disabilities, autism, and complex needs. The job requires enthusiasm, great people skills, and a positive and proactive approach to delivering person-centred outcomes.

Main duties of the job

As a Support Worker, you will be responsible for encouraging people to play active roles in their communities, supporting activities of daily living, communicating effectively using people's chosen methods, promoting and motivating people to enhance their quality of life, supporting individuals who may need positive behavioural support approaches, and keeping accurate records and reporting changes in health or circumstances of service users to management. You will also be working as part of a team, as well as being able to work using your own initiative.

About us

Agincare is a family‑run business that has been caring for and supporting people since 1986. They are one of the UK's largest care providers with over 4,500 team members and over 100 locations across England. Agincare is committed to supporting care leavers and offers a guaranteed interview or an informal conversation about career opportunities.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Are you ready to make a meaningful difference in the lives of young individuals and deliver positive person centred outcomes for people with complex support needs who rely on our services.

You will need to be enthusiastic, have great people skills, and a positive and proactive approach to your role, supporting individuals with Learning Disabilities, Autism, Mental Health and complex needs.

Where you'll be working:

Job description

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Are you ready to make a meaningful difference in the lives of young individuals and deliver positive person centred outcomes for people with complex support needs who rely on our services.

You will need to be enthusiastic, have great people skills, and a positive and proactive approach to your role, supporting individuals with Learning Disabilities, Autism, Mental Health and complex needs.

Melksham

This service supports 4 ladies living with learning disability and complex needs on the outskirts of Melksham to live independently in their own home. Offering supporting living, encouraging and enabling people to live as independently as possible within their own homes and accessing the local community & facilities. We are looking for support workers to join our amazing team, to continue delivering outstanding outcomes.

As an Agincare employee you’ll enjoy:

£12.50 per hour

Refer a friend scheme earn up to £500*

Outstanding career development

Fully funded training and career development

Blue Light card discount package

Company pension scheme

What is required from you?

A minimum of 12 months on your right to work

How we achieve our outcomes with the people we support.

• Encouraging people to play active roles in the communities in which they live, to encourage independence.
• Supporting Activities of daily Living including social activities, personal care, routines, planning and preparation of meals and budgeting.
• Communicating - effectively communicate using peoples chosen methods.
• Engaging - promoting and motivating people we support to enhance their quality of life.
• Specialising - supporting people who may need positive behavioural support approaches.
• Recording - keeping accurate records & reporting changes in health or circumstances of service users to management.
• Team player - Working as part of a team, as well as being able to work using your own initiative.

About Agincare

We're a family run business that's been caring and supporting people since 1986. With over 4,500 team members, we're one of the UKs largest care providers and are continuing to grow. We have over 100 locations across England including care & nursing homes, home care branches, extra care schemes, supported living properties and live‑in offices.

Agincare are signatories of the Care Leaver Covenant and are committed to supporting care leavers to live independently. We are proud to be able to offer a guaranteed interview to care leavers, or an informal conversation about our career opportunities.

All of our care services are regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Equal opportunities are important to us at Agincare and we welcome applications from all.

*Subject to terms and conditions

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• A minimum of 12 months on your right to work is required.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.