Support Worker

Unidad Educativa Bilingüe Delfos; Exeter; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking dedicated support workers to join their compassionate team. This role involves providing meaningful assistance to vulnerable adults in residential settings, ensuring they feel at home and empowered. With flexible shifts, including sleep-ins, this position offers a unique opportunity to make a lasting impact on the lives of those you support. The organization is committed to your professional growth, offering clear career pathways and progression opportunities. If you are passionate about making a difference and creating memorable experiences, this is the perfect role for you.

Benefits

Flexible pay with Wagestream

Blue Light Card discounts

Career progression opportunities

Free DBS check

Pension scheme

Health Care Plan

Death in Service benefit

Qualifications

• Ability to provide emotional and practical support to vulnerable adults.
• Strong communication skills to engage effectively with individuals.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily support to adults in residential services.
• Assist individuals in overcoming obstacles to live fulfilling lives.

Skills

Emotional Support

Communication Skills

Flexibility

Problem-Solving

Education

High School Diploma

Relevant Care Qualification

Job description

About The Company

At Salutem, we aim to create a nurturing environment where children receive the highest quality of care from our dedicated team. Our core values drive our exceptional services:

Our Core Values

️Supportive: Helping everyone reach their full potential.

️Ambitious: Striving for the best outcomes.

️Loyal: Prioritising our staff and the people we support.

️Unique: Innovating without compromising quality.

️Transparent: Fostering openness and mutual respect.

️Engaging: Partnering with everyone involved.

️Meaningful: Offering fulfilling opportunities.

Why Choose Us?

Emotional Support: 24/7 Employee Assistance, mental health resources, meditation apps, and bereavement support.

Medical Support: Free Online GP access, Health Cash Plan, Cancer Cover, and Menopause support.

Financial Support: Flexible pay with Wagestream, utility bill savings, Money Helper, and Life Assurance.

Physical Support: Online workouts, Cycle to Work scheme, gym discounts, and National Trust activities.

More About Salutem

Top Employer Recognition: Salutem Care and Education proudly stands among the UK's top employers, as acknowledged by the Top Employers Institute.

Disability Confident Organisation: We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and application process.

Top 50 Inspiring Workplace: Recognised for our unwavering commitment to a People First culture, blending culture, purpose, leadership, wellbeing, inclusion, employee voice, and experience.

About You

About The Role

Now we've shared a glimpse of what it's like to work for us, let us introduce ourselves. We’re Salutem and we are committed to making a positive impact on the lives of thousands of children and adults in England and Wales across our residential homes, schools and day centres. Our dedicated support teams empower individuals to overcome any obstacles and live the life they choose.

Each day will be different, and the main focus of your role is to provide daily support to adults in our residential services. It’s definitely not a normal 9-5, you can work days, nights, and flexible shifts too. Talking of ‘dream’ jobs, some of our shifts are sleep-ins!

We want the best for everyone we support and that's what makes us a family. If you have the ability to support someone to feel at home, be their true self, and do what makes their heart happy - we want to hear from you. This is a meaningful role and will suit someone who is looking to make a difference and make memories that'll last a lifetime.

We know our staff put 100% into building brighter futures for the individuals we support. That's why we offer career progression no matter where you start in the organisation. Your progress here will be regularly reviewed and as you gain expertise your rate of pay will increase. We believe in creating a Career from Care and we want the support workers we recruit now to become our managers of the future!

Benefits

We’re committed to supporting the wellbeing of our team and our benefits package has something for everyone – including these key highlights:

• Competency Frameworks and Pay Scales – We have a development and reward initiative in place for all our individual colleagues and teams, showing clear career pathways, progression & promotion opportunities, and pay scales to work towards if desired.
• Blue Light Card – Working in social care, all our staff qualify for thousands of discounts in shops, restaurants, and venues on the high street with a Blue Light Card. You can register to get 2-years access to the Blue Light Card for £4.99 and reclaim this cost via our expenses process.
• Wagestream - Any day can be payday with Wagestream, as you can withdraw some of your wages earned early.*
• Care Friends, Refer-a-Friend Scheme – Instantly earn points and cash rewards for referring people you know for roles at Salutem.
• Sovereign Health Care Plan – Affordable cover to help with your healthcare and private medical costs.
• Canada Life, Group Life Assurance - To protect all our staff from day one of employment, we provide a Death in Service benefit via Canada Life, which is offered at 1 x your annual salary.
• Blink, our internal communications app - Giving you a voice and a sense of community across the organisation.
• Pension scheme - for all qualifying staff
• Free DBS check (Disclosure and Barring Service)
  
  

As an organisation, we're committed to supporting our teams and offering a range of perks that look after your financial, mental, emotional and physical wellbeing.

• Terms and conditions apply.
  
  

We have a massive duty of care towards those we support who are often the most vulnerable in society, which is why our staff are encouraged to keep up to date with vaccines and focus on self-care too.