Support Worker

Cerise Healthcare; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Support Worker, where you'll make a real difference in the lives of adults with learning disabilities. This role offers flexible hours and the opportunity to provide person-centred care, enabling service users to lead independent lives. You'll assist with personal care, manage challenging behaviours, and support users in social interactions and community access. With a commitment to training and progression, this is a fantastic opportunity for those passionate about making a positive impact in healthcare. If you're reliable, patient, and have recent experience in the field, we want to hear from you!

Benefits

Competitive Pay Rates

Flexible Hours

Opportunities to Progress

Leading Training Courses

Generous Refer a Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in personal care and working with challenging behaviour.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Assist service users with personal care and daily living activities.
• Support users in accessing the community and attending social events.

Skills

Personal Care

Managing Challenging Behaviour

Basic Numeracy Skills

Understanding of Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults

Good Understanding of Written and Verbal English

Education

Recent UK Based Health or Social Care Experience

Job description

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DO NOT OFFER SPONSORSHIP

Cerise Healthcare is recruiting for exceptional Support Workers to work with our client, providers of support to Adults with Learning Disabilities who reside in a Supported Living Services across the area of Grimsby.

Benefits to Cerise Healthcare s Support Workers include:

• Competitive pay rates
• Flexible hours to suit your needs
• Opportunities to progress
• Leading training courses
• Generous refer a friend scheme

Cerise Healthcare s Support Workers understand the importance of enabling service users to lead an independent life. Providing person-centred care they actively enhance the service users life style and promote respect and dignity.

Support Workers will assist service users with all aspects of their life with which they require assistance, this could include;

• Personal Care
• Managing challenging behaviour
• Assisting with their finances
• Prompting/assisting with medication
• Assisting with cooking
• Helping with household chores
• Meeting friends/attending social events
• Accessing the community

This role would suit Support Workers who have prior experience of working with those who exhibit challenging behaviour. Previous experience of personal care is required,

As well as working as part of a team there is opportunity within some the services for lone working. Cerise Healthcare require that all our workers have recent experience UK based experience in healthcare.

Cerise Healthcare partner can consider both full and part time Support Workers for this role and are able to offer flexible hours.

Support Workers for Cerise Healthcare must be able to work under their own initiative, be patient and understand that the role is changeable depending on the wishes of the service users. Cerise Healthcare ask that all Support Workers:

• Have good understanding of written and verbal English
• Have Basic numeracy skills
• Have a current DBS on the update service (or be prepared to undertake one)
• Have recent UK based health or social care experience
• Are punctual
• Are reliable
• Have knowledge of Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA)

Cerise Healthcare are an Equal Opportunities Employer. We aim to provide equality of opportunity to all persons regardless of their religious belief, gender, race, age, marital/civil partnership status, sexual orientation or gender identity. Cerise Healthcare will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on the aforementioned; or any other qualities.

Please note that this role is subject to passing mandatory training, a successful DBS and referencing checks.