Support Worker

Radis; Hereford; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking community care provider as a Support Worker in Hereford! This role focuses on supporting individuals with profound and multiple learning disabilities, ensuring they live independently with dignity and respect. You'll engage in essential tasks such as personal care, medication administration, and socialisation, all tailored to individual needs. With flexible hours, comprehensive training, and excellent career progression opportunities, this position offers a rewarding chance to make a real difference in people's lives. If you're passionate about providing quality care and support, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Benefits

Pension

Excellent career progression

Full training provided

Paid shadowing in the service

Refer a friend payment

Mandatory refresher training paid for

Qualifications

• Experience in supported living settings or with individuals with PMLD is preferred.
• Training towards Care Certificate and other relevant courses provided.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with daily living skills and promote independence.
• Assist with personal care, medication, and social activities.

Skills

Support for individuals with PMLD

Personal care

Medication administration

Food preparation

Household tasks

Socialisation support

Education

Qualification in health and social care

Job description

Radis Community Care has an opportunity for a Support Worker for Henffordd Gardens in Hereford.

We can offer both full-time and part-time hours.

About the role

As a Support Worker, you will be supporting individuals with PMLD (Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities) and Mild Learning Disabilities. The role may include manual handling, medication administration, personal care, food preparation, household tasks, supporting individuals to keep in contact with family and friends, accessing the community, and attending appointments. We provide support for daily living skills and help with socialisation.

We recognise each person as an individual and provide a unique service which is person-centred and tailored to their needs. The role is to promote the individual’s independence, choice, dignity, and respect by delivering the best standards of support. We offer people with PMLD a safe and secure home where they can live independently with the support they need.

Shifts: 7am-2pm, 2pm-10pm, and 10pm-7am, including alternate weekends.

Benefits for the Role

• Full or part-time hours available.
• Pension.
• Excellent career progression.
• Fully structured support for all new starters available.
• Full training, working towards Care Certificate including other training courses such as Mental Health Awareness and Postural Support.
• In-depth online & office-based training.
• Paid shadowing in the service.
• Refer a friend payment (unlimited payments, subject to conditions).
• Mandatory refresher training paid for.

Ideally, the successful person would have a qualification in health and social care (but this is not essential) or will have worked either in supported living settings and/or with individuals with PMLD.

About Radis

Established in 2001, Radis has grown to become a leading provider of community-based social care and support for thousands of vulnerable adults and children in England and Wales, focused on supporting people to live independently in their own homes and as part of their local communities.

We care for a range of service users including the elderly and for people with physical and/or learning disabilities. Tailored to meet our service user’s individual needs, our care ranges from brief daily visits to 24-hour live-in care and can either be short or long-term.

Radis Community Care is an Equal Opportunities Employer that welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.

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