Support Worker

Leonard Cheshire; Hitchin; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in supported living seeks a dedicated Support Worker for its Hitchin home. In this role, you will assist individuals with learning disabilities to live independent lives. With a strong emphasis on training and development, you will join a compassionate team committed to making a positive impact.

Benefits

Wagestream for early pay access

Free Blue Light Card

Contributory company pension scheme

Access to a Cash Health Plan

Development opportunities through apprenticeships

Unlimited Refer a Friend bonus

Free DBS check

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Experience in personal care is desirable but not essential.
• Must have a UK manual driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Assistance with daily life tasks including personal care and medication.
• Supporting our Person Centred approach for customer independence.
• Maintain up-to-date and accurate records.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Flexibility

Job description

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Full time, 37.5 hours per week, working every other weekend.

A night enhancement of £1.00 per hour will apply from 8pm to 7am Monday – Thursday (this does not apply to sleep-ins). A weekend enhancement of £1.00 per hour will be paid from 8pm Friday to 7am Monday (this does not apply to sleep-ins).

In our Supported Living home in Hitchin we support people with learning disabilities to live a full and independent life. Our customers each have their own self contained flats within the building.

You must have a UK manual driving licence so that you can drive our customers cars when the need arises.

Are you an experienced care worker or would love to start a career in care?

If so, we would love to hear from you! Apply now, helping us to continue our great work making a positive impact every day on the lives of people with a disability.

Care Assistant, Support Worker or similar experience is desirable but not essential. We offer an excellent training and induction programme for everyone!

As a Support Worker with Leonard Cheshire you will become part of a fantastic team. Every day is different, but here are just some of the duties you will do:

• Assistance with daily life tasks including personal care, medication and mealtimes.
• Escort and assist in and around the service, at external events and appointments.
• Supporting our Person Centred approach, encouraging maximum independence for our customers and helping to achieve individual aspirations.
• Maintain up to date and accurate records.

Please see the job description (link below) for more details.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively.
• Work flexibly and creatively with customers and their families.
• Ideally have personal care experience (not essential).
• Be able to work under pressure and as a team.
• Flexibility to work within rostered hours / prepared to participate in an on-call rota where required.

We offer a wide range of employee rewards to include:

• Wagestream, option to withdraw up to 40% of your pay before pay day (click here for more details).
• Free Blue Light Card.
• Contributory company pension scheme with competitive life cover benefit.
• Access to a Cash Health Plan at very favourable rates.
• Great development opportunities through our apprenticeship schemes and chance to gain recognised qualifications.
• Unlimited payments through our Refer a Friend bonus scheme.
• Free DBS check.
• Employee Assistance Programme and so much more!

If you have any questions or further enquiries, please contact Harinder.Athwalleonardcheshire.org or call 07925 302 565

Leonard Cheshire welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applications from people with a disability, supporting where possible, your requirements for reasonable adjustments.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. A satisfactory disclosure check (PVG membership in Scotland) is required for this post. References will be obtained for all roles.

Shortlisting for this role may take place as applications are received. We therefore reserve the right to close this vacancy once suitable candidates have been appointed.

* No agencies please *