Support Worker

1st Homecare; Ilkeston; Vor Ort; GBP 15.000 - 21.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health Cash Plan (full/part-time)

£10,000 Life cover

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Financial wellbeing scheme

Refer a Friend Incentive

Recognition Initiatives

Pension scheme

Zusammenfassung

Male Support Worker role in Ilkeston, DE7 8XW is a full-time position in Real Life Options providing support to individuals with autism, learning disabilities and complex needs. The job involves following daily plans, helping with finances, domestic tasks, and medication administration, with potential personal care and meal planning tasks.

A DBS check is required and a rota covers 7 days including weekends and evenings.

Qualifikationen

• DBS enhanced check required for the role.

Aufgaben

• Support individuals in their own homes to live as independently as possible.
• Follow daily planners and assist with financial expenditure.
• Provide domestic support and administer medication.
• Offer personal care, meal planning/preparation, and help maintain relationships.
• Encourage participation in local community activities to promote social inclusion.
• Assist with opportunities for growth and development, including volunteering or education access.
• Work on a rota including weekends, evenings, and bank holidays with planned time off.
• Cover shift patterns across a 7-day week as needed.

Kenntnisse

Honest

Good Communicator

Strong Values

Flexible

Passionate

Self Motivated

Reliable

Caring

Inclusive

Jobbeschreibung

Male Support Worker

Ilkeston, DE7 8XW
£12.71 per hour
Full-time 39 hours per week - Permanent

Real Life Options provide support to people with autism, learning disabilities, and complex needs.

We provide individualised support packages and promote independence to enable people to live a happy fulfilled life within their own homes. The purpose-built accommodation is made of individual apartments and purpose-built bungalows.

The service comprises of 12 apartments for people with mild learning disabilities, 4 bungalows for individuals with higher complex needs and 4 bungalows for people who display behaviours of concern.

About the Role

You will be supporting individuals in their own homes to live as independently as possible, this involves;

• following daily planners
• helping with financial expenditure
• domestic support and administration of medication

There may also be some support with;

• personal care
• meal planning/preparation
• maintaining important relationships
• support to find new friendships.

A rewarding part of the role will be encouraging participation in activities in the local community to enhance social inclusion. Seeking new opportunities for the growth and development of the people we support which could include volunteering roles and further education access.

Shift patterns:

• Hours between 7am to 10pm

Working on a rota, you will be required to work weekends, evenings, bank holidays with planned time off.

Flexibility to cover any of these shift patterns over the 7 day weekly period is essential

An Enhanced DBS will be required for this role.

Why Join Us?

• A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
• Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job - develop professionally through training, mentoring, and a strong support network
• A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
• An employer contributory pension scheme
• Work in a collaborative, values-led environment

In addition to the above you also have access to the following great benefits:

• Health Cash Plan (for full/part time contracted hours)
• £10,000 Life cover
• A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
• A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• A financial wellbeing scheme
• Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
• Recognition Initiatives

Don’t miss out – Be Part of Something Bigger – Join a team driven by values, with a mission that matters

We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are:

Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence

If you can circle 6 or more of the skills below, then you could be the person we are looking for:

Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values – Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive

Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.