Support Worker

PETERS DEAN CARE LTD; Lewes; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading care provider as a Support Worker, offering flexible hours and meaningful work in various settings, including children's homes and adult services. In this role, you will support vulnerable individuals, fostering their independence while receiving competitive pay and benefits, including a pension and flexible work hours.

Benefits

Company pension

Flexitime

Qualifications

• Experience as Care Assistant, Care Worker, or Teaching Assistant is an advantage.
• Willingness to support individuals with complex needs is essential.
• Friendly, organized, and sociable approach is required.

Responsibilities

• Support the social, emotional, and behavioral development of young people.
• Manage challenging behaviors and promote independence.
• Provide personal care and perform light domestic duties.

Skills

Social care experience

Proactive approach

Friendly demeanor

Education

Relevant social care course

Job description

FLEXIBLE HOURS AVAILABLE

With Peters Dean Care, you can work with the clients you would like to support, how much you work, and what shifts you would like to work. We have work available in children's homes, older looked-after-children (OLAC) settings, homeless hostels, and services supporting adults with complex needs. You choose your hours, whether Early's, Late's, Long Days or Nights, and the number of hours from 25-50hrs per week!

CHOOSE YOUR PERFECT JOB! With Peters Dean Care, you can work with the clients you would like to support, how much you work, and what shifts you would like to work. We have work available in children's homes, older looked-after-children (OLAC) settings, homeless hostels, and services supporting adults with complex needs. You choose your hours, whether Early's, Late's, Long Days or Nights, and the number of hours you work from 25-50hrs per week! You can even choose whether you want to book week to week, on a 6 month contract, or into a permanent position!

Why Apply?

Choose Where You Work. Work in children s homes, learning disability settings, hostels, or a mixture of all!

Choose How Much You Work. Work 25-50hrs per week that can work around your commitments.

Choose When You Work. Choose from a range of Early shifts, Late shifts, Long Day shifts and Night shifts

Interesting and Challenging Work within services supporting people with complex needs. No two days will be the same!

Amazing Support. Weekly welfare calls from experienced, sympathetic and knowledgeable team who put you first.

Weekly Payroll. Earn a competitive hourly rate + holiday pay to further top up your earnings (rates advertised include holiday pay)

Make a Real Difference. Support our community s most vulnerable people to promote their wellbeing and independence.

Support Worker Role:

Our flexible Support Worker team benefits from choosing the type of work that suits their needs. If you are working within children's services your role will be to support the social, emotional and behavioural development of the young people, while managing challenging behaviours and promoting their independence and life skills. Duties within adults services are similar and may require you to provide physical care (such as personal care and use of hoists), while roles in all settings will involve some light domestic duties. Shift times vary considerably between services, so please apply and we can discuss this further.

Support Worker Criteria:

Relevant social care experience. Applications invited from Care Assistant, Care Worker, Support Worker, Teaching Assistant professionals, people with other relevant social care experience, or students studying relevant courses

Willingness to support challenging individuals with complex needs

Friendly, organised, proactive and sociable approach

Do you want to be the one in control and making the choices?! Click Apply now and we will be in touch for an initial discussion

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: £13.73-£14.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Flexitime

Physical Setting:

• Residential home

Shift:

• Day shift
• Night shift

Application question(s):

• Do you have right to work in the UK? Unfortunately we are not able to offer sponsorship for this role.

Licence/Certification: Driving Licence (preferred)

Work Location: In person