Support Worker

NHS; Maidenhead; On-site; GBP 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Maidenhead is looking for dedicated support workers to assist individuals with learning disabilities and physical disabilities. The role involves providing personalized care, facilitating community engagement, and ensuring the safety and wellbeing of clients. Full training will be provided, along with opportunities for career development and stable employment.

Benefits

Stable employment

Career development opportunities

Full training provided

Qualifications

• Experience working with people with learning disabilities is desirable.
• Good understanding of IT and smartphone technology is essential.

Responsibilities

• Supporting customers with personal care and daily activities.
• Facilitating community access and ensuring safety and wellbeing.
• Documenting work and contributing to care reviews.

Skills

Communication

Empathy

Teamwork

Education

Willingness to undertake Care Certificate

Job description

Job summary

Our teams provide individualised care and support for people with learning disabilities, autistic people, and people with physical disabilities living in their community. We recognise that each person has unique interests, needs, and preferences, and we support customers to be as self-sufficient as possible, working closely with them and their support networks to help them reach their goals.

We are recruiting to replace valued colleagues and expand our teams to support more people. Vacancies are available in the following locations:

• Park House (SL6 1EU) - full-time | days w/ sleep-ins
• Tithe Barn (SL6 2DE) - full- and part-time | days and nights
• Brill House (SL6 3DU) - full-time | days
• Court House (SL6 6HF) - full- and part-time | days w/ sleep-ins
• Float Support (community-based) - full-time | days
• Winston Court (SL6 5HU) - full- and part-time | days and nights
• Allenby Respite (SL6 5BF) - part-time | days

Some roles require candidates to have a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Main duties include supporting customers with daily activities such as personal care, medication management, meal prep, shopping, and emotional and physical wellbeing. Night roles also involve building security, cleaning, and preparing the service for the next day.

Support also extends to life skills like confidence building, financial management, and community engagement to maintain relationships.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Providing care and support according to care plans
• Ensuring safety and wellbeing
• Assisting with personal care (washing, dressing, toileting)
• Supporting meal preparation
• Facilitating community access (appointments, shopping, socialising)
• Record keeping
• Reporting health and behaviour changes
• Communicating with residents, families, colleagues, and professionals

Full training, including a 7-day induction at our Head Office in Wokingham, online learning, and shadowing, will be provided.

About us

Optalis is a LATCo jointly owned by Wokingham Borough Council and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, delivering adult social care across these areas with over 50 services supporting independent living, dementia and nursing care, and reablement services.

We offer stable employment and career development opportunities.

Details

Date posted: 21 May 2025

Pay scheme: Other

Salary: £23,807.45/year (£12.34 Mon-Fri, £13.82 Sat-Sun)

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time

Reference number: F0128-25-0013

Job locations: Managers Office, Boyn Hill Avenue, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 4EP

Job description

Supporting the overall running of the service, ensuring CQC compliance, and providing safe, person-centred support respecting all human rights within the Independent Living Services.

This involves supporting residents with daily routines to enable them to live fulfilling lives, collaborating with families, carers, and professionals to deliver coordinated care, documenting work, and contributing to reviews.

Person Specification

Experience (Desirable):

• Working with people with learning disabilities
• In a residential care setting

Qualifications (Essential):

• Willingness to undertake Care Certificate

(Desirable):

• Full UK Driving Licence and own vehicle

Other (Essential):

• Valid right to work in the UK; visas with at least 6 months remaining
• Good understanding of IT and smartphone tech

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post requires a DBS check due to the nature of the role, in accordance with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1975.

Employer details

Optalis Limited, Managers Office, Boyn Hill Avenue, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 4EP

Website: https://www.optalis.org/