Support Worker

Cartrefi Cymru Co-operative; Rhoose; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training & development opportunities

25 days annual leave rising to 30 with

Health & Wellbeing programme

Cycle to work

Pension

Refer a Friend

Job summary

Cartrefi Cymru Co-operative in Rhoose offers a Support Worker role focused on making everyday remarkable for individuals with learning disabilities. You will support three people with different interests, helping them enjoy activities, meals out, clubs, walks, and crafts while providing person-centered care and empathy.

No prior experience is required as comprehensive training is provided, and a full driving licence is essential for transporting individuals to appointments and activities.

Qualifications

• No experience required as full training is provided.
• Must have patience and empathy.
• Ability to speak on behalf of others to professionals.
• Strong written skills and ability to record events with empathy.
• Full driving licence – essential for transporting individuals.

Responsibilities

• Support 3 individuals with different interests and personalities.
• Help them enjoy the things they love.
• Assist with meals out, clubs, walks, crafting, and sensory activities.
• This role involves minimal personal care.
• Aim to make everyday remarkable through enhancing well-being and meaningful moments.

Skills

Patience & empathy

Communication

Teamwork

Advocacy

Written skills

Full driving licence

Job description

Role:

Support Worker

Location:

Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan

Hours:

We have both part time (minimum 10hours per week) and full time hours (maximum 40hours per week), please speak to us about the hours you are looking to do. Your shift pattern will include weekends and sleep-ins

Salary:

£13.59per hour and our sleep-in shifts at £60 per night and our travel expenses is paid 55p per mile

Contract:

Permanent

As a Support Worker in Rhoose, you’ll help make the everyday remarkable for the people we support.

We are dedicated to supporting those with learning disabilitiesto live a fulfilled and enriched life in the community, as a Support Worker, you can play a vital role in this.

What you’ll be doing:

In this role, you’ll support 3 individuals with different interests and personalities and we're looking for someone who can help them enjoy the things they love!

These individuals require minimal support and are quite socialable, they love eating out at their favourite restaurants, going to clubs and out for walks. They also enjoy quieter activities like crafting and relaxing sensory activities. This role does involve minimal personal care.

Your goal is to make everyday remarkable through enhancing well-being and focusing on the small, meaningful moments that bring joy and purpose. By offering this kind of person-centred support every day, thistruly isafun and rewarding role for the right person.

Who we are looking for:

No experiencerequired as fulltraining is provided. We’d love to hear from you if you:

• have patience and empathy
• can support a person with their intimate personal care with respect and dignity
• have strong communication and teamwork skills
• are able to speak on behalf of others as well as to a range of professional people
• have good written skills and the ability to record events with empathy and meaning
• have a full driving licence - essential for transporting individuals to appointments and activities

Our Benefits

• Excellent training and development opportunities to achieve qualifications
• 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service with the option to buy and sell leave
• Benevolent Fund, confidential financial wellbeing resource available to our colleagues
• Health and Wellbeing programme - 24 hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Refer a Friend - Referral Programme
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Benefits and discount platform
• Eligibility for Blue Light discount card
• And much much more…..

About Us

Our mission is to build a better future by focusing on people with learning disabilities and their families. We strive to be a great support provider for the individuals and families that we support, our employees, our partners and funders, and the communities in which we work. We’re a Cooperative, which means putting people at the heart of our decision making and support. You can find out more about this here

Our Values

Honesty
Trust
Kindness
Respect
Wellbeing