Support Worker

Leonard Cheshire Disability; Royal Tunbridge Wells; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company dedicated to assisting vulnerable individuals. The Support Worker role at Seven Springs involves providing personal care, facilitating activities, and fostering independence in a vibrant team setting. With flexible hours and comprehensive training offered, it’s an opportunity to make a positive impact.

Benefits

Wagestream for early pay

Free Blue Light Card

Company pension scheme

Cash Health Plan

Development opportunities

Refer a Friend bonus

Free DBS check

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and as a team.
• Flexibility to work within rostered hours.

Responsibilities

• Assistance with daily life tasks including personal care and medication.
• Support our Person Centred approach, encouraging independence.
• Maintain up to date and accurate records.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Flexibility

Job description

Join our vibrant team at Seven Springs: Make a difference in the lives of vulnerable people!

Full time, part time and occasional hours/bank available. Shift patterns are long days of 07:30am - 19:30pm, night shift 19:30pm - 07:30am , short days of 07:30am - 13:30pm and 13:30 - 19:30pm and twilight shift 18:00pm - 00:00am.

A night enhancement of £1.50 per hour will apply from 8pm to 7am Monday – Sunday (this does not apply to sleep-ins). A weekend day enhancement of £2.00 per hour will be paid from 7am to 8pm, Saturday and Sunday.

Are you caring, motivated, and friendly?

Do you have a passion for enabling vulnerable people to live the life they choose? If so, we would love to hear from you.

Our service is located on the outskirts of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent where we actively involve its users in their local community, and they take part in a wide range of activities using local resources.

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 this sounds of interest to you, please email Ashleigh Cook on [e-mail] for further details.

Don't miss out on the opportunity to make a positive impact and join our dedicated team at Seven Springs!