Support Worker

Agincare; Sileby; On-site; GBP 29,159,000 - 41,529,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£12.90 per hour

Refer a friend scheme

Outstanding career development

Fully funded training

Blue Light card discount

Company pension scheme

Job summary

Agincare in Sileby is seeking Support Workers to help individuals with Learning Disabilities, Autism, and Mental Health needs to live independently. The role entails encouraging active community participation and providing support for daily living activities.

The successful candidates will enjoy a competitive hourly wage of £12.90, career development opportunities, and access to a discount package, along with fully funded training.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 months on your right to work.
• Full UK driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Encourage individuals to play active roles in their communities.
• Support activities of daily living.
• Communicate effectively using chosen methods.
• Engage and motivate the people supported.
• Record and report changes in health or circumstances.
• Work as part of a team and independently.

Skills

Great people skills

Enthusiasm

Positive approach

Team player

Job description

Package Description

Are you ready to make a meaningful difference in the lives of young individuals and deliver positive person centred outcomes for people with complex support needs who rely on our services.

Package Description

Are you ready to make a meaningful difference in the lives of young individuals and deliver positive person centred outcomes for people with complex support needs who rely on our services.

You will need to be enthusiastic, have great people skills, and a positive and proactive approach to your role, supporting individuals with Learning Disabilities, Autism, Mental Health and complex needs.

Where You’ll Be Working

Sileby, Leicestershire

This is a unique service within Leicestershire supporting 9 people, where we offer supportive living, enabling people to live as independently as possible within their own homes and local community.

We are looking for Support workers to join our amazing team, and to continue delivering outstanding outcomes.

As An Agincare Employee You’ll Enjoy

• £12.90 per hour
• Refer a friend scheme earn up to £500*
• Outstanding career development
• Fully funded training and career development
• Blue Light card discount package
• Company pension scheme

What is required from you?

• A minimum of 12 months on your right to work
• A full UK drivers licence

How we achieve our outcomes with the people we support.

As part of your day to day work you will be offering the following;

• Encouraging – people to play active roles in the communities in which they live, to encourage independence.
• Supporting – Activities of daily Living including social activities, personal care, routines, planning and preparation of meals and budgeting.
• Communicating - effectively communicate using people’s chosen methods
• Engaging - promoting and motivating people we support to enhance their quality of life
• Specialising - supporting people who may need positive behavioural support approaches
• Recording - keeping accurate records &reporting changes in health or circumstances of service users to management
• Team player – Working as part of a team, as well as being able to work using your own initiative.

About Agincare

Agincare is proudly celebrating 40 years of caring for communities. As a rapidly growing, family-owned care provider with more than 5,500 team members, and expanding every day, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of our new not-for-profit Children’s Services. Today, Agincare is one of the UK’s largest care providers, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locations nationwide.As a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant, we are committed to supporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation. We are proud to support the Armed Forces community through our alliance, offering guaranteed interviews to service leavers and members of the military community.All of our services are regulated by the CQC and Agincare is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences. At present, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship. As care is always in high demand, we have a wide range of exciting opportunities available. If this particular role isn’t the right fit for you, we encourage you to explore our other vacancies, www.agincare.com/careers

Equal opportunities are important to us at Agincare and we welcome applications from all.

• Subject to terms and conditions