Support Worker

PE Global International; Taunton; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading mental health provider in Taunton is seeking compassionate Support Workers to enhance the quality of life for individuals with learning disabilities and complex care needs. You will support service users to gain independence, assist with personal care, and encourage engagement in community activities. Flexibility in shifts is offered, making it suitable for various availability.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 6 months experience as a mental health Support Worker.
• Enhanced DBS.

Responsibilities

• Help individuals gain independence in daily lives.
• Support service users in learning new life skills.
• Encourage social activities and community access.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Job description

PE Global are pleased to be partnering with one of the country's leading mental health providers to support their temporary staffing needs.

The role:

We are looking for caring, hands on Support Workers who have a passion for enhancing the quality of life's of people with learning disabilities and complex care.

As relief Support Worker you'll be helping people to gain more independence in their daily lives, whilst working within a dynamic team to support a fantastic group of people.

We have a variety of shifts on offer to work around your availability from days/nights/weekends/sleep-in shifts - work as many or as little shifts as you would like each week.

You will be working out of our clients supporting living homes that offer a warm and friendly environment for their service users. You'll be enhancing the lives of people they support by teaching new life skills, assisting with some personal care, encouraging them to access their local communities and socialising and doing activities. Encouraging service users to live a fulfilling life.

What you'll need:

• A minimum of 6 months experienced as a mental health Support Worker
• Enhanced DBS
• Excellent communication skills

Although it is not possible for us to respond to all applications, we at PE Global will do our upmost to give you feedback on your application. You have sent your Cv into us as a company and even though you have sent your CV to a particular position, we are making the reasonable assumption that you are active on the job market and as part of our normal recruitment service we will discuss other suitable positions with you. You are free to opt out of this so please specify in your application to us if you just want to be contacted in relation to a specific vacancy. Your Cv is sent to a central recruitment inbox which a number of people in the applicable PE Global division have access to and so this means that you might not be contacted by the named person in this advert