Support Worker - Abingdon, Oxfordshire

Affinity Trust; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave purchase

Stream pay access

Health plan

Pension and Life Assurance

Job summary

Affinity Trust in Abingdon is seeking a friendly Support Worker to help people live their best lives. You’ll listen, empower choice, and build meaningful connections through everyday tasks and outings.

At Abingdon you will support three people who enjoy bowling, music club and town trips. We offer full training, NVQ Level 2, DBS check, enhanced benefits like paid annual leave and health plan, with a supportive team.

Qualifications

• Compassionate approach to supporting vulnerable adults.
• Excellent communication and listening to understand needs.
• Empower residents to make choices and maintain independence.

Responsibilities

• Support three residents with daily living activities and personal care.
• Help residents participate in social activities such as bowling, music clubs and community outings.

Skills

Compassion

Active listening

Empower people

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care

Job description

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• Training:Full training + NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care
• Desirable: Full UK driving licence

Have you ever considered the difference a smile can make? Taking the time to listen, understand, and empower someone to make their own choices can have a huge impact. As a Support Worker, it’s about helping people live their best lives - in the waysthey choose.

At Affinity Trust, what matters most is your compassion and willingness to make a difference. Every day offers the chance to learn, grow, and see the real impact of your support in the lives of people around you.

At this location you will be supporting 3 people who love to go bowling or go to music club or just pop into town to get out and about.

Joining Affinity Trust means you'll be with caring colleagues, gain hands-on training that helps you grow into the role, and discover that what you do each day matters.

Joining us as a Support Worker gives you;

Meaningful connections that make a difference every day

Shared experiences of happiness and growth in the people you support

Being valued for who you are and the difference you make every day

• Buy and sell annual leave
• Access pay as you earn via Stream - https://stream.co/en
• Fully funded health plan via SimplyHealth (GP, dental, optical)
• Pension and Life Assurance

An enhanced DBS check is required (paid for by us).

"Gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010".

We're committed to being Disability Confident, and we guarantee to interview all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

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