Support Worker - Bridgend

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd; Wales; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community support organization in the UK is seeking Support Workers in Bridgend. The role involves empowering individuals with learning disabilities to make choices and live fulfilling lives. No prior experience is necessary as full training is provided. Competitive salary of £12.74 per hour plus additional benefits, including annual leave and a company pension. Flexible hours are available from part-time to full-time, with opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

25 days annual leave, increasing with service

Health and wellbeing programme

Company pension

Discount platform

Blue Light discount card

Qualifications

• No experience required as full training is provided.
• Able to support personal care with respect and dignity.
• Full driving license essential for transporting individuals.

Responsibilities

• Actively support individuals in making choices and setting goals.
• Empower people to follow through on their choices.
• Offer practical support for daily responsibilities.

Skills

Patience and empathy

Strong communication skills

Teamwork skills

Good written skills

Job description

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

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

Role: Support Worker Location: Bridgend Hours: We have both part time (minimum 10 hours per week) and full time hours (maximum 40 hours per week), please speak to us about the hours you are looking to do.

Your shift pattern could include weekends and sleep-ins Salary: £12.74 per hour and our sleep-in shifts at £60 per night and our travel expenses is paid 45p per mile Contract: Permanent Click here to learn more about growing your career at Cartrefi Cymru.

What you’ll be doing: In this role, you’ll actively support individuals in making their own choices and set their own goals

• whether it’s everyday decisions like what to wear, eat, or do, or something bigger such as where to live, how to manage their finances, or where to go on holiday.

As a trusted Support Worker, you'll empower people to follow through on these choices, including taking part in structured activities that build confidence and develop new skills.

You’ll also offer practical support to help them meet responsibilities like paying bills, maintaining their homes, being good neighbours, and staying connected with friends and family.

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, this truly is a fun and rewarding role for the right person.

No experience required as full training 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
• Training and development opportunities
• 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service with the option to buy and sell leave
• Health and wellbeing programme – 24 hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Company pension
• Benefits and discount platform
• Blue Light discount card

About Us: Our mission is to build a better future by focusing on people with learning disabilities and their families.

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 We’ve made a promise to the people we support, setting out our commitments to them and how they can expect to be supported, our values include: Honesty Trust Kindness Respect Wellbeing Please note we reserve the right to close this advert early so we would encourage you to apply early for this position.

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