Support Worker - Bury

Royal Mencap Society; Bury; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days holiday

Discounts at leading retailers

Health cash plans

Interest-free loans

Job summary

We are recruiting two enthusiastic Support Workers to assist a couple living in the Bury area with a range of daily activities and community outings. You will provide comprehensive support including personal care, meal prep, home management, and companionship.

Role requires driving (manual & automatic) and willingness to work on a rota basis with sleep-in shifts and weekends; DBS check and references will be completed. Competitive benefits apply.

Qualifications

• A genuine passion for supporting others.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build meaningful relationships.
• Flexibility to work various shifts, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• A positive and empathetic attitude towards individuals with learning disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Support a gentleman and a lady with personal care, meals, and daily living tasks.
• Assist with maintaining the home, finances, appointments, and outings.
• Provide transportation in clients' vehicles; manual and automatic driving required.
• Move and handle with hoist and wheelchair; sleep-in shifts and weekend work.

Job description

We are looking to recruit 2 enthusiastic Support Workers to support a gentleman and a lady who live together in the Bury area. Both enjoy a variety of activities at home and out in the community. Activities include visits to local parks, the seaside, museums, shopping centre's, going out for lunch/tea and bowling. They require full support with personal care, meal preparation, maintaining their home, finances, making and attending appointments, and eating and drinking.
This role requires a driver and somebody willing to drive manual and automatic cars belonging to clients as well as an expectation to work on a rota basis, which will include sleep in shifts and weekends.

This role also requires moving and handling of the use of a hoist and wheelchair.

What we're looking for :

• A genuine passion for supporting others.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build meaningful relationships.
• Flexibility to work various shifts, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• A positive and empathetic attitude towards individuals with learning disabilities.

Contract options :

All our services are 24hr care. We prepare the rotas at least 4 weeks in advance so you can still plan your personal and social life!

Days: Between 07:00- 22:00
There is also a non contractual sleep-in available where you will receive an enhanced flat rate payment of £6 4.20.

*All roles are subject to an enhanced DBS check and suitable references.

Job ID: 36766

Here at Mencap, we offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated. Our benefits package offers 24 days of paid holiday (excluding bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest-free loans, and many more exciting offerings. For more details on what we have to offer, please see the attached document and below link with all the fantastic benefits available to you as a member of our team

Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives. We're here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers . We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in. At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues.

Belonging at Mencap is for E veryone, Every day, Everywhere .

Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation.

Every day we grow and learn. It’s okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes.

Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves.

We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long- term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies. We want to encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. We’re not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role you’re applying for.

£12.85 per hour + excellent training and benefits