Support Worker (Driver)

Creative Support Limited; Chipping Barnet; Remote; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Probationary bonus

Pension contributions

28 days Annual Leave

Enhanced DBS paid by company

Job summary

Creative Support is seeking calm, resourceful and energetic Support Workers to join our team in Barnet, London. You will support individuals with learning disabilities and mental health needs in a proactive, holistic, person-centred way, helping them access work, education and social opportunities. No prior care experience is required.

A full, clean driving licence held for at least 12 months is essential. We offer a structured induction, progression pathways and a probationary bonus, plus

Qualifications

• No prior care experience required.
• A full, clean driving licence held for at least 12 months is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with personal care and domestic tasks.
• Help service users access work, education and social opportunities.
• Empower individuals to achieve their life goals and maintain wellbeing."
• Demonstrate positive communication and engagement with service users.

Skills

Positive communication

Engagement

Unconditional positive regard

Job description

We are looking for calm, resourceful, and energetic Support Workers to join our team in Barnet, London. You will support individuals with learning disabilities and mental health needs in a proactive and holistic person-centred approach.

You must be willing to embrace all aspects of the Support Worker role including, but not limited to, providing support with personal care and domestic tasks and supporting individuals to access work, education and social opportunities. We value the personal skills and interests you bring to the role and to the lives of the people we support, such as, sports and outdoor pursuits, creative arts, music and cooking, to name but a few.

You will have well-honed skills in positive communication and engagement, and will be able to demonstrate unconditional positive regard for all service users. You will support our service users to maintain a healthy state of wellbeing mentally, physically and emotionally. Alongside service users' circle of support, you will work to empower individuals to be happy, healthy and successful in achieving their life goals.

No previous care experience is needed - we value an enthusiastic, creative, and person-centred approach above all. The ideal candidate will have skills in positive communication and engagement, and will be able to demonstrate unconditional positive regard for the people we support.

A full, clean driving licence is an essential requirement for this role, and must have been held for a minimum of 12 months.

Vacancy Reference Number: 97070

Creative Support's Development Pathway offers a structured induction and values-led training to help staff grow from entry-level to leadership roles. It empowers career progression through tailored learning aligned with national strategies and the WE CARE framework.

Benefits of working with Creative Support include a probationary bonus, pension contributions, 28 days Annual Leave and company paid enhanced DBS.

We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organization - Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received an Investors in People Gold award.

Applications are reviewed as they are received, we do not provide feedback for unsuccessful applications. We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK - This post will not be open to Sponsorship under the UKVI scheme, and we are unable to accept applicants with Skilled Worker Visas.

Recruitment Department, Creative Support Ltd, Wellington House, 131 Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK1 3TS