Support Worker - Farnborough

The YOU Trust LTD; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Travel time paid

Enhanced annual leave

Pension contributions

Death in service

Sick pay allowances

Staff training & apprenticeships

Employee assistance programme

Equipment and uniforms provided

Discounts

Job summary

The You Trust is recruiting a Support Worker to assist adults with learning disabilities in our Farnborough and Yateley services. You may help with personal care and daily tasks, sometimes working solo or with colleagues in a busy, supportive environment.

This permanent role offers evenings, weekends and bank holiday shifts, with pro-rated salary for part-time work and opportunities for training and progression.

Qualifications

• Understand promoting independence.
• Be flexible and able to work shifts including evenings, weekends and bank holidays (and sleep-ins/waking night shifts if required).
• Prepared to support clients with daily living skills.
• Good communication skills: verbal, non-verbal, and written.

Responsibilities

• Support adults with learning disabilities in living the life they want.
• Assist people with personal care and tasks around their home.
• Work alone at times or with the team.
• Enjoy a varied and rewarding role where no two days are the same.

Skills

Promoting independence

Flexible shifts

Daily living skills

Communication skills

Job description

Support Worker

Location: Yateley and Farnborough

Salary:£26,490pa plus £3,000 MRS (Salary will be pro rated for part time)

Permanent, Part & Full Time positions available

The first suitable applicant will be appointed.

YOUis a registered charity thathas beenproviding care, support and advice for over 30 years to vulnerable people, working across Hampshire, Portsmouth, Somerset, Dorset, Sussex and the Isle of Wight to give them the tools and resources they need to live independent, secure and valued lives.

“Following our recent inspection, the CQC rated our service for Care as outstanding. This means we go above and beyond to support both our residents and our staff team”

Essential Requirements:

• Understand promoting independence
• Be flexible and able to work shifts including evenings, weekends and bank holidays (and sleep-ins/waking night shifts if required)
• Prepared to support clients with daily living skills
• Good communication skills: verbal, non-verbal, and written

The Role:

We are currently recruiting support workers in our supported living services in Farnborough and Yateley, to support adults with learning disabilities in living the life they want.

As a support worker, you may need to assist people with some personal care and support them to carry out tasks around their home. You may be lone working at times or with other members of the team.

If you are looking for a varied and rewarding role where no two days are the same, this could be the job for you.

About You:

• You will be experienced, skilled and enthusiastic.
• You will be used to working in a fast-paced environment.
• You will be passionate about working with adults with learning disabilities.
• You will work alongside our clients as an equal partner and give advice and guidance at a level matching the person’s skills and strengths.
• Developing positive working relationships with the local community and support agencies to create a network of support for your clients will be central to the work you do.

Our Benefits:

• * Competitive rates of pay and paid travel time, including a higher mileage rate for car sharing.
• * Enhanced annual leave entitlements, with the opportunity to buy and sell holiday.
• * Matched pension scheme contributions, plus Death in Service Benefit and salary sacrifice options.
• * Enhanced sick pay allowances and paid compassionate and emergency dependent leave.
• * Excellent and professionally certified training, as well as access to fully-funded apprenticeship programmes.
• * Real opportunities to develop in your profession.
• * Free health and wellbeing advice via a 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
• * Everything you need to carry out your role free of charge, which may include a mobile phone, safety equipment and other necessary technology, a uniform where applicable, and of course a nice cup of tea or coffee throughout your day!
• * Access to discounts across lots of your favourite stores and online shopping sites.

The You Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients. Applicants must be willing to undergo appropriate Adult and Child protection screening, including employment references and DBS check.

Where a role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to adults and/or children it is an offence to apply for the role if you have been barred from engaging in such regulated activity.

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