Support Worker for Cheryl

Beyond Limits; Torquay; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A support service provider is seeking enthusiastic female support workers in Torquay to assist Cheryl in her journey to increased independence. The role involves providing support with daily activities, budgeting, and sometimes emotional guidance. Candidates should be reliable, flexible, and possess strong communication skills. This position offers competitive pay and benefits such as a pension scheme and ongoing training opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Award Winning Pension Scheme

Company sick pay scheme

Excellent annual leave allowance

Critical Illness cover

Life Insurance

Ongoing high quality training

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Good sense of humour required.
• Must be reliable and flexible.
• Ability to work well as part of a small team.
• Must have good communication skills.
• Demonstrate kindness and patience.

Responsibilities

• Support Cheryl in her daily activities.
• Assist with budgeting and planning for visits.
• Provide emotional support when overwhelmed.

Skills

Sense of humour

Reliability

Teamwork

Communication skills

Kindness

Flexibility

Job description

Cheryl is a very busy lady with a full social life, she loves horse riding and visiting the beach, singing and karaoke and is a member of Rock Choir. She also volunteers at her local homeless charity.

Essential for this job: This position has a ‘genuine occupational requirement’ covered under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and therefore only applications from females are requested.

Hours: 15h per week

Cheryl is a very sociable friendly person, she lives in her own house in Torquay and has an established team supporting her. She is very independent and requires very little support around her home but requires some support with budgeting her money. Cheryl needs a couple of support workers to join her team, people who are fun and interested in the same things that she is, but also someone who can introduce her to new things.

She loves to visit new places, she has been to Edinburgh and London and she has a few other places on her list that she would like to visit. At times Cheryl needs some emotional support to keep her on track, she can easily become overwhelmed which leads to her feeling anxious. Mostly though, it’s all about having fun and supporting Cheryl on her journey to increased independence.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Have a good sense of humour
• Be reliable and flexible
• Work well as part of a small team
• Have a ‘can do’ attitude
• Love animals
• Have good communication skills
• Be able to demonstrate kindness and patience
• Be committed to the values of inclusion

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Award Winning Pension Scheme
• Company sick pay scheme
• Excellent annual leave allowance, including top up pay
• Critical Illness cover
• Life Insurance
• Mandatory induction
• Ongoing high quality training
• Career development opportunities
• Real chance to make a difference to someone's life

"No Sponsorship currently available for this role"

We are committed to recruiting candidates who share our commitment to safeguarding, and therefore we apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure that the people selected are right for the job, and that all candidates are appropriately screened prior to appointment, including obtaining references and DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) clearance. A DBS check will be requested in the event of the individual being offered a position with Beyond Limits, the cost of which will be to the employee, however, this will be returned after successful completion of probation period (6 months).