Support Worker - Leeds - Daniel Yorath House

Brainkind; Garforth; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 Days Annual Leave

Buy/Sell up to 5 days Annual Leave per

Health Cash Plan (from June)

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Company Pension

Group Life Assurance

Eye Voucher Scheme

Long Service and Staff Awards

Free Parking

Job summary

Brainkind is a charity delivering neurorehabilitation and support for people with brain injuries across the UK. The Support Worker role is based in Leeds and involves helping residents lead a full life with person-centred care and daily activities within a supportive team.

You will join a committed staff team at Victoria House, focusing on high-quality care, safety, and empowering residents to engage with the local community. Training and development are provided.

Qualifications

• Experience in moving and handling including hoists.
• Excellent communication and literacy abilities.
• Ability to work as part of a team and show empathy.

Responsibilities

• Provide support tailored to each service user’s needs to help them lead a full and valued life.
• Contribute to a homely environment with user involvement in activities and decisions.
• Enable service users to participate in and contribute to the local community.

Job description

Support Worker - Leeds

Salary: up to £14.21 per hour

Location: Leeds LS25

Hours: Full time - 35 hours

Why join us?

Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of people with brain injuries in the UK. Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries - sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more - to recover and meet their personal goals. Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do - you’ll find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.

Victoria House is a beautiful service situated on the bank of the Humber and provides accommodation, support, and care for people with brain injury and complex needs. It is part of Brainkind, a leading national charity, providing innovative care, rehabilitation, and support solutions for people with profound physical impairments, acquired brain injury.

You will get huge job satisfaction from seeing the people you are supporting do more for themselves and live the life they want to live. If you are interested in building a career, we are here to support you all the way on your own journey.

Role Overview

• To provide support to our service users appropriate to their individuals needs ensuring that each service user leads a full and valued life.
• To contribute to providing a homely environment, whereby the service user has maximum involvement in their own activities and decision making.
• To enable service users to participate in and contribute to the local community

Key Responsibilities

• Boundaried, dignified and able to keep own counsel.
• Have genuine empathy for our residents, with the positivity, patience, and resilience to support them through the challenging times of their rehabilitation.
• Enjoy teamwork and take pride in getting a job done well alongside your colleagues.
• Have excellent face to face communication skills and a good standard of literacy.
• Have good time management skills and the ability to prioritise your own workload.
• Have experience in moving and handling including hoists.
• Enjoys providing people with good quality care
• Understands the importance of person centred night checks, security and providing basic night care support such as repositioning.
• For an insight in to what the role would entail please watch our video detailing a Day in the Life of one of our Support Workers at Brainkind: Working at Brainkind: A day in the life - Millie

Benefits Include

• A competitive rate of up to £14.21 per hour
• 33 Days Annual Leave
• Buy/Sell up to 5 days Annual Leave per year
• Health Cash Plan (from June)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Excellent training and Support
• Company Pension
• Group Life Assurance
• Eye Voucher Scheme
• Long Service and Staff Awards
• Free Parking

We also put a big focus on employee wellbeing and support. It matters to us that you feel at your best. Career development is a priority. We will ensure you get all the training and learning opportunities you need to achieve your goals.

• All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks*

Brainkind is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation. It’s a place where we recognise, celebrate, and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive Brainkind are a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Brainkind is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation. It is a place where we recognise, celebrate, and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds.