Support Worker - Ogmore by Sea

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd; Bridgend; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A supportive organization in Bridgend is seeking a Female Support Worker to assist individuals with learning disabilities in making daily choices and enhancing their well-being. This fulfilling role requires strong communication and teamwork skills. No prior experience is necessary as full training will be provided. Excellent benefits include annual leave, health programs, and a referral scheme.

Benefits

25 days annual leave (rising to 30)

Company pension

Cycle to work scheme

Health and Wellbeing programme

Referral Programme

Qualifications

• No experience required as full training is provided.
• Full driving licence is essential for transporting individuals.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals in making their own choices.
• Empower people to participate in structured activities.
• Offer practical support for daily responsibilities.

Skills

Patience and empathy

Strong communication skills

Ability to support personal care

Teamwork skills

Good written skills

Job description

As a Female Support Worker in Ogmore-By-Sea, you’ll help make the everyday remarkable for the people we support.

We are dedicated to supporting those with learning disabilities to live a fulfilled and enriched life in the community, as a Support Worker, you can play a vital role in this.

Role: Support Worker Location: Ogmore-by-Sea, Vale of Glamorgan Hours: We have both part time (minimum 10 hours per week) and full time hours (maximum 40 hours per week), please speak to us about the hours you are looking to do.

Your shift pattern will include weekends and sleep-ins (delete as appropriate) Salary: £12.74 per hour and our sleep-in shifts at £60 per night and our travel expenses is paid 45p per mile Contract: Permanent Interviews: We are looking to interview as soon as possible so would encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity Click here to learn more about growing your career at Cartrefi Cymru.

What you’ll be doing: In this role, you’ll support individuals in making their own choices

• whether it’s everyday decisions like what to wear, eat, or do, or something bigger such as where to live, how to manage their finances, or where to go on holiday.

As a trusted Support Worker, you'll empower people to follow through on these choices, including taking part in structured activities that build confidence and develop new skills.

You’ll also offer practical support to help them meet responsibilities like paying bills, maintaining their homes, being good neighbours, and staying connected with friends and family.

Your goal is to make everyday remarkable through enhancing well-being and focusing on the small, meaningful moments that bring joy and purpose.

By offering this kind of person-centred support every day, this truly is a fun and rewarding role for the right person.

Who we are looking for: No experience required as full training is provided.

We’d love to hear from you if you: have patience and empathy can support a person with their intimate personal care with respect and dignity have strong communication and teamwork skills are able to speak on behalf of others as well as to a range of professional people have good written skills and the ability to record events with empathy and meaning have a full driving licence

• essential for transporting individuals to appointments and activities Our Benefits Excellent training and development opportunities to achieve qualifications 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service with the option to buy and sell leave Benevolent Fund, confidential financial wellbeing resource available to our colleagues Health and Wellbeing programme - 24 hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme Refer a Friend
• Referral Programme Company pension Cycle to work scheme Benefits and discount platform Eligibility for Blue Light discount card And much much more… About Us Our mission is to build a better future by focusing on people with learning disabilities and their families.

We strive to be a great support provider for the individuals and families that we support, our employees, our partners and funders, and the communities in which we work.

We’re a Cooperative, which means putting people at the heart of our decision making and support.

You can find out more about this here Our Values We’ve made a promise to the people we support, setting out our commitments to them and how they can expect to be supported, our values include: Honesty Trust Kindness Respect Wellbeing Please note we reserve the right to close this advert early so we would encourage you to apply early for this position.

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