Support Worker Required For 30 Hours Per Week In Rochdale, Driver essential

Alternative Futures Group; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A health and social care organization in Rochdale is looking for Support Workers to join their team. This role requires good communication skills, patience, and the ability to work flexibly across various shifts, including days and nights. Full training will be provided. The organization values staff contributions, offering career development and a supportive work environment, ensuring employees feel valued from day one.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Employee benefits

Lifestyle support services

Qualifications

• Willingness to learn and develop in the care sector.

Responsibilities

• Provide 24-hour support to individuals in various settings.
• Work with personalized, outcome-focused support plans.

Skills

Good communicator (verbally and in writing)

Patience and confidence

Ability to use initiative

Teamwork

Flexibility to work varied shifts

Job description

Key Requirements

• be a good communicator (verbally and in writing)
• be patient, confident and enthusiastic about caring for others
• be able to use your own initiative
• be able to work as part of a team
• have flexibility to work a varied shift pattern to provide 24‑hour support
• share our AFG values

We don’t ask for any other relevant training or previous career in care as full training will be provided – you just need a willingness to learn and develop.

Your pay – our Support Workers receive a rate of £12.60 per hour for all worked hours. Once you are successful for a role with us, full details of your pay will be included in your written offer. As a ‘value based’ employer, the people that work for us genuinely care about the people they support and we are seeking likeminded people to join our AFG family. If you are passionate about caring for others and have a real desire to make a positive difference to the lives of the people we support then we would love to hear from you.

Shift Patterns

We work flexible shifts which may include Days, Waking Nights, Sleep ins and Weekends.

About Us

Being a Support Worker at AFG is a hugely rewarding role and could be your first step on a long and happy career in Health & Social Care.

What a Support Worker does

We have a vision to create a world where amazing people do amazing things every day. Our skilled and experienced teams work with every person we support to create a personalised, outcome‑focused plan to achieve their aspirations.

Our Support Workers work in a variety of settings including community‑based services (often supporting people in their own homes) to our Independent Hospitals or Adult Care Homes.

One thing that is common across all of our services is a focus on personalised support and tailoring our services to the needs and aspirations of the people we support with a diverse range of care needs (including Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Mental Health Concerns, Complex Care, Substance Misuse issues to name a few).

We value the people that work with us

At AFG we recognise the contribution and value that our staff make. We would not be able to provide the life‑changing support that we do without people like you! In return for your contribution we will support you throughout your career and we provide a wide range of employee benefits, career development (including opportunities to undertake vocational qualifications) and lifestyle support services to ensure that you too feel supported, fulfilled and valued from day one of your employment with us.