Support Worker Short Breaks – Days #5269773

Semester.co.uk; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Semester.co.uk is looking for dynamic and motivated Support Workers to join our dedicated team in Sunderland. You'll engage with customers who have diverse and complex needs, contributing to their positive experiences and outcomes. While experience is beneficial, it is not always necessary—what matters most is your ability to deliver compassionate care and foster a supportive environment. This role offers an opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of individuals with learning disabilities, autism, and mental health needs through person-centred support.

Qualifications

• Experience is not always necessary but having current accredited training would be advantageous.
• Demonstrate core values of treating customers with dignity and respect.
• Foster a safe and supportive environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide and promote person-centred care and support.
• Enable individuals to make choices and have control over their daily lives.
• Treat customers and colleagues with empathy and sensitivity.

Skills

Compassion

Empathy

Teamwork

Communication

Professionalism

Education

Safe Handling of Medication

Moving & Assisting

First Aid

Job description

Sunderland Care and Support work alongside customers who possess a diverse range of complex needs and characteristics to enable them to engage within the community, develop skills and enhance their quality of life.

Our short break services require dynamic motivated Support Workers with the ability to work in challenging environments. Support Workers will be motivated to engage customers in line with positive behavioural support to enable a positive outcome for people we support.

Within our supported living services, we provide care and support in a range of services for customers with a Learning Disability, Autism, Behaviour that Challenges or Mental Health needs.

What you can offer

As a Support Worker you will be working as part of a team, providing and promoting person-centred care and support, enabling individuals to make choices and have control over their daily lives.

Suitable applicants must demonstrate the core values of the company, treating customers, families and their colleagues with dignity and respect. Have compassion by delivering the best possible care by treating customers with sensitivity and empathy. All staff must adhere to the highest standards of professionalism, ethics and personal responsibility worthy of the trust our customers place in us and foster a safe and supportive environment whereby the highest quality service is delivered by every member of the team.

Experience is not always necessary however, having current accredited training for example, Safe Handling of Medication, Moving & Assisting, first aid, etc would be advantageous.

If you would like to find out more information about this role, or the other opportunities Semester.co.uk have available feel free to click the ‘Apply’ button**