Support Worker (Social Care)

Southdown; Lewes; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A caring support organization in Lewes seeks a compassionate Support Worker to assist individuals with learning disabilities in daily tasks and community activities. This role offers full training, ensuring a rewarding experience and varied daily engagements, with competitive pay and benefits including health perks and paid holidays.

Benefits

Health cost cash-back scheme

Interest-free loans

Easit Network discounts

Blue Light card

Free advice and counselling service

22 days paid holiday plus bank holidays

Payment for sleep-in shifts

Qualifications

• Experience in care roles such as Health Care Assistant, Support Worker, or similar is a plus but not required.
• Full training will be provided.

Responsibilities

• Support clients to access their community and everyday tasks.
• Encourage clients' confidence and independence through empowering care.
• Ensure clients' safety and emotional wellbeing.

Skills

Compassionate care

Community engagement

Independence building

Job description

Support people with learning disabilities to live full, happy lives.

Location: Southdown Court, Brighton

Salary: £13.34 per hour

Hours: 37 hours per week. Shifts are on a 4 week rolling rota basis including working evenings, weekends and bank holidays + one sleep-in per week, 10pm - 7am.

What you’ll be doing:

Do you want to make a meaningful difference? Southdown is a not-for-profit provider of accommodation, care and support for 160 adults with learning and physical disabilities in our 23 supported living services and 4 residential care homes across Sussex.

As a support worker you’ll encourage a sense of fun by supporting clients to access their community, including walks along the beach, cinema, shopping, and café visits, as well as activities within the service. You’ll help clients to live well by supporting them with everyday tasks such as cleaning, cooking and personal care. We’re looking for compassionate individuals to help build clients’ confidence and independence through empowering care, and in return, we offer a rewarding job where no two days are the same.

We welcome applications from candidates with previous experience in roles such as Health Care Assistant, Care Assistant, Support Worker, Senior Support Worker, Nurse, Social Care Worker, Senior Care Assistant, Mental Health Care Worker, Nursing Home Assistant, Personal Assistant or Residential Care Worker, however, this is not essential and full training will be provided.

‘The best thing about my job is the clients. Getting to know them, getting to know their characters and just enjoying life with them’ – Karen, Southdown Support Worker.

Service Description:

Southdown Court is a supported living service in Brighton for 4 adults with learning disabilities. Each client lives in their own flat. The service has been set up specifically to support people who, due to the way they express their emotions, may not be happy to live in a traditional supported living setting. As a support worker you’ll ensure clients are safe and feel supported. You’ll model positive behaviour support and help with emotional wellbeing.

Perks and benefits:

• Health cost cash-back scheme: access to our health insurance scheme which covers dental, optical, physical therapies and other medical treatments with the option to add greater levels of cover.
• Interest-free loans: assistance with larger costs that arise such as tenancy deposits, season travel tickets or buying a car.
• Access to the Easit Network: discounts and incentives on train, bus and car journeys such as 15% off eligible daily and season rail tickets.
• Blue Light card: access to discount services for the social care sector with savings across thousands of online shops, restaurants, and high-street vendors.
• Free advice and counselling service: confidential emotional support and practical guidance from our independent telephone service.
• 22 days paid holiday plus bank holidays (or paid time in lieu for any bank holidays worked)
• Sleep-in shifts: £61 per sleep-in shift (11pm-7am).