Support Worker - Southport

Royal Mencap Society; Sefton; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 37,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days holiday (pro rata)

Discounts at retailers

Health cash plans

Interest-free loans

Job summary

Royal Mencap Society in Southport is seeking a compassionate Support Worker to join our teams. The role involves a 25-hour weekly contract with rota shifts across weekdays, weekends, and bank holidays, including mornings, afternoons, evenings and sleep-ins. A manual driving licence is preferred but not essential.

You will support individuals to live independently, build relationships, and participate in local community activities. Personal care tasks may be required as part of duties.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills and a naturally caring, patient personality.
• Manual driving licence preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Support people to live independently with budget management, paying bills, housework, appointments and cooking healthy meals.
• Build positive relationships and help people understand the world around them.
• Promote social inclusion by helping access local community events and activities.
• Assist with personal care as needed, including prompting medication and aiding with daily routines.

Skills

Communication

Patience

Empathy

Caring

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic Support Worker to join the fantastic teams based in Southport. We have 1 x 25 hour position available .

Manual drivers licence preferred but not essential.

Working time will be on a rota basis with shifts spread across the weekdays, weekends and bank holidays including mornings, afternoons, evenings and sleep ins.

The shift timings are:

10am - 10pm & 8am - 10pm

Sleep in - 10pm - 7am

What does a Support Worker do?

As a Support Worker you will be expected to provide an outstanding level of support that will help to ensure the people we support live a more comfortable, dignified, liberated and happy life. You will have excellent communication skills and be a naturally caring and patient personality. Typical responsibilities may include:

• Supporting people to live independently – budget management, paying bills, housework, organising appointments and cooking delicious healthy meals.
• Excellent communication skills and Relationship building – supporting the people we support to understand the world around them and promoting positive relationships.
• Community & Social Inclusion - supporting individuals to access and participate in their local community and social events to promote life skills and individuality.
• Personal care - helping people to get ready for the day. This may include prompting the people we support to take their medication and assisting with bathing, showering and using the bathroom. Not all Support Worker roles include high levels of personal care.

Candidates who have been successful for an interview will be contacted the week beginning the 28th September.

Here at Mencap, we offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated. Our benefits package offers 24 days of paid holiday (excluding bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest-free loans, and many more exciting offerings. For more details on what we have to offer, please see the attached document and below link with all the fantastic benefits available to you as a member of our team

Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives. We're here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers . We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in. . At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues.

Belonging at Mencap is for E veryone, Every day, Everywhere .

Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation.

Every day we grow and learn. Its okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes.

Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves.

We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long- term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies. We want to encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. We’re not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role you’re applying for.

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