Support Worker - Uckfield

FitzRoy - Transforming Lives; Uckfield; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days holiday

Sleep-ins £50/night

Overtime £2.50 extra

Job summary

FitzRoy is recruiting Support Workers in Uckfield to join our established, caring team. You’ll assist adults with learning disabilities in daily activities, outings, and community engagement. A full UK manual driving licence is essential as you will drive our vehicles for community activities.

Shifts include mornings, afternoons, and weekends on a 37.5-hour pattern over five days. We offer 30 days' holiday on start, overtime at enhanced rates (£2.50 extra, plus time and a half or double on

Qualifications

• Full UK manual driving licence is essential.
• No prior care experience required; training will be provided.

Responsibilities

• Support everyone differently to their individual needs.
• Get involved in a range of people’s interests and activities.
• Support and encourage with personal care, such as showers and baths.

Skills

Full UK manual driving licence

Job description

Fitzroy services in Uckfield support adults with learning disabilities. You will be joining an established and caring team of support workers and managers, working in a fast paced environment with lots going on! The people we support love partaking in activities, such as day services, social outings, fundraising and visits to the local pub! You will play a vital role in ensuring that our residents have access to the activities that they choose to join in with.

A full UK manual driving Licence is essential as you will be driving our vehicles, partaking in activities in the community.

• Day shift: £12.13 per hour weekdays and £13.34 weekends.
• Currently offering + £2.50 for overtime shifts. (over 37.5 hours per week)
• Time and a half or double time for public holidays.
• Sleep‑ins are £50 per night.
• 30 days holiday when you start.
• Various hours available for bank employees.

We’re hiring Support Workers

As a support worker, you’ll wake up every day feeling good about your work. Even without previous care experience, as long as you have the right values we’ll train and support you to be confident in delivering care and support to transform lives for people with disabilities.

What does a Support Worker do?

• Support everyone differently to their individual needs.
• Getting involved in a range of people’s interests and activities.
• Support and encourage with personal care, such as showers and baths.

Support Worker Hours

You will work a set pattern of morning and afternoon shifts. Shifts are 7.5 hours, and a full-time contract is 37.5 hours (5 shifts a week). The earliest start is from 7am and the latest finish is until 10pm. Weekend working is essential, which will be on a rotating basis and when you work a weekend you will have the time off in the week.

Find out if this opportunity is a good fit by reading all of the information that follows below.

FitzRoy is a national charity, set up 60 years ago by brave parents as a pioneering alternative to institutional care. Their values remain the values of FitzRoy today – we see the person, we are brave and we are creative – and they thread through everything we do. We support hundreds of people with a range of needs. You could be supporting someone with learning disabilities, autism, acquired brain injuries or mental health support needs. Many of the people we support also have physical impairments or other health issues. Working for us will give you an opportunity to learn, to grow and to transform lives. Join us today.