Support Workers

Sanctuary Supported Living; Sheet; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in the UK is seeking a Support Worker to join their team in Liss. In this role, you will enhance the lives of individuals by assisting with personal care, teaching life skills, and encouraging social engagement. No previous experience is required, just a passion for helping others. The position offers excellent training, career progression opportunities, and a fantastic range of benefits including enhanced pay and access to health plans. Apply today to make a difference!

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream for flexible pay access

Funded Blue Light Card

24/7/365 doctor line

Cash plans for colleagues and families

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Hold a full UK driving licence.
• Experience following Positive Behaviour Support plans.
• Experience working with individuals requiring enhanced support.
• Ability to assist with personal care and encourage socialisation.

Responsibilities

• Enhance the lives of individuals by teaching life skills.
• Assist with personal care and encourage community access.
• Participate in activities like socialising and gaming.
• Support individuals in achieving personal goals.

Skills

Resilience

Flexibility

Composure

Experience with behaviours of distress

Experience with mental health conditions

Experience with autism

Job description

Support Worker – Liss

people!Our residential service nursing service in Liss is a welcoming and friendly environment and you can be sure that no two days will be the same! You'll be enhancing the lives of the people we support by teaching them new life skills, assisting with personal care, encouraging them to access their local communities, socialising and doing lots of activities. One day you could be out with the people we support in local bars and pubs, the next you could be unwinding with them playing video games, watching films or going to the cinema. This is an amazing role for someone who is looking to really make a difference to someone's life and to help them grow in confidence and independence so that they meet their goals, whether this be making dinner by themselves or going on holiday.

We're interested in our Support Workers having both the right experience and the right values.

Qualifications

• Hold a full UK driving licence
• Be resilient, flexible and composed in your approach
• Experience following Positive Behaviour Support plans and reflective practice
• Experience working with individuals requiring enhanced support, including behaviours of distress, mental health conditions, autism, forensic histories and people who have experienced trauma

Why choose us?

You don't need to have experience to be a fantastic Support Worker, what you need is a passion for enhancing the quality of life for the people we support, a desire to learn and a genuine caring attitude. We embrace people's differences and encourage you to Be You, and so long as you've got the passion to make someone's life better, we can give you all the skills and development opportunities you need to build a great career. We encourage our staff to Grow Together through our excellent training programme, starting at induction and following you through your career, with opportunity for promotion and progression as well as job security in a sector leading organisation. We have a fantastic range of benefits for our staff and we offer sector leading career progression, so don't hesitate to apply today and make a real difference to the lives of the people we're supporting!

Benefits

• Enhanced evening and weekend pay at an additional 50p per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
• Premium overtime rates at an additional £1 per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
• Wagestream – giving you the flexibility to draw upon up to 40% of your pay, as it is earned
• Funded Blue Light Card – hundreds of discounts at high street retailers etc.
• 24/7/365 doctor line for our colleagues and their families
• Access to cash plans for our colleagues, which also covers their families
• Enhanced retirement leave
• Long service awards

Some of our roles require male or female employees only, where this is indicated it is a genuine occupational requirement, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

All applicants and subsequent job offers will be subject to satisfactory DBS checks and references.