Waking Nights Support Worker - Adult Residential

Swanton Care and Community; Ammanford; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A caring support organization is looking for compassionate and adaptable Support Workers in Llandybie, Ammanford. The role involves providing practical and emotional support to individuals with learning disabilities and autism. Working as part of a dedicated team, you will promote their health and well-being while facilitating social activities. Flexibility for evening, night, and weekend shifts is essential. Enjoy numerous benefits, including career pathways and funded qualifications.

Benefits

Refer a friend scheme

Employee benefits app

Funded qualifications

Long service awards

Mental health support

Career pathways

Qualifications

• Enthusiasm for supporting people with learning disabilities and autism.
• Flexibility to work evenings, nights, and weekends.
• Commitment to respect personal choices and promote community access.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical and emotional support to individuals.
• Promote health, well-being, and cultural beliefs.
• Facilitate social and recreational activities.
• Assist with general housekeeping and personal care.
• Complete necessary records and documentation.

Skills

Compassionate

Excellent communication skills

Adaptability

Teamwork

Job description

About The Role

We are seeking Support Workers to join our team in Llandybie, Ammanford.

Position: Support Worker

Location: Llandybie, Ammanford

Hours: 40 hours per week

Shifts: Evenings, nights, weekends

Whilst fully embracing the company ethos support workers provide practical assistance and emotional support to empower people we support to achieve their goals and aspirations, respecting everyone’s individuality and enabling them to make appropriate choices to live the life they want to live.

Support is required 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

To provide support to empower the people we support to achieve their goals and aspirations, respecting everyone’s individuality and enabling them to make appropriate choices to live the life they wish, in line with their individual support plans.

Promote the health, well-being, physical, emotional, cultural and spiritual beliefs of the people we support and ensure they are met in an inclusive way.

To facilitate social, educational or work activities such as visiting family and friends, supported employment, walks, shopping and other recreational activities of their choice.

General housekeeping duties that can include shopping, domestic duties as well as elements of personal care.

As part of the role, you will need to be able to complete a range of records and documents.

About you

Are you enthusiastic, compassionate and committed to supporting people in a way which respects their personal choice, promotes their access to the community and their engagement in a wide range of activities?

Here at Swanton, we are looking for people who share our core values and are able to apply these to the work that they do. At the heart of our ethos are five key words, these underpin the PRIDE we take in our services.

• Potential
• Responsibility
• Integrity
• Diversity
• Empathy

You will need to be adaptable and flexible with excellent communication skills and able to work as part of our team.

What we can offer:

• Refer a friend scheme we know that you will know fantastic people who will be make a great contribution, you will receive £400 each time a successful referral is made *
• Above and beyond we recognise that our staff teams do amazing things for the people we support and their teams. We award contributions for those who go the extra mile and for good inspection feedback with vouchers for high street shops and other surprises!
• Long service awards we recognize your contribution to the team and celebrate long service
• Employee benefits app stay connected to our community, receive discounts across everyday and luxury shops, access information about learning & development opportunities.
• Cycle to work you can save money and get fit with our salary sacrifice scheme
• Pension we will auto enrol you into our salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Life cover you will be entitled to the death in service benefit.
• Funded qualifications earn whilst you learn! we aim to develop our own talent, giving you the opportunity to develop your career with Swanton *
• Career pathways we invest in our people and offer apprenticeships in Health and Social Care (Level 3). Earn whilst you learn has never been easier!
• Swanton Educates we have our own training qualification centre which can further support your development
• Trained mental health first aiders available to support you when you need someone to talk to
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) free confidential access to 24hr assistance program for counselling, advice and support
• Employee Voice we hold regular events throughout the year to listen to your feedback about working with us

*subject to eligibility & criteria

Candidates will require a full reference check and an enhanced DBS. We are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offers A Act.

About The Service

Pant Yr Odyn - Swanton Care, is one of our popular 8-bedroom residential homes. Located in Llandybie, only two miles North of Ammanford in Carmarthenshire, and is one of two separate residential homes on site.

Here at Pant Yr Odyn we provide support to those with learning disabilities, autism and other complex needs including challenging behaviour.