Waking Nights Support Worker - Supported Living

Radis Group; Congleton; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading community care provider as a Support Worker in Congleton. This role involves supporting individuals with profound and multiple learning disabilities, ensuring they live independently with dignity and respect. You'll provide personal care, assist with daily tasks, and promote socialization. With a focus on compassion and resilience, this position offers full and part-time hours, excellent training, and career progression opportunities.

Benefits

Free uniform and PPE

Excellent career progression opportunities

Structured support for all new starters

Mileage allowance for cars and bikes

Paid shadowing in the field

NEST pension scheme

Unlimited 'Refer a Friend' payments

Paid mandatory refresher training

Qualifications

• Experience working in supported living settings.
• Experience with individuals with PMLD.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with PMLD and Mild Learning Disabilities.
• Assist with personal care, medication administration, and daily living skills.
• Promote independence and dignity.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Education

Qualification in health and social care

Job description

Are you an experienced Support Worker who believes in showing qualities of kindness, compassion, and respect? Joining the Radis family means sharing our belief in the quality of care that we provide. We call these beliefs our 'Values'. Our shared values are at the heart of everything we do to ensure that our role always makes a positive impact on people’s lives.

Radis Community Care is looking for dedicated and resilient individuals like you in Congleton right now. If you want to be part of our Radis family, here is how you can do so:

About the role

As a Support Worker, you will support individuals with PMLD (Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities) and Mild Learning Disabilities. The role may include manual handling, medication administration, personal care, food preparation, household tasks, supporting individuals to maintain contact with family and friends, accessing the community, and attending appointments. We provide support for daily living skills and socialisation.

We recognise each person as an individual and provide a unique, person-centred service tailored to their needs. The role aims to promote independence, choice, dignity, and respect by delivering the highest standards of support. We offer people with PMLD a safe and secure home where they can live independently with the support they need.

Ideally, the successful candidate will have a qualification in health and social care (though this is not essential) or experience working in supported living settings and/or with individuals with PMLD.

Shifts

Note: You will be required to work alternate weekends as part of your rota.

Benefits of the role

• Full and part-time hours available
• Free uniform and PPE
• Excellent career progression opportunities
• Structured support for all new starters
• Out-of-hours support
• Full training, including Care Certificate, Dementia, End of Life, and other courses
• Online and office-based training
• Mileage allowance for cars and bikes
• Paid shadowing in the field
• Paid every 4 weeks via BACS
• NEST pension scheme
• Unlimited 'Refer a Friend' payments, subject to conditions
• Paid mandatory refresher training

About Radis

Established in 2001, Radis Community Care has grown into a leading provider of community-based social care and support for thousands of vulnerable adults and children in England and Wales. We focus on supporting people to live independently in their own homes and communities.

We care for a range of service users, including the elderly and those with physical and/or learning disabilities. Our care services are tailored to meet individual needs, ranging from brief daily visits to 24-hour live-in care, for both short and long-term support.

Radis Community Care is an Equal Opportunities Employer that welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.