Day Support Worker - Learning Disabilities Service - "Immediate start available"
£11.50 up to £11.80, paid training, salary advance
Full Time and Part Time positions available
Full-Time: 37.5 hours per week
Part-Time: 15 hours, 22.5 hours or 30 hour contracts available
Shift Times: 7AM - 2:30PM and 2PM - 10PM
Location: Sleaford, NG34 8YU
**Sponsorship is not available**
Do you have a big smile? That can make a person's face light up.
Do you have patience and a sense of humour? Working as a care assistant or a Support worker isn’t always the easiest job, but we promise that it will be one of the most rewarding.
Are you kind, compassionate, or empathetic? We are seeking for dedicated and compassionate Support Workers to join our Challenging Behaviour Unit in Sleaford. Ideally we are looking for candidates with experience in working with individuals with challenging behaviours and complex needs.
Benefits and perks as a Support Worker:
- A Salary increase once you have completed our paid for care certificate (An industry-recognised qualification)
- Hastee Pay – withdraw up to 40% of your earned salary before payday as when you want
- Flexibility (the choice to work from 1, 2, 3 or 4 days per week with alternate weekends off)
- 29 holidays (including your birthday off) plus length of service bonus holidays
- Quarterly Awards to reward & recognise our amazing staff’s commitment and contribution and service performance related bonuses
- Automatic entry into our Employee Assistance Programme offering: Personal and everyday advice on child support, financial advice, mental health and health & wellbeing
- You’ll also receive our pension & life assurance cover
- Free Blue Light Card
With the right training and support, you can help us to promote independence, choice, and inclusion. Every day you will make an invaluable contribution to the lives of people living with learning disabilities and will become more than just their support worker, you will become their companion too.
Duties of a Support Worker:
Companionship
Personal Care & Support
The teaching of independent living skills
Management of medication
Community-based activities such as swimming, social activities, or other leisure activities
Where you will be working
Holdingham Specialist was completed in 2020 and consists of three units. Designed to cater to young adults with challenging behaviours; the home features large communal living areas and activity rooms. Each service user has their own private outdoor space as well as access to a communal garden. There is also a sensory room that provides a multi-sensory environment with visual, tactile, and audible equipment which can be enjoyed passively and interactively.
Sound good? Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity and apply today to become a Support Worker and join the Glenholme Healthcare family.
Job Code: GHHOS1
This job requires an Enhanced DBS to be carried out.