Support Worker
We are passionate about providing excellent care and support to individuals with learning disabilities, autism or mental health needs. As a support worker, you will have the opportunity to be part of 1000s of stories inspiring others to join the social care sector.
About the role:
Could you support someone to live more independently and do the things they enjoy? We are looking for hard-working and caring people to join our team, to help people be part of their local community and live happily in their own homes.
The focus of this role is to help the people we support to develop independent living skills: improve their personal hygiene, assist with meal preparation, exercise, leisure activities and socialising – the daily routine of regular life. Daily duties include: high level of personal care, moving and assisting including use of a hoist and rotunda for transfers
You’ll get huge job satisfaction from seeing the people you are supporting do more for themselves and live the life they want to live. If you’re interested in building a career, we’re here to support you all the way on your own journey.
Hours:
We have a part time position available working 20 hours per week, as well as casual hours available. This is a 24 hour service and the shift patterns are usually as follows:
07.00 – 21.00
08.00 – 21.00
21.00 – 07.00 waking night 1
22.00 – 07.00 waking night 2
Location:
This service is situated 8 minute drive from Worksop town centre or a 6 minute walk from Worksop train station. Providing easy access, via bus or train and also has free off street parking.
This service is around an hours journey from Nottingham city centre therefore, would not be suitable if you do not drive.
About you:
We’re not looking for any kind of specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a good fit for the role and our organisation. We will train and develop you to become a great support worker with continued support from colleagues.
We recognise that good support workers come from all walks of life.
Whether you have years of support experience or no experience at all, if you are a caring person, passionate about empowering others and ready to learn new skills we want to speak to you!
Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship, please only apply if you can work in the UK.
We may close this post early if we receive sufficient applications before the closing date. If you are interested in applying, we would ask that you do so as early as possible to avoid any disappointment.
To keep the people we support safe, we follow safer recruitment steps. This includes DBS checks, reference checks and reviewing your work history.
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Choice Support is Disability Confident which is a scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment, we operate a guaranteed interview scheme - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be guaranteed an interview. If you consider yourself to have a disability or long-term chronic health condition or if you require any adjustments/support during the application/selection process, please contact us so that we can discuss your needs with you.
