Bank Support Workers
Full job description
Affinity Trust
Salary: £26,000 per year
Bank Support Workers- Hastings
Job title: Bank Support Workers
Location: St Leonards on Sea, Battle, Bexhill, Northiam and Fairlight
Contract type: Bank
Hours: 0 hour contract
Benefits: Accrued paid holiday at the rate of 12.07%, DBS check, paid training and development, salary enhancements for weekends and bank holidays, contributory pension scheme, child care vouchers, employee assistance scheme.
Salary: £26,000per year plus enhancements
About our client:
Are you looking for a new and rewarding challenge? They have a fantastic opportunity for a dedicated, motivated and pro-active individual to join our team supporting people with a learning disability.
As a Support Worker you will play a key role in enabling the people we support to carry out all the tasks involved in daily life. This will involve supporting people with meal preparation including supporting people to eat, personal care and hygiene, including supporting people to bathe, getting dressed etc, moving and handling, managing their finances and their home. You will also support people to be as active as they want to be in their local community.
About the role:
Activities can be wide ranging from trips out to places of interest, meals out and trips to a cafe or a pub, concerts and theatre shows, Adult Education Courses, hydrotherapy and swimming, going to the cinema, going to church, going shopping as well as supporting people to manage their own home, including cooking, cleaning and gardening. You must be happy to participate in whatever that chosen activity is and to have fun.
They have positions in St Leonards On Sea,Battle, Bexhill on Sea, Northiam and Fairlight in their homely bungalows supporting up to 6 people, many of whom will also need additional help with communication and moving around. Full Time and Part Time Positions also available.
They are looking people with good communication skills.
About you:
They believe that the best support workers are the ones with the right attitude and values to do the job – this means even if you don`t have any experience of this kind of work if you are committed to doing your best for the people you support and never giving up on them, have passion, enthusiasm and drive you could be very successful in this role.
It doesn`t matter if you don`t have any experience of this kind of work as they provide all the training and support you need. They are looking for staff who hold a manual drivers license.
If you do have experience of supporting people, either in a work role or at home this role will give you the opportunity to use and develop your skills in an organisation committed to doing its best for the people we support.
As a Support Worker, as in any other roles, you will have good days and not so good ones. What we can say is that most days you will go home knowing you have made a difference to the person you are supporting.
They value people:
As well as valuing the people they support they value their staff. They want you to have all the skills you need to support people in the best way possible so they provide all the training you need to do this (You will be paid to attend all of the training). They can support you to achieve recognised qualifications in Social Care.
You will work closely with the rest of your team, supported by a Team Leader and a Support Manager
Disclaimer:
This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.
Our Client are an equal opportunities employer that promotes diversity within our workforce and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of sexual orientation, race, age, gender, disability, religion or belief.
You may have experience as a: Support Worker, Care Worker, Care Staff, Personal Assistant, Care Assistant, Support staff, Social Care Worker jobs, Community Care Worker, Residential Care Worker, NHS Support Worker, Senior Support Worker, Senior Care Worker, Senior Support Assistant, Healthcare Assistant, Voluntary Sector, Learning disability Services, Community Services, Community development, Challenging behaviour, Autism
This vacancy is being advertised by Easy Web Recruitment, the UK`s leading Online Recruitment Agency. The services advertised by Easy Web Recruitment are those of an employment agency. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, or belief, and we confirm that we will gladly accept all applications.
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