Support Worker

Certitude provides personalised support for people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health needs. As a not-for-profit organisation, we have been developing our expertise, working with individuals, families and local communities across London since 1990. Certitude’s person-centred approach is creating a future where people with learning disabilities and mental health needs have the same opportunities and rights to a good life as everyone else.

Support Worker

Hours of work:

39 hours on a flexible shift rota – Days/Evening’s, Weekends, Bank Holidays, and Sleep in’s are required.

Driving:

Full clean manual driving licence is essential

Why You?

Are you looking for a new career? Experience is not essential as full training will be provided.

Interested in working within the Health and Social Care Industry? Want to give back to the community by becoming a support worker? Are you caring, passionate, proactive, driven by seeing others over come challenges and achieve their goals? Becoming a support worker is a very rewarding job as you will see the difference you make by seeing the people we support thrive and grow. This will be an opportunity for you to feel proud of the work that you do and progress your career within Certitude.

About the Role

Become a support worker with certitude and have the chance to gain incredible skills and qualifications to help you grow and progress within certitude.

As the Support Worker you will be providing the people we support:

Person-centred support in doing the things they love to do, and supporting them to make the choices and decisions that they want
Supporting them to grow and develop and have their voices heard
To be resilient when things get difficult as with your support they can achieve amazing things
Support the individuals with managing activities, daily living tasks, such as cooking, shopping, meal-planning; all the time promoting their independent living
We would like all our Support Worker’s to have the right values and behaviours in line with our ethos.

What we would give to you

A competitive salary
A stimulating work environment full of opportunities to learn and develop
An attractive package of 25 days annual leave, pension scheme, childcare vouchers, access to a 24 hour Employee Assistance counselling
We will pay for your Enhanced DBS.
Eye care vouchers
Travel season ticket loan
Cycle to work Scheme
You may have experience of the following: Support Worker, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Social Worker, Community Care, Not for Profit, NFP, Healthcare Assistant, Care Worker, Learning Disabilities, Voluntary Sector, Care Assistant etc.

All our posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure as well as a need for full employment history from time of leaving compulsory education and up to date employment references. We are committed to equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and we welcome applications from all sections of the community. We guarantee to interview all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the job vacancy and to consider them on their abilities.