Support Worker

Adult Social Care; Bolsover; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider is seeking a Support Worker in Bolsover to enhance the lives of individuals through teaching life skills and assisting with personal care. The role includes a rota of shifts and requires candidates to hold a full UK driving license. Experience with autism and complex needs is essential. The position offers competitive pay with additional benefits for evening and weekend shifts, along with other perks like funded healthcare plans and long service awards.

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Flexibility to draw upon pay

Funded Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Access to cash plans

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Full UK driving license required.
• Experience working with individuals with autism and traumatic backgrounds.
• Satisfactory DBS checks and references are mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Enhance the lives of people by teaching new life skills.
• Assist with personal care and encourage community access.
• Engage in activities like dining out, video games, and cinema.

Skills

Resilience

Flexibility

Composure

Experience with individuals with autism

Knowledge of Positive Behaviour Support plans

Experience with complex mental health needs

Job description

Support Worker – Bolsover, Chesterfield – £12.22 per hour, up to £13.22 with enhancements.
Shifts on a rota basis are: 7:30am – 2:30pm, 2:30pm – 9:30pm and 9:30pm – 7:30am.
Must be flexible to cover Monday-Sunday.

Benefits

• Enhanced evening and weekend pay at an additional 50p per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
• Premium overtime rates at an additional £1 per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
• Stream – giving you the flexibility to draw upon up to 40% of your pay, as it is earned.
• Funded Blue Light Card – hundreds of discounts at high street retailers etc.
• 24/7/365 doctor line for our colleagues and their families
• Access to cash plans for our colleagues, which also covers their families
• Enhanced retirement leave
• Long service awards

Responsibilities

You’ll be enhancing the lives of the people we support by teaching them new life skills, assisting with personal care, encouraging them to access their local communities, socialising and doing lots of activities. One day you could be out with the people we support in local restaurants and attending appointments, the next you could be unwinding with them playing video games, watching films or going to the cinema. This is an amazing role for someone who is looking to really make a difference to someone’s life and to help them grow in confidence and independence so that they meet their goals, whether this be making dinner by themselves or going on holiday.

Qualifications

We’re interested in our Support Workers having both the right experience and the right values. This is why at this service our Support Workers should hold a full UK driving license, be resilient, flexible and composed in their approach, have experience with following Positive Behaviour Support plans and reflective practice as well as experience working with individuals with autism, acquired brain injury, complex individuals with mental health needs, traumatic backgrounds and challenging behaviours.

All applicants and subsequent job offers will be subject to satisfactory DBS checks and references.