Support Worker

Real Life Options Group; Swadlincote; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A supportive care organization in Swadlincote seeks a Waking Nights Support Worker to assist individuals with autism and learning disabilities. This role involves providing support in their homes, administering medication, and encouraging community participation. The successful applicant will work flexible shifts, including weekends and bank holidays. An Enhanced DBS is required. Benefits include paid holidays, training, and a health cash plan. Join a values-driven team making a real impact.

Benefits

28 days paid holiday

Accredited training

Employer contributory pension scheme

Health Cash Plan

Life cover

Employee Assistance Programme

Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus

Qualifications

• Experience supporting individuals with autism and learning disabilities.
• Ability to work flexible shifts, including weekends and bank holidays.
• Strong interpersonal skills to help maintain important relationships.

Responsibilities

• Assisting individuals in living as independently as possible.
• Administering medication and providing domestic support.
• Encouraging participation in community activities.

Skills

Support individuals

Domestic support

Medication administration

Encouraging social inclusion

Meal planning/preparation

Financial expenditure assistance

Job description

Waking NightsSupport Worker

ðŸ’Sawdlincote DE11 9UA
💰 £12.21 per hour

📅 36 Hours - Permanent

Real Life Options provide support to people with autism, learning disabilities, and complex needs. 

We provide individualised support packages and promote independence to enable people to live a happy fulfilled life within their own homes. The purpose-built accommodation is made of individual apartments and purpose-built bungalows. 

The service comprises of 12 apartments for people with mild learning disabilities, 4 bungalows for individuals with higher complex needs and 4 bungalows for people who display behaviours of concern. 

About the Role

You will be supporting individuals in their own homes to live as independently as possible, this involves:

• following daily planners
• helping with financial expenditure
• domestic support and administration of medication

Additional support

There may also be some support with:

• personal care
• meal planning/preparation
• maintaining important relationships
• support to find new friendships

A rewarding part of the role will be encouraging participation in activities in the local community to enhance social inclusion. Seeking new opportunities for the growth and development of the people we support which could include volunteering roles and further education access.

Shift patterns

• 10pm - 7am (Waking Nights)

Working on a rota, you will be required to work weekends, bank holidays with planned time off.

Flexibility to cover any of these shift patterns over the 7 day weekly period is essential.

An Enhanced DBS will be required for this role.

Why Join Us?

• A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
• Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job - develop professionally through training, mentoring, and a strong support network
• An employer contributory pension scheme
• Work in a collaborative, values-led environment
• Health Cash Plan (for full/part time contracted hours)
• £10,000 Life cover
• A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
• A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
• A financial wellbeing scheme
• Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
• Recognition Initiatives

📩 Don’t miss out – Be Part of Something Bigger – Join a team driven by values, with a mission that matters

Apply today and start making a real impact!

Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.

Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.