Support Worker - Adult Residential

Swantoncare; North East; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A residential care provider in North East England is seeking a dedicated Support Worker to assist individuals with autism and learning difficulties. Your role involves empowering clients, facilitating social activities, and promoting their well-being in a supportive environment. Flexibility for shifts, including evenings and weekends, is essential. This position offers various employee benefits and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Refer a friend scheme – £400 for successful referral

Employee benefits app

Cycle to work scheme

Pension scheme

Life cover

Funded qualifications

Career pathways

Training qualifications

Mental health support

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Ability to empower people to achieve their goals and aspirations.
• Commitment to providing support in a respectful manner.
• Flexibility to adapt to various shifts including evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to empower individuals according to their support plans.
• Promote the health and well-being of residents inclusively.
• Support with complex health needs alongside nurses.
• Facilitate social and recreational activities.
• Maintain necessary documentation and records.

Skills

Enthusiastic

Compassionate

Excellent communication skills

Adaptability

Teamwork

Job description

About The Role

We specialise in residential care, supporting people with autism and learning difficulties. We constantly strive to provide homes with a relaxed atmosphere that promotes individuality, giving each person the right to dignity, choice, privacy and independence.

Championing the integration of people into the community by using local facilities such as shops, cafes, libraries, public houses and leisure centres and drawing on public and private transport for outings or holidays.

Position

• Job Title: Support Worker
• Location: Durham
• Hours: Full time, 40 hours per week
• Shifts: Evenings, nights, weekends

Support workers provide practical assistance and emotional support to empower people to achieve their goals and aspirations, respecting everyone’s individuality and enabling them to make appropriate choices to live the life they want. Support is required 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

About You

Are you enthusiastic, compassionate and committed to supporting people in a way that respects their personal choice, promotes their access to the community and engages them in a wide range of activities?

Here at Swanton we look for people who share our core values and can apply them to the work they do. At the heart of our ethos are five key words that underpin the PRIDE we take in our services.

Potential, Responsibility, Integrity, Diversity, Empathy

You will need to be adaptable and flexible with excellent communication skills and able to work as part of our team.

The Role

• Provide support to empower people to achieve their goals and aspirations, respecting individuality and enabling appropriate choices in line with their support plans.
• Promote the health, well‑being, physical, emotional, cultural and spiritual beliefs of the people and ensure they are met inclusively.
• Support nurses with the delivery of complex health support.
• Facilitate social, educational or work activities such as visiting family and friends, supported employment, walks, shopping and other recreational activities of their choice.
• Complete a range of records and documents.

What We Can Offer

• Refer a friend scheme – £400 for each successful referral.
• Employee benefits app – stay connected to our community, receive discounts across everyday and luxury shops, access information about learning & development opportunities.
• Cycle to work – save money and get fit with our salary sacrifice scheme.
• Pension – auto enrol into our salary sacrifice pension scheme.
• Life cover – death in service benefit.
• Funded qualifications – earn while you learn, develop your career with Swanton.
• Career pathways – apprenticeships in Health and Social Care (Level 3).
• Swanton Educates – our own training qualification centre for further development.
• Trained mental‑health first aiders available to support you when you need someone to talk to.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – free confidential 24‑hour assistance for counselling, advice and support.
• Employee Voice – regular events throughout the year to listen to your feedback.
• *subject to eligibility & criteria.

Candidates will require a full reference check and an enhanced DBS. We are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offers Act.

About The Service

The Dispensary – Swanton Care is a stunning care home situated in a picturesque village close to Durham. We are a new service, recently opening in May 2023, offering adapted apartment‑style living to five people who require specialist care and support, living with complex needs including autism, learning disabilities and physical disabilities.