Support Worker - Supported Living

Urenco Group; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community care provider in Stoke-on-Trent seeks a Support Worker to assist individuals with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) and Mild Learning Disabilities. Responsibilities include personal care, medication administration, and promoting independence. Candidates should exhibit compassion and resilience, ideally with a qualification in health and social care. Benefits include flexible hours, training, and transport allowances. A positive attitude and team spirit are essential for this rewarding role.

Benefits

Free uniform and PPE

Excellent career progression

Mileage Allowance for Cars & Bikes

Paid Shadowing

NEST Pension

Qualifications

• Experience working in supported living settings or with individuals with PMLD is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with PMLD and Mild Learning disabilities.
• Assist with manual handling, medication administration, and personal care.
• Promote independence, choice, dignity, and respect.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Communication

Education

Qualification in health and social care

Job description

Are you an experienced Support Worker who believes in showing qualities of kindness, compassion and respect. Joining the Radis family means that you will share our belief in the quality of care/support that we provide. We call these beliefs our 'Values'. Our shared values are at the heart of everything we do to ensure that our role always makes a positive impact to people’s lives.

Radis Community Care is looking for dedicated and resilient people like you at Basildon Groveand Atholl Roadin Longton, Stoke-on-Trentright now. If you want to be part of our Radis family then this is how you can be…

About the role

As a Support Worker you will be supporting individuals with PMLD (Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities) and Mild Learning disabilities. The role may include manual handling, medication administration, personal care, food preparation, household tasks, supporting individuals to keep in contact with family and friends, accessing the community and attending appointments. We provide support for daily living skills and help support with socialisation.

We recognise each person as an individual and provide a unique service which is person centred and tailored to their needs. The role is to promote the individual’s independence, choice, dignity and respect by delivering the best standards of support. We offer people with PMLD a safe and secure home where they can live independently with the support they need.

Ideally the successful person would have a qualification in health and social care (but this is not essential) or will have worked either in supported living settings and / or with individuals with PMLD.

Pay Rates £12.60 weekdays, £12.90 weekend days.

Benefits for the Role

• Full and Part time hours available
• Free uniform and PPE
• Excellent career progression
• Fully structured support for all new starters available
• Full Out of Hours support
• full training, working towards Care Certificate, Dementia, End of life and other training courses.
• In-depth online & Office based training
• Mileage Allowance for Cars & Bikes
• Paid Shadowing in the field
• You get paid by BACS every 4 weeks
• NEST Pension
• Refer a friend payment (Unlimited Payments) Subject to conditions
• We will pay for mandatory refresher training
• training paid for

About Radis

Established in 2001, Radis Community Care has grown to become a leading provider of community based social care and support for thousands of vulnerable adults and children in England and Wales, focused on supporting people to live independently in their own homes and part of their local communities.

We support a range of people including the elderly and people with physical and/or learning disabilities. Tailored to meet the individual needs of the people we support, our support ranges from brief daily visits to 24-hour live-in support and can either be short or long-term.

Radis Community Care is an Equal Opportunities Employer that welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.

• To apply for this role, you must have the right to live and work in the UK. We will request evidence of your immigration status as part of our recruitment process.

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