Waking Night Support Worker

Achieve Together Limited; Sturminster Newton; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in the UK is seeking Support Workers to empower individuals with learning disabilities. The role involves providing everyday support, encouraging creativity, and participating in community activities. Full training is provided, making this an ideal opportunity for those new to social care. Join a rewarding career with flexible working hours and exciting benefits, including career progression and social events.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Career progression

Employee welfare initiatives

Recognition schemes

Employee discount schemes

Financial health apps

Incentive schemes

Opportunities for outings

Qualifications

• No prior experience in social care required, training provided.
• Ability to support people in everyday life and help them gain independence.
• Willingness to learn and develop new skills.

Responsibilities

• Support people in everyday life and help them celebrate achievements.
• Encourage fun, creativity, and community participation.
• Provide dedicated training and career development opportunities.

Skills

supportive & caring

reliable & trustworthy

friendly & approachable

great at communicating & listening

proactive & make things happen

Job description

Overview

At Achieve together, one of the UK’s leading providers of support for people with learning disabilities, autism, profound and multiple learning disabilities, deafness, hearing loss and associated complex needs, we strive to empower and inspire people in order to give them the resources, skills and confidence to thrive, live their lives independently, and to the fullest, while supporting them to achieve their goals and aspirations.

Without our incredible team of Support Workers, we simply wouldn’t be who we are today. In their own words, people we support are looking for Support Workers with all or most of the following traits:

• supportive & caring
• reliable & trustworthy
• friendly & approachable
• happy
• kind
• great at communicating & listening
• fun and up for a laugh
• happy to learn new skills
• have similar interests
• proactive & make things happen
• encourage people to do new things
• treat people as equals

Is this you? Keep reading!

You will support people in everyday life, celebrate achievements, encourage fun and creativity, and empower people to be a meaningful part of their local community. This is more than just a job – you’ll be helping people gain independence and live healthy, happy and fulfilling lives.

At Achieve together, you’ll embark on a career adventure like no other, with dedicated training opportunities along the way to develop your skills as a Support Worker and beyond. Whatever your aspirations, we can help you reach your goals and forge a long-lasting career in social care.

You will support people both in their home and in their local communities and we have a range of working patterns to suit you, including full time, part time and flexible opportunities.

We offer a range of exciting benefits, such as:

• Flexible hours to suit a range of lifestyles
• Career progression and training opportunities
• Employee welfare and wellbeing initiatives, including access to Employee Assistance Programme with free counselling services for you and your family
• Recognition schemes, team events and social activities
• Employee discount schemes across a range of retailers and services,
• Wagestream - a financial health app that gives you the ability to receive optional pay advances
• Team member incentive schemes such asRefer a Friend, Employee of the Month and Heroes Awards
• New experiences and opportunities for days out with people you support, sometimes even holidays!

About the people and their home

People in Ivers enjoy swimming, bowling, horse riding, trips out to the cinema and traveling to the seaside for fish and chips. The people love being out and in the fresh air, walking through a park and then enjoying tea and cake. At Ivers we encourage people we support to develop their living skills and try to make everything we do fun and exciting. Ivers live for a party and will use any excuse!

The Ivers team work alongside the people we support to achieve their goals and to ensure their lives are full of fun and meaningful activities. The team encourage people to take part in the local community and travel further afield. Our motto is ‘not no, but how?’.

About you

New to social care? That’s OK! As long as you’re ready to learn, we provide full training to ensure you can provide the best possible support

If you have the qualities and interests that align with people we support, we can’t wait for you to apply!