Support Worker

The Grace Eyre Foundation is a charity based in Brighton & Hove and the wider Sussex community that has been working with people with Learning Disabilities and autistic people since 1898. Our mission is to work towards being led by people with Learning Disabilities and autistic people to deliver high-quality housing, support and activities in their local communities. The people we support tell us they want “good support from kind and friendly people” – so that is what we are looking for!
If you are motivated, and enthusiastic and wish to provide a high-quality service for people with learning disabilities and autism we would love to hear from you. We are looking for a Support Worker to work in individuals’ own homes across around Crawley and Horsham areas.
The role involves promoting individuals’ independence by enabling them to build on their strengths and achieve their goals, dreams and wishes. You will be supporting individuals in their own home and in the community. As a Support Worker you will be supporting all aspects of daily living, including personal care, cooking, budgeting and to attend activities in the community.
This role will be worked as part of a rota with a variety of support sessions with our individuals, ranging from two hours to eight hours per session.
We are looking for people who are patient, compassionate, understanding and able to use their own initiative.
No applicant for employment or employee will be treated less favourably than another on grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, marriage & civil partnership or pregnancy & maternity, and we encourage applications from people with learning disabilities or identify with being on the autistic spectrum/neurodiverse.
Staff benefits include:
· Enhanced holiday entitlement
· One paid celebration day a year
· Cost of living support package such as rental deposit scheme
· Cycle to work scheme
· Generous refer-a-friend scheme
· One paid volunteering day a year
· Enhanced sick pay
· Enhanced employer pension contribution
· Enhanced death in service
· Training and development opportunities
· Flexible working opportunities.
We are also:
· A living wage employer
· Accredited as a Disability Confident Leader
· Accredited as an Investors in People employer
Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments as part of the recruitment process.
Successful applicants will be required to provide details of 2 referees. One must be your most recent employer, however if you have not undertaken employed work before, a reference from voluntary work, educational facility or personal reference can be accepted. You must also undertake an enhanced DBS Disclosure and provide proof of your right to work in the UK.
Please apply by filling in an application form or alternatively by sending a CV and cover letter to recruitment@grace-eyre.org. You can also apply by completing an accessible application form, downloading this and emailing this to recruitment@grace-eyre.org. Please state clearly which job you are applying for and the location when emailing recruitment