Support Worker - £12.08 P/H

Become a Support Worker with Active Prospects!

Location: Young Prospects, Redhill, Surrey
Salary: £12.08 per hour
Service Type: Short Breaks Service
Speciality: Autism, Learning Disability, Complex Care. People may come for regular breaks or be in crisis due to homelessness or breakdown of relationships

Do you want to work for an award-winning company? Active Prospects have been awarded with an Outstanding Best Companies rating in 2021 and ranked on the UKs Best Workplaces 2023 by Great places to work UK! Our training has won various awards and we won Trainer of the year in 2022 at the Learning disabilities and Autism awards

Are you kind? compassionate and have a passion for empowering people to lead an aspiring life. Are you patient, resilient and able to bring calm and consistency to people who require a break from their normal living circumstances either for one-night stays, weekends or for a longer period whilst a more permanent solution can be found. Young Prospects supports people from 18- 30 years old who live with relatives or those in crisis due to a breakdown of home life. The support is varied as there may be different people using the service at any one time. You could be supporting people on day trips, supporting with life skills, offering a listening ear, helping people learn coping mechanisms, and finding their way into Adulthood.

The role is about supporting people to lead a Gloriously ordinary life full of opportunity, fun and helping people to reach their goals and aspirations. The role can be tough, you will need to be adaptable, flexible, mature and be able to support our people to gain back their independence through empowerment, active support, positive risk-taking and out of the box thinking. It is important to note that some of young people may self-harm, have anxiety, experienced trauma or on occasion show behaviours of concern.

Active Prospects is recruiting for Day and Night Support Worker(s) to join our Young Prospects service it close to public transport, with a short walk from the bus stop/train station to the service. Drivers are always welcome – there is free onsite parking available.

In return for your dedicated service you can expect a competitive rate of pay of £12.08 per hour with additional pay on some of the Bank holidays, enhanced pay when you leave to have a baby (maternal, paternal or adoption), Employee Assistance programme with various aspects of free legal support and counselling, support with gaining further qualifications in Social Care (levels 3 and 5), career progression opportunities which have seen 80% of our management progress into their current roles since they’ve started with us as Support Workers, financial awards for successful recruitment referrals and most importantly inclusive, friendly and supportive environment for you to grow and thrive in. Active Prospects has an amazing Induction Programme which ensures that all our employees receive classroom and on the job training and support to prepare them within their new roles.

You can support people to lead an aspiring Iife – as little or as much as you are able to – get in touch to find out what flexible working opportunities are currently on offer.

What are you waiting for?

Apply today or contact us directly on recruitment@activeprospects.org.uk and 01737 924102 to speak to a friendly Recruitment Advisor.

Please note:

• all offers are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment compliance standards