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SalaryDiscipline: Care and Support
Job type: Permanent
Salary: £11.55 per hour
Expiry date: 02 Apr 2024 00:59
Are you looking for a meaningful career? Would you like the opportunity to become a dedicated Support Worker, helping individuals with learning disabilities live the best life possible?
Our client is looking for Waking nights Support Workers to join their growing team in Telford. Experience is not essential as they will provide you with support and training to become a confident Support Worker. Our client is a charity that supports adults with learning disabilities. They believe in a world where anyone with a learning disability can live within their community with all the choice and support they need to live the best life possible. They are looking for people who are naturally caring and compassionate and align with their values. They aim to support each individual to live their best life possible and support them with their daily living.
They Offer:
- Annual Leave: 33 days (including 8 days statutory bank holidays)
- Wage incentives: 20% bank holidays’ allowance with an increased rate of 50% for Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. 10% Overtime allowance for hours worked over 37.5 per week.
- Apprenticeships: Earn whilst gaining a fully funded Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care Training: Access to award winning training and development
- Wagestream: Allows you to flexibly access your pay throughout the month and utilize a range of financial support, through its dedicated app Aviva Digicare + workplace and access to wellbeing services including health checks, Digital GP and mental health support.
- TELUS health: A 24/service, completely confidential counselling and support platform and helpline that is free for all colleagues to use.
- Discounted mobile ‘phone contracts: As an employee, you’ll be able to take advantage of Vodafone’s Employee Advantage program, giving you up to 30% off.
- Care Friends Employee referral app – earn money for referring your friends to work for our client.
- Retention bonus: £250 every 6 months for the first 2 years of service
- Free life assurance – 3 x your annual salary Family friendly policies – term time only contracts, part time, annualized and compressed hours. Generous return to work bonus following maternity leave.
What will you be doing?
This is your opportunity to make a real difference to people's lives.
- Giving the highest possible standards of support to individuals with moderate to severe learning disabilities.
- Supporting them to discover new interests, reaching goals like travelling and holidays and working positively with their families and friends.
- Helping individuals to engage in different leisure, home or work-related activities, all according to their personal choice.
As a Support Worker (Care Assistant), your responsibilities are varied and no two days are the same.
As well as providing physical and emotional support you may be needed to help with household tasks and personal care as well as supporting individuals with healthcare needs, e.g. taking medication.
Everything you do will enable people to have choices about their own lives, providing flexible services that meet people’s needs, and always looking for the best way of doing things.
Type of service – Residential, supporting individuals with learning disabilities.
Location – Telford, Shropshire.
Salary information – £11.55 per hour plus £1000 retention bonus paid during the first 2 years of employment (£250 every 6 months*).
Working hours – Night shifts and some weekends, 30 hours per week.
**£12.43 **after 2 years of service.
Up to 50% bank holiday allowance**
Sleep ins at the service are £36.
Find your place with them and change lives.
STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE
They reserve the right to close this vacancy early should they receive sufficient applications.
Their usual terms and conditions apply. Our client is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. As a Disability Confident Employer, our client is helping to ensure that disabled people have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations that people without disabilities do. Successful applicants will need to undertake an enhanced disclosure check against the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Having a criminal record may not bar you from employment.
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