Details:
- Salary: £12 - Hour
- Location: Wokingham
- Date: 1 month ago
Description:
Learning disability support worker (Supported Living)
At Hightown, we`re a housing charity that builds homes and supports people. In Berkshire around Bracknell, Sandhurst, Crowthorne and Wokingham we provide high-quality care and support to adults with learning and physical disabilities.
We are looking for some great new Learning Disability Support Workers to join our teams in Wokingham supporting adults with learning disabilities in a supported living environment to achieve their dreams. We have full time, part time and casual roles available.
Who we are looking for
We`re keen to recruit individuals who care regardless of qualifications or experience. We care more about you sharing and demonstrating our values, which are:
Putting our residents and service users first
Treating people with respect, promoting independence and choice
Developing passionate and committed teams
Being cost effective without compromising standards or safety
We will give you all the training and support you need to be a Learning Disability Support Worker including a qualification in health and social care, if you don`t already have one.
If you share our values, we`d love you to work for us.
As a Learning Disability Support Worker you will be empowering our service users to lead the life they want and you`ll support them to go out walks, going by car on day trips, to the cinema and bowling. You`ll join a supportive team with a `can do` attitude who engage with our residents to find new things for the service users to join in with whether it`s arts and crafts, cooking or a Friday night disco. As part of the role you will be required to provide personal care and support with eating and drinking.
We have various hours available ranging from 2 hours per week to 37.5 hours per week with some weekend shifts available.
You will need to want to work shifts (full or part time), hold a uk driving licence and have access to a car for work, unfortunately at this time we cannot offer visa sponsorship and you will therefore need to demonstrate the right to work in the UK
If a Learning Disability Support Worker role sounds like the right opportunity for you or you want to have an informal chat, please contact us on (phone number removed) or
The benefits
In return for your hard work and commitment as a Learning Disability Support Worker, we offer a considerable benefits package which includes:
Generous annual leave allowance of 33 days per year including bank holidays, rising with service
Monthly attendance bonus of 1.25% on top of your salary
Annual bonuses based on satisfactory performance
Regular reviews of salary and cost of living to ensure you receive the market salary for the role. In the last 12 months our salaries have increased by 7.5%
An organisational commitment to employee health and wellbeing
Life assurance of three times your annual salary and a workplace pension scheme.
Youll receive two weeks initial training which well pay you for so youve got the basics in place then well provide you with ongoing training and support to deliver outstanding support
Fully paid DBS
A structured rota so you know your work pattern in advance
A commitment to health and wellbeing with a dedicated counselling support line
Workplace pension scheme
Mileage paid for car usage of 45p per mile
Opportunities to earn extra through overtime
You will need a full UK driving licence for these roles but you do not need your own car as we have scheme vehicles.
How to apply
If youre interested in joining our friendly teams as a Learning Disability Support Worker, please click on the link below to apply.
Please find below a link to our Learning Disability Support Worker job description to find out more.
Please note that suitable candidates will be invited to interview throughout the application window and therefore the vacancy may close at short notice. However all candidates will be advised of the outcome of their application and therefore interested candidates are encouraged to apply at their earliest convenience.
In accordance with CQC regulations, appointment to this position will be subject to satisfactory DBS, reference and medical checks.
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We are a Disability Confident Employer