Relief Support Worker

Location

Wakefield, West Yorkshire | United Kingdom

Job description

Are you an experienced Support Worker looking to work for a values-led organisation?

Langley Trust has exciting opportunities available for a Relief Support Worker to join our team based in Wakefield on a part time, flexible hours basis working as and when required. In return you will receive a rate of £10.69 per hour plus pension and excellent benefits.

You will support clients with varying needs including mental health and substance issues, to move forward with their lives. Your professional and flexible nature will allow you to positively impact on those who you support and the rest of the team around you, allowing you to flourish and develop in this diverse and rewarding role.

What can we offer you as our Relief Support Worker?

• Fantastic pension scheme, matched up to 8%
• Free onsite meals
• Fully funded DBS applications and renewals
• Free learning and development to support you in your career
• Holiday Pay
• Access to a private holiday home getaway in Torquay
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme including free counselling and legal advice
• 'Smart Health' which includes unlimited access to online, telephone and video GP appointments as well as a range of health and wellbeing services
• Eyecare and Flu Vouchers
• Access to chaplaincy and pastoral support

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Key work and support clients generally within your service
• Provide personal care to identified clients
• Take an active role in the assessment and management of risk
• Maintain a clear and calm manner whilst managing client risk
• Manage and facilitate client meetings
• Ensure that all medication within the service is managed in line with Trust policy and procedures.
• Assist in the management of the referral process within the project to achieve agreed occupancy levels
• Apply Emergency First Aid response to clients and any other person in the building/grounds
• Ensure that the client is offered food in line with their dietary plans

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Our Wakefield service is a hostel service. We are a small and friendly team and you would be supported by the management team and have an appropriate induction so you can feel confident in adjusting to a new role, which will include shadowing staff.

If you want to join our team as a Relief Worker, please apply now as we would love to hear from you.

Closing date: 25th March 2024

We reserve the right to close the advertisement earlier if we receive sufficient applications.

Please note that a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check is required for this role and that job offers will be subject to the Trust receiving satisfactory evidence of the successful applicant’s right to work in the UK.

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Salary

£10.69 per hour