Location
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire | United Kingdom
Job description
We can only accept fully completed applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK, we do not accept CV’s as a form of application – This post will not be open to Sponsorship under the UKVI scheme
Are you a warm, patient and caring individual looking to make a positive impact in individuals’ lives?
Creative Support are looking for a Support Worker to join our friendly team in Wellingborough, Northampton. You will be supporting adults with learning disabilities and mental health needs in their daily lives, and promoting their independence.
Every day is different here at our service in Wellingborough, Northampton. You will be supporting our service users with a variety of tasks including medical appointments, shopping and other activities.
Support Worker Duties:
• Provision of practical, emotional and behavioural support to service users
• Provide support and independence to individuals around life skills
• A commitment to making a positive difference in individuals lives
• Develop and sustain warm and trusting relationships with service users
• Carry out general administrative duties and housing management tasks
Our Chestnut Service is well situated within the town of Wellingborough, in a beautiful old Victorian building. Our Chestnut Service also has some furry friends including aguinea pig and cat, so animal lovers are more than welcome! The service has great public transport links.
We are looking for candidates from all walks of life. No previous care experience is needed, and we offer full and part time hours, weekend work, sleep in shifts and bank holidays. Shift patterns are: 7:00 to 15:00; 14:00 to 22:00; and sleep in shifts which will finish at 7:00.
Benefits of working with Creative Support:
• A one-off bonus of £100 upon successful completion of the 4-month probationary period
• Competitive pay and a pension with company contribution and 28 days annual leave
• Company paid enhanced DBS for all staff
• Free employee support programme
• All our staff are supported 24/7 by our out-of-hours teams
• Support to complete the nationally recognised Care Certificate and Social Care Diploma
Creative Support is a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Silver award. We actively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and cultures.
We will be interviewing for this role as suitable applications are received and may close this role before the closing date upon a successful candidate being appointed.
We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK.
Creative Support is a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Gold award. We actively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and cultures
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
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About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident .
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