Support Worker

Role: Support Worker

Location: Dover

Salary: £11.75 per hour

Part Time: 20 hours per week

Are you an inspiring Support Worker?

Do you have experience of supporting people with autism and learning disabilities?

Join our team! Be a Support Worker with United Response.

What is it?

We are currently recruiting for a Support Worker role to work in one of our brilliant supported living services in Dover. Here at United Response we pride ourselves on providing person-centred support to young people and adults with mental health needs, physical disabilities and learning disabilities, our Support Workers are a key part of making sure that happens.

• Supporting adults with autism, learning disabilities and some health care needs.
• It gives you the opportunity to make the service and the people who live there thrive.
• An opportunity to make their home a place where they can flourish within their achievements, a place of creativity, happiness and safety.

Are you?

• Someone with passion, energy, skills and enthusiasm to support individuals in their home and community
• Able to inspire and work as a team in a social care setting.
• Able to demonstrate experience in working alongside people with autism, some health care needs and learning disabilities.
• Someone who can demonstrate absolute commitment towards recognising and achieving the aspirations of the people we support and working alongside them and the team to really make things happen.
• Able to see and seize the opportunities that everyday life gives us.
• Experienced in person centred care, supporting adults with autism and learning disabilities.
• As part of your role, you will be using a digital app called Nourish, where all care and support plans of the people we support are held. Experience of using a digital or mobile app would be desirable however full training will be given

Rewards and benefits

In return for your passion and commitment, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Paid annual leave
• Pension Contribution
• Access to free occupational health, physiotherapy, counselling and advice services
• Fully paid training and access to nationally recognised qualifications
• Travel to work scheme (season ticket loan)
• Access to an online shopping platform with discounts from over 3,500 retailers
• Do you want to gain a recognised qualification in social care? – We offer the ability to work and study at the same time (subject to funding and criteria)

Please note this role will include elements of weekend and bank holiday work so flexibility is essential.

Successful applicants will be subject to a full DBS check.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early.

United Response is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to the Mindful Employer values and are a Disability Confident Leader, providing support to applicants with disabilities. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. If you are interested in applying for employment with United Response and are in need of support to navigate our website or to complete your application please send an email with your request to recruitment@unitedresponse.org.

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