Waking Nights Support Worker

Role: Waking Nights Support Worker

Hours: Relief

Salary: £13.15 per hour

Location: Whitton

Are you looking for a role with variety?

Are you keen to make a difference to people’s lives?

We are currently recruiting for dedicated and compassionate individuals to join us as Waking Nights Support Workers and help us provide the best person-centred support possible. This is a great opportunity to join a friendly, supported and experienced team with the chance to work within one of our services in the Whitton area.

As a Support Worker you will be responsible for:

• Helping with daily chores such as cooking and cleaning
• Administering medication
• Manual handling
• Personal care
• Checking in on the people we support
• Necessary administrative tasks
• Dealing with some minor challenging behaviours

What we need from you

Here at United Response, the most important thing to us is that you share in our values of being strong, united, responsive, creative an honest. We don’t ask for previous experience as you will be given all the training and support needed to help you become the best Support Worker possible. The people we support love their music and getting out in to the community whether that is going for walks or to the pub so we need you to have an energetic and outgoing personality that will encourage that. Given the increasing role IT plays in support work candidates should have a basic IT ability.

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

In return for your hard work and dedication, you will get

• Pension contribution
• Access to free occupational health, physiotherapy, counselling and advice services
• 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 desirable. 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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