Specialist Support Worker (Male only) – Claridge Road, Manchester
Role: Specialist Support Worker (Male only)
Salary: £13.85 per hour (£28,808 per annum)
Location: Claridge Road, Manchester
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday – Sunday. 7 day shift pattern including sleep ins.
About the role
SignHealth is a deaf‑led charity committed to creating a future where there are no barriers to good health and well‑being for deaf people. The service at Claridge Road, Manchester supports clients who are deaf with complex needs and/or mental health conditions.
As a key worker, you will support a specific client with independent living skills, emotional support, medication monitoring, and ensure safety, privacy and dignity in accordance with CQC regulations and organisational policies.
Qualifications
- Experience of working with varying degrees of deafness, including those who are culturally deaf
- British Sign Language (BSL) or a willingness to learn BSL
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience of working with people with learning disabilities and/or mental health conditions where diagnosis is complex and may present challenging behaviour
- Experience of working in supported living services or residential care services
Benefits
- 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays (pro‑rated)
- 2 wellbeing days per year (pro‑rated)
- Company’s pension scheme with Standard Life from your first day of employment. Employer contribution amount: 6% of your salary, minimum employee contribution of 5%
- 5 days per year of paid study leave (CPD) (pro‑rated)
- Expenses policy allowing payments for items when working away from home
- 2x salary life assurance scheme (death in service)
- Fully funded BSL training
- Sick pay policy
- Equipment and furniture to work from home
- Refer a friend £200 voucher for both the referee and referrer
Equal Opportunity
We positively encourage applications from deaf people, disabled people, people of colour and people from the LGBT+ community. We will support all applicants along the journey of our recruitment process.
Offers of work are subject to Enhanced DBS checks, Right to Work checks, satisfactory references and Medical Health clearance.
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