Position: Casual Support Worker
Location: Kidderminster, DY11
Hours: Zero contracted hours (Mon-Sun, including weekends, days, evenings, holidays and sleep ins)
Salary: £14.33 p/h inc holiday & GEO, £12.79 p/h excluding holiday pay
Job Ref: 5116
We regret to inform you that Advance is unable to accept any sponsorship requirements.
About the Role
Advance is looking for Casual Support Workers in Kidderminster to support customers with learning disabilities, autism, complex needs and mental health conditions to live the lives they choose. We offer great benefits, flexible working and all the training and support you need to kick start a rewarding career in Social Care.
Responsibilities
- Assisting with personal care and hygiene (if required)
- Medication administration (if required)
- Support with preparing and cooking meals
- Support with attending medical appointments
- Support with social activities
- Support with independent skills
- Support with domestic duties such as cleaning and laundry
- Keeping accurate records and updating care plans as required
- Keeping up to date with your training
- Ensuring the premises are secure and safe during the night
- Supporting with meal times and food preparation (if required)
- Supporting with regular checks on the customer to ensure their safety
About the Candidate
You don’t need to have previous experience working in care or support to be successful in this role. What matters are your values, your passion and determination to make a difference in the lives of people with autism or learning disabilities.
Required Skills and Experience
- Good at working on your own and within a team
- Excellent at communicating with people
- Able to complete quality support records
- Able to work every other weekend
- Ability to follow a Support Plan and Risk Assessments and maintain customer records
- Need to be literate and numerate in English
- Willingness and ability to achieve the Care Certificate
Contact Information
For more information about the role please contact Jackie Myhill on 07738 808674 or Email: jackie.myhill@advanceuk.org between Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm.
About the Organisation
Advance is a national, not-for-profit provider of housing and support services for people with disabilities and mental health conditions.
Equal Opportunities Statement
We are an equal opportunities employer who values its staff and the difference they make to their customers. There is no place for racism or discrimination of any kind in Advance. We are firmly committed to recruiting the best colleagues regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation and to supporting customers from similarly diverse backgrounds.
Benefits
- Flexible hours to fit around you and the needs of our customers
- Paid mileage and travel time between appointments
- Sector specific training is provided as part of induction plus opportunities for professional development
- Access to Perks at Work where you can obtain great discounts of cinema tickets, shopping vouchers and much more
- Long service awards payable in 5 year increments
- Golden Hello / refer a friend receive up to £500
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Free DBS (Disclosures and Barring Service)
- Excellent opportunities to progress your career within Advance
- Enrolment in a pension scheme with matched contributions above the statutory minimum (if you work enough hours to meet the threshold for enrolment)
Regulation
Advance is regulated by the Regulator of Social Housing and the Care Quality Commission and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support. You will be required to provide evidence of right to work. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be covered by Advance.
Advance Housing & Support Ltd reserves the right to close this job once sufficient applications have been received.
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