Specialist Support Worker – Brudenell Road, Leeds
Role: Specialist Support WorkerDay rate: £13.85 per hourWaking night rate: £15.42 per hourSalary: £28,808.00 per annumLocation: Brudenell Road, LeedsHours: Full time, 40 hours per week. Working patterns and hours will include evenings, weekends, and night shifts. Shifts are 12 hours and 15 minutes.
About the role
Our service in Leeds is a supported living service for 4 clients who are deaf with complex needs and/or mental health conditions.
If you have the passion to make a difference, have experience or willingness to learn in the areas outlined below and you are interested in working for SignHealth, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Key qualifications
- Experience or a willingness to learn of working with varying degrees of deafness, including those who are culturally deaf.
- British Sign Language (BSL) or a willingness to learn BSL (full BSL training can be provided).
- Excellent communication skills.
- Experience or willingness to learn working with people with learning disabilities and/or mental health challenges where the diagnosis is complex and may present challenging behaviour.
- Experience of working or willingness to develop skills in supported living services or residential care services.
- Experience of Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) or willingness to undertake training.
You will become a key worker to a client, supporting them with independent living skills, emotional support, monitoring of their medication, and where appropriate maintaining safety, privacy and dignity in accordance with CQC regulations and organisation policies and procedures.
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 6% of salary, minimum employee contribution 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 desk/chair to work from home.
- Refer a friend – £200 voucher for both referee and referrer.
Professional Development
We offer a learning pathway with BSL, providing paid training and development to further your BSL knowledge.
Wellbeing and Culture
Wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do – it’s not just about our clients, it’s about you too.
EEO Statement
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.
SignHealth does not hold a sponsorship licence. If you require sponsorship to work in the UK then unfortunately we are unable to consider your application.
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