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- Type of service* – Supported Living
All the relevant skills, qualifications and experience that a successful applicant will need are listed in the following description.
- Location* – Whitley Bay
- Salary information* – £9.90 per hour, 10% overtime allowance for hours worked over the full time equivalent of 37.5 hours per week
- Working hours* – We provide 24/7 support to some people, so you will need to have flexibility to work shifts, including sleep in nights, weekends and bank holidays.
*A full UK driving licence is essential for this role.*#Care to join us?We are looking for *Support Workers* to join our friendly and welcoming team here at Hft. This is your chance to make a real difference to people’s livesIn this role you’ll be supporting three active ladies, who all have 1:1 support during the day. They enjoy going out and about and being part of the community. They enjoy going swimming twice a week, so you’d need to be comfortable supporting them with this. You’ll need to be outgoing and keen to support these ladies to achieve their goals. There is moving and handling and personal care involved in this service due to two of the ladies using wheelchairs.Experience is not essential as we provide all the training you need to be a confident support worker. Whether you are an experienced professional or completely new to the world of care, we want you to be a compassionate and friendly individual, who shares our Values.What matters most is a positive attitude to life and a desire to support people to live their life with as much independence, choice, dignity and control as possible. You will need to have good listening skills and a practical, caring approach. Basic computer literacy is a necessity, as the role requires you to retrieve and record information using a variety of IT systems.****
The purpose of your role is to give the highest possible standards of support to individuals with moderate to severe learning disabilitiesThis can range from supporting them to discover new interests, reaching goals like travelling or holidays and working positively with their families and friends. This will help individuals to engage in different leisure, home or work-related activities, all according to their personal choiceAs a support worker, your responsibilities are varied and no two days are the same. As well as providing physical and emotional support you may be needed to help with household tasks and personal care as well as supporting individuals with healthcare needs, e.g. taking medication.Everything you do will enable people to have choices about their own lives, providing flexible services that meet people’s needs, and always looking for the best way of doing things.****
There are a range of benefits and career development opportunities at Hft. We’ll give you a comprehensive induction, full training, and support along the way.If you do not already have a relevant qualification in Health and Social Care, Hft will fully fund and provide training for you to obtain your Diploma in a Health and Social Care within the first 18 months of your employment.With Investors in People and Skills for Care accreditation we are committed to investing in you to ensure you have the specialist skills and expertise needed to support people to live the best life possible.*****We offer*
- *25 days annual leave* (plus 8 days statutory Bank holidays)
- 20%* bank holidays allowance* with an increased rate of 50% for Christmas Day, Boxing day and New Years Day
- *Apprenticeships* - Earn whilst gaining a fully funded Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care with a Top 100 apprenticeship employer (ranked 11th in 2020)
* Access to the* Hft Plus benefits package** Access to award-winning* training and development** Annual *staff award scheme**** *A contributory pension scheme & life assurance** *Free DBS Check**Find your place with us and change lives.*We ask all our teams to take advantage of the Covid-19 vaccination, which is offered to frontline support workers as a priority group. We strongly encourage all colleagues to remain fully vaccinated as part of our wider infection control procedures.*Want to know more about who we are and what we do as an organisation, then please check out the video below.**STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE***We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive sufficient applications.Hft’s usual terms and conditions apply.Hft is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. As a Disability Confident Employer, Hft is helping to ensure that disabled people have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations that people without disabilities do.Successful applicants will need to undertake an enhanced disclosure check against the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Having a criminal record may not bar you from employment.Job Types: Full-time, ApprenticeshipSalary: £9.90 per hour