Permanent Relief Support Worker

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Role ResponsibilityShepway Community Services is a Kent County Council Support and Enablement Service, supporting people with learning and physical disabilities in the Shepway area within the East Kent locality. We have an exciting opportunity for a Support Worker to join our team.We are looking for a Support Worker to assist people to meet their aspirations through a person-centred approach, focusing on the outcomes for the individual. promoting social inclusion, rights, and choices, leading to an increase in independence and fulfilled lives.You will have a flexible approach to supporting people to access activities and participate fully in their local community. We also support Individuals with more complex support and communication needs, and you may be required to provide support with some personal care tasks including continence and nutrition. This is an exciting opportunity where you will be provided with access to a vast range of training, the support to learn, develop and gain new skills which will enable you to become part of a professional, creative, and motivated team.The successful candidate would be required to evidence that they have the core values required of staff working in our services and will need to complete the Care Certificate and Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care once in service if not already achieved .Successful candidates should expect to work across our three hubs based at Hythe, New Romney, and Folkestone. You will at times, at short notice, provide support at our other hubs and services in the locality.If you think this, is you then we want to hear from you. Please contact us for an informal chat or complete our application form."Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply”.This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.Rewards of working for Kent County CouncilWe value our staff as individuals and aim to help you to achieve your full potential. As part of the employment deal, we offer a competitive range of benefits and flexible employment conditions to ensure staff make the most of their time working at Kent County Council.As an organisation we provide professional occupational health, counselling (Support Line), coaching and mediation services to help you stay physically, emotionally and mentally well. We also have staff groups that provide you with support and development opportunities for members of our diverse workforce.Learning and development is an area Kent County Council is keen to provide, we want you to be the best you can be. That means investing in your development, so you have the right skills and mind set needed to do an excellent job.Other rewards open to you at Kent County Council include the Kent Rewardsscheme and provides:

• tax saving schemes for Childcare
• cycle2Work scheme
• discounts at Kent County Council Adult Education classes
• discounted high street reloadable cards and vouchers including discount from over 1,200 national and local retailers.
• pensions and financial support

Contact DetailsFor More Information, Please ContactMartin Keane-Team Co-ordinator 03000 418 846Victoria Norton-Team Co-ordinator 03000 417 759About The CompanyKCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county’s working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.Job Description & Person Specification

• Support Worker JD.pdf