Support Worker

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Are you considering a career in Social Care and wondering if you have the right skills and values?

Will you be 18 soon and wondering what career path you would like to follow?

Or, have you retired and would like to use your life skills to enhance the lives and promote the independence of vulnerable adults in your local community?

If this is you, we are currently recruiting Support Workers within the communities of Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot?

Our values are aimed at treating the people we support as individuals. If you share our values we would like you to join our team!

For this role you will receive a starting salary of £10.90 per hour / £22,733.04 per annum(pro rata for part time) plus £67.75 per shiftwhen you work a Sleep-In.

When you successfully complete your 6 months Probationary Period or Register with Social Care Wales, this will increase to £11.05 per hour/ £23,045.88 per annum(pro rata for part time).

If you already have a relevant Social Care qualification, or if you are Registered with Social Care Wales, your salary will start at £11.05 per hour/ £23,045.88 per annum(pro rata for part time) plus £67.75 per shiftwhen you work a Sleep-In.

Once employed, when you have gained the appropriate experience, skills and qualifications, we would also love you to apply for our Lead Support Worker programme which pays the higher rate of £11.55 per hour (when you work directly with the people we support). This equates to a salary of up to £24,088.68 per annum(pro rata for part time).

The Lead Support Worker Programme offers you the opportunity to further develop your experience, skills and knowledge via workplace learning and a comprehensive training programme, enabling you to progress within the organisation into management roles.

As a valued member of our team you will also be entitled to a range of benefits, including:

• £500 joining bonus for new employees, excludes Casual Support Workers. The payment is pro rata for part time employees. £250 pro rata will be paid when your employment formally commences and £250 pro rata when you successfully complete your Probationary Period.
• Additional annual leave after 5 year’s service.
• Long Service Award (at 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 years service)
• A generous Company Sick Pay Scheme (Up to 6 months full pay and 6 months half pay
• Social Care Wales Registration Fees paid by the organisation
• 65p per mile allowance for any work mileage undertaken
• Career Development Opportunities
• Training programme to gain recognised Qualifications paid for by the Consortium.
• Refer a Friend Scheme
• Blue Light Card Fee paidby the organisation
• Discount at local coffee shops
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A generous Company Pension Scheme
• Support and Wellbeing Advice Service
• Opportunities for you own personal development via Learning Loans
• Rights to Request:Time to Train and Flexible Working
• Opportunity to sell annnual leave, within the provisions of the Working Time Regulations.

You will be required to:

- work a variety of shifts on a rota basis including days, evenings, weekends, wakeful nights, public holidays and sleep in duties.

- hold a full current driving licence which allows you to legally drive in the UK is also required

- have Business Class 1 vehicle insurance.

This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

All offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory pre-employment health declaration, proof of right to work in the UK, full employment history and references.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 16 - 40 per week

Salary: £10.90-£11.05 per hour

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Store discount
• Wellness programme

Physical setting:

• Homecare

Shift:

• Day shift
• Night shift

COVID-19 considerations:
All Support Workers work within Welsh Government and Public Health Wales guidance and are provided with Lateral Flow Test kits and full PPE.

Application question(s):

• Support Workers are required to work a variety of shifts, e.g. morning, afternoon and night shifts. These shifts could be any day of the week and weekend on a rota basis. Do you have the flexibility to work the full range of shifts required of a Support Worker?

Education:

• GCSE or equivalent (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Full UK driver’s license (required)

Shift availability:

• Day shift (required)
• Night shift (required)
• Overnight shift (required)

Work Location: One location