Support Worker (Kidderminster)

Support Worker

Salary: Up to £18,120.79 per annum based on 37.5hrs/week

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Sun including days, evening, bank holidays and weekends). Occasional sleep-in required. Shifts: 07.30 – 15.00 & 14.30 – 22.00.

Location:Kidderminster

To join the Advance Housing and Support team in this role, you need to have received both of your COVID-19 vaccinations and provide evidence of these, unless you are medically exempt and provide evidence of your exemption.

About the Role

As a Support Worker, you will help people with mental health problems or learning disabilities in their home or out in the community. This might include motivating someone to eat healthily or visit the gym, or providing support to a person with emotional problems.

You will be passionate about ensuring the service we deliver is person-centred in supporting our customers to develop their confidence, skills, and independence in their homes and in the local community. Tasks include but are not limited to:

• Maintaining their homes
• Budgeting and shopping
• Planning and preparing meals
• Accessing activities in the community (study, volunteering, social/leisure activities)
• Maintaining relationships with family and friends
• Accompanying customers to appointments and/or on excursions
• Laundry and housework
• Support with medication.

About You

We would love to hear from you if you are passionate about improving the lives of local, vulnerable people. We do not require you to have previous experience in support work as full training will be given.

If you think a Support Worker role sounds right for you, you will need to:

• Be flexible to work on a rolling rota
• Be good at working on your own and within a team
• Be excellent at communicating with people
• Be able to complete good quality support records

For more information or an informal chat about this vacancy please call Service Manager, Jackie, on 07738 808 674

About Advance

Advance is a well-established, national, charitable organisation which provide support for adults with learning disabilities and mental health conditions living in the community. We are an equal opportunities employer who values our staff and the difference that they make to our customers. Whatever our role in the company, we all share a pride in what we do and use PRIDE to define how we all behave.

At Advance, we are proud of the work we do and the difference we make to our customers’ lives every day. We couldn’t do this without our staff and we recognise that our people are our greatest asset. This is why we invest in the training and development of our staff, to enable them to gain industry-recognised qualifications and support them in realising their own career aspirations.

Benefits of working for Advance

We’re a national, charitable organisation, supporting thousands of people across the UK. We value our staff and the difference they make to the lives of our customers, which is why we offer the following benefits:

• Flexible hours to fit around you and the needs of our customers
• Paid mileage and travel time between appointments
• Paid holiday (from 25 days up to 30 days with long service in addition to bank holidays, pro rata)
• Full, professional training and the opportunity to work towards care qualifications
• Free DBS check
• Support from an experienced team leader
• 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).

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.

We value diversity and therefore welcome applications from everyone interested in working at Advance. Advance are enrolled in the disability confidence scheme.

Advance Housing & Support Ltd reserves the right to close this job once sufficient applications have been received.