Support Worker - Respite and Day Service (1)

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We have an opportunity for a Support Worker to join our passionate and motivated Day Respite Team in Trowbridge. - Social Care

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Respite: Our Respite Services provide crucial support for adults with learning disabilities, and support customers with a wide range of varying support needs. As part of our Respite Service, we provide 24-hour care to our customers throughout the year and flexible working shift patterns are available.

Day service: Day Service’s work alongside customers to identify and achieve outcomes. Individuals are supported to participate in a wide range of activities based either in the service or in their local community, we provide support to our customers 5 days a week.

About The Role

As a Care Support Worker, you will perform your duties in a person-centred manner, promoting well-being, choices, dignity, and independence. You will support customers with personal care needs, social daily living skills and leisure or work activities.

We will provide regular training opportunities to support you in this role and you will be supported to undertake a 26-week probationary period with regular meetings to monitor progress.

Following a three-month induction period, you will be expected to lead shifts.

We are passionate about our community and take pride in our work. We encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do, through trust and respect, empowering our people to develop skills, collaborate and innovate to find solutions, be open, take responsibility, to listen and learn. If you value these behaviours too, we would love to hear from you.

About You

You must have a good standard of education and display a willingness to undertake Qualifications that include, QCF (formerly NVQ2) in care or have equivalent skills and experience.

Basic IT skills are also essential as you will be expected to access training online and write reports.

Driving is essential for this role; Midas training will be provided for driving a minibus.

You should also be willing to undertake mandatory training relevant to the role.

Interviews, offers and rejections will happen on a rolling basis. This advert will close when sufficient applications have been received. Please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application can be considered.

Find out more and apply

For an informal discussion about this position, please contact Registered Manager, Angie Taylor. Email: Angie.Taylor@wiltshire.gov.ukTelephone: 01380 732620.

Please download and read the role description and person specification carefully before you apply (see below), as well as Our Identity.

You can then make your application online by clicking the apply button at the bottom of this web page. If you are submitting a CV please ensure you read our CV and cover letter criteriacarefully to avoid your CV being rejected.