Support Worker Disabilities

Placed: 25/11/17
Region: Hampshire
Location: New Milton
Category: Jobs


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Support Worker Disabilities
Location: New Milton
Salary: £22,220*
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time (Part time considered)
* Annual earnings based on a basic salary of £15,600, a Market Rate Allowance of £500, and incorporates shift enhancements for weekend working and sleep-in shifts as part of the rota.
YOU is a registered charity that has been providing care, support and advice for over 30 years to vulnerable people across Hampshire and Dorset, giving them the tools and resources they need to live independent, secure and valued lives.

The Role
As a Support Worker you will be assisting people with a Learning Disability & Physical Disabilities to live the life they want. You will provide safe, person centred support to promote independent living skills and help make a clients hopes and wishes a reality. The people we support have told us they are looking for people to support them who are fun to be with and have a good sense of humour to help them become more independent and achieve what they need when they need it.

Their interests are wide and varied and include supporting them with college, work, dancing swimming, cycling, going to the cinema/theatre, going out for meals and lots of different leisure activities as well as support with gaining daily life skills such personal care, medication, shopping, cooking, keeping their house clean, support to budget and not get into debt.

About You
Our clients want a hardworking, reliable, polite, friendly and respectful person to do these things with. Being reliable, flexible and a team player are attributes we are looking for in you. As well as having an understanding /knowledge and skills relating to people with disabilities and be flexible and creative. You will also be able to travel in and around the New Milton area with the use of your own vehicle.

YOU has a strong value base, striving to be person-centred, innovative, trustworthy, can-do and excellent at all times, so it is important that you are as passionate about these principles as we are.

Essential Requirements

The ideal Support Worker will:
Have an understanding /knowledge and skills relating to people with disabilities
Be flexible and creative
Must be able to work shifts including sleeps, weekends and bank holidays. work shifts including sleeps, weekends and bank holidays.
Must be able to drive with the use of a car for work purposes

Our Benefits

If you choose to begin a career with our organisation, you are guaranteed:
Competitive rates of pay and paid travel time.
Enhanced annual leave entitlements, sick pay allowances and pension scheme contributions.
Excellent and professionally certified training.
Real opportunities to develop in your profession.
Free health and wellbeing advice via a 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
Everything you need to carry out your role free of charge, which may include a mobile phone, safety equipment and other necessary technology, a uniform where applicable, and of course a nice cup of tea or coffee throughout your day!
Online 24/7 access to your personal rota.
A company that is committed to its employees, valuing their knowledge, creativity and flexibility.
The chance to work with amazing people.



If you are successful during this initial screening you will then be invited to an assessment and interview

Price / Salary: £22220/annum