Support Worker

Walsingham Support

Support Worker

£23795

Walsingham Support, The Leys, County of Herefordshire

  • Part time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 3 weeks ago, 12 Apr | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: fe35166821c7483f9dc1721a9313a30f

Full Job Description

o As a valued member of our team, each Support Worker is there to help deliver the quality-of-life people with disabilities deserve. By doing so, the support worker will be supporting our service users to reach their full potential.
o You will help to ensure that Walsingham Support's care is of high quality and person-centred. As a Support Worker you will help to ensure that care is tailored to the needs of each individual and based on their lifestyle.
o As a Support Worker, it is your duty to ensure a high quality and well maintained environment for those we support.
o Each Support Worker is expected to work from a care plan, providing help with day to day living tasks. This might include personal care, meal preparation, housekeeping, providing emotional support, social interaction and visits to activities in their communities.

Do you want to finish your day knowing you've made a genuine difference to someone's life? You can as a Support Worker working at Walsingham Support. If you want the satisfaction of helping our disabled service users live rewarding and fulfilled lives in their own homes, then we want to hear from you.

This is a wonderfully varied role where you will build genuine relationships with the people you care for.

You do not need prior experience to join as a Support Worker with Walsingham Support. We provide all the training required! Read on to find out more, Our service Keepers Cottage is an older style building set within the countryside with extensive grounds. You will be supporting 8 individuals with Learning Disabilities, aged between 35 to 55. The gardens have a large patio area where our residents can sit and enjoy pizza, made in the pizza oven, or exercise in our outdoor gym facility. The garden also has a log cabin which has a TV, karaoke machine, air hockey and pool table to entertain our residents all year round.

Work with Walsingham and make a real difference to people's lives

Walsingham Support has been operating across England and Wales since 1986. We enhance the lives of people with learning disabilities, autism, brain injuries and other complex needs. We're different because we pride ourselves on putting the people we support at the centre of everything we do. We do this by delivering specifically tailored support for every individual we work with.

At Walsingham Support, our staff teams are the linchpin of our organisation and they are passionate about our ambition. We work in an equal and diverse society in which people with disabilities are citizens in their own right. We support them so that they can reach their own potential. By working with Walsingham Support, you'll be supporting disabled people live their lives to the full.

Our values underpin our ambition. As an organisation we are:

o PASSIONATE - People are always at the heart of everything we do.
o SUPPORTIVE - Appreciate our colleagues, recognise achievements and develop our staff.
o PROGRESSIVE - Embrace innovation and positive risk taking.
o GENUINE - Always being open, honest and treat everyone with respect.

o Favourable working hours, including part-time roles and bank positions.
o 28 days annual leave, rising up to 38 days depending on length of service.
o Double pay if you work on bank holidays.
o Pension scheme contributions.
o Life assurance equal to three times your salary.
o Bereavement helpline.
o Walsingham Rewards Scheme with extensive discounts on everyday items.
o Exceptional training and continuing professional development opportunities.
o Long service awards.
o Eyecare vouchers.
o Outstanding work bonus payments.
o Recommend a friend bonus of £250.