Female Support Worker Leicester, England
Job description
Why not start a rewarding new career supporting adults who have a learning disability to live life to the full? No experience necessary: we'll train you.
We are a small cluster of three individual residential care homes providing the best support to people who have a learning disability. They are aged between 24-56. Your role will be to support these fabulous individuals to achieve their goals to live as independently as possible, to maintain their family relationships and to explore new exciting opportunities.
We are only able to accept applications from female candidates at this time, due to the needs of the people we support.
Let's meet Sarah! She likes to look fashionably coordinated with attention to detail. Someone with nail painting and hair accessorising skills will definitely be her bestie. She is autistic and requires patience, understanding and excellent communication skills from her staff. Sarah can't walk far, so a driving licence is essential for her to experience a full range of activities outside of her home.
You will be joining an established team who support 4 other individuals. Excellent training is provided and the use of robust PBS plans help to maintain a harmonious home.
Another nice feeling is handing over your Blue Light discount card and making savings at the checkout. This is just one of the many ways we like to reward our employees.
Your ability to drive unlocks the opportunities for people to do the things they really enjoy. So you must be a driver with a manual UK driving license. Don't worry! You won't be racing between appointments.
Female applicants only please.
(This post is exempt from the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9, Part 1) which provides for the application of a genuine occupational requirement).
- Names changed for privacy
About you
You will be looking for full time hours (37.5 per week) and happy to work on a rota basis, covering a combination of mornings, evenings and weekend support.
You must be a driver with a clean UK manual driving licence and be prepared to drive adapted cars.
Although we welcome you if you've been a care assistant or support worker, experience isn’t necessary. If you share our values, are warm, friendly and willing to learn, you’re likely to be a great fit. We are looking for people who celebrate differences, and we strive to make all our staff feel included, valued and respected.
You bring the enthusiasm, will provide the training.
About us
MacIntyre is a national charity which supports over 1,200 people with a learning disability and/or autism.
We were founded in 1966 by the visionary parent of a child with disabilities and have been growing steadily ever since. We celebrate and develop everyone’s unique gifts, talents and contributions.
Training and Development
At Macintyre we fully support your training and development. We know it can be daunting to start a new job, and not everyone learns the same way, so throughout your probation we will provide you with a mixture of eLearning, face-to-face training and mentoring support whilst on the job.
But it doesn't stop there - throughout your career with us you will have access to our own dedicated in house Learning and Development team, Quality Specialists and HR Teams. These teams, along with your Manager, will provide you with opportunities to learn and develop professionally as well as enabling and supporting you to achieve professional qualifications and career progression opportunities - all free of charge.
Pay and Rewards
We provide a range of benefits to reward and thank our staff which includes:
- Six weeks' annual leave including statutory public holidays
- Workplace Pension scheme – MacIntyre will contribute 3% of your salary to all eligible employees
- MacIntyre Staff Savings Scheme
- Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing
- Health Cash Plan which provides money back on core health treatments such as: optical, dental, physiotherapy, chiropody (at reduced cost)
- MacIntyre Sick Pay (qualifying period)
- Life assurance scheme offering valuable benefits to your dependents
- MacIntyre Rewards Scheme which recognises and rewards staff
- MacIntyre Perks which offers up to 6% discount off leading retailers including Tesco, Curry/PC World, Costa and many more
- Access to the Blue Light Card which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for emergency and social care staff.
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Enhanced DBS Certificate (cost paid by MacIntyre)
How to apply
If this job sounds like the right fit for you, click on the Apply button on the MacIntyre website, complete some brief details and upload your CV.
Alternatively if you would prefer to complete a manual application form, call us 01908 357 016 and we will send an application form to you.
Please note: we reserve the right to close this advert early if we have received a sufficient number of applications, so don't delay, apply today.
Safer Recruitment and Diversity statement
MacIntyre safeguards and promotes the welfare of the children, young people and adults we support. Therefore we work with successful candidates to complete appropriate checks prior to joining.
MacIntyre is committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion among our workforce. We want our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and the people we support. As part of this commitment, our accessibility toolbar allows you a number of options: read adverts in another language (including Welsh for our Services located in Wales), change the font to Open Dyslexia, change the colours, and many others. Just click the button marked “Accessibility” at the top of the screen.
COVID-19 Information
We will take every precaution to keep you and everyone involved safe during the recruitment process and your employment with MacIntyre. We encourage all our employees to follow Government advice and get vaccinated against COVID and flu. If you are a frontline care worker, you are on the priority list for vaccination.
