social worker Sheffield, England
Job description
Full and Part time Positions Available
We would like you to join our team of positive, caring, and dedicated people who constantly strive to demonstrate respect, empathy, and genuineness in all their relationships with others.
The role of a support worker can be wide and varied. Our focus is to enable vulnerable adults to live the life they choose. Tasks can include enabling people to live independently in their own homes, develop their life skills, meet their personal care needs, or access the community for social activities. Support workers work creatively and flexibly to meet the needs of the people we support, carrying out tasks with compassion and thought.
We have a person-centred approach at Citizenship First and expect support workers to work alongside and communicate with the people they support in a way that reflects our values.
We’re looking for enthusiastic applicants who:
- Are positive and have a proactive attitude.
- Can stay calm under pressure.
- Are sensitive to peoples differing emotional needs within different situations.
- Have a sense of humour.
- Have a fully flexible approach, you will be expected to work on a rota system including evenings, weekends, and bank holidays.
- This role may include regular sleep-in shifts for which an extra payment is made (This means sleeping over at the residence, with the possibility you might have to wake up to provide care in the night.)
- Can work as part of a team and to learn from the people around you.
- Have the confidence to work independently.
- Have good written and verbal communication skills.
- Can follow a written support plan and to use your own initiative.
- Are committed to engaging in training, learning and development.
- Have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to offer sponsorship.
What we Offer:
- We’ll give you full training to become an excellent Support Worker via an Induction programme and mentoring.
- 28 days paid leave.
- Free access to over 90 online and face-to-face training courses, including the care certificate.
- Workplace Pension
- NVQ Level 2 & 3 Training
We will be shortlisting applicants on 14th June 2023 and successful candidates will be invited to an Interview Workshop on 21st June 2023 at 1.30pm.
The Interview Workshop will take place within our offices in Sheffield City Centre. Full details will be sent to successful candidates via Indeed.
If you are unable to make this Interview Workshop date, please highlight this in your application.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 37.5 per week
Salary: £10.67 per hour
Shift:
- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
Application question(s):
- Are you willing to work sleep in shifts?
- Are you happy to work ad-hoc waking night shifts?
- Are you happy to work unsociable hours, i.e., evenings, weekends and early mornings?
- Are you happy to work on a rota basis that includes bank holidays and all major holidays e.g. Christmas?
- Are you happy to support people with their personal care needs, e.g. using the toilet, bathing, eating and drinking?
- Are you happy to travel within Sheffield as part of the role? Please note you do NOT have to drive.
- Are you willing to work flexibly and at short notice to help cover any staff absence, e.g. sickness?
- How many hours per week are you looking to work?
Work Location: On the road
Reference ID: June23
