Support Worker Watford, East of England, England
Job description
Job title: Support Worker
Location: Delrow Community, Hilfield Lane, Aldenham, Watford, WD25 8DJ.
Purpose: To provide autonomous assistance to the people we support to fulfil their potential for independence, choice, inclusion and control. We provide support to people who have learning difficulties or disabilities.
Salary: £11.95 per hour.
Hours: 37.5 hours Monday to Sunday (some shift rotation). There’s overtime as well if interested.
Are you looking for new job by the new year?
Can you see yourself joining our fun and active environment?
Joining us at Camphill Village Trust will definitely meet your needs!
We have full time rotating shift opportunities but also condensed days e.g. work full time over 3 or 4 days.
Supporting a group of young adults with Learning Disabilities, Delrow House is a busy, lively, and exciting place to be, as well as supporting people to grow their independence with their daily living skills, you will also find yourself supporting tenants to be fully active in the community, supporting with work, enjoying leisure activities and lots of cinema trips!
We have lots of houses in our Watford community and you could be a key part of our well-established community.
If the following appeals, we’d love to hear from you:
- You crave the autonomy and freedom to provide true person-centred support: the people we support all have differing needs and wants; you are instrumental in making it happen!
- You want to become a real part of someone’s life and be able to support them in all their activities.
- You have a passion for helping others live a fulfilling and interesting life.
- You like being involved in the activities of people you support: many of the people we support have interests such as swimming, crafts and socialising
Who are we looking for?
- You will have a desire to support people achieve a life full of opportunities. Experience is not necessary but an understanding of the importance of supporting someone to have autonomy in their life is.
- You’ll be responsible for ensuring that care and support is of a high standard, focused on person centred outcomes and delivered within budget
- You’ll have a supportive and encouraging natural approach: the People we support live in their own homes or shared houses and will need support and guidance to maintain their home, use laundry equipment, cook, plan shopping and will need help looking after their finances.
What do we offer you?
- 25 days annual leave statutory bank holidays (pro rata and accrued according to number of shifts worked)
- Employee assistance scheme that is also available to your immediate family
- Free on-site parking
- Sick pay entitlement after one month service: four weeks increasing with service
- Pension Scheme: we contribute to a pension scheme along with your personal contributions
- Death in Service benefits: payments made to your beneficiaries should the unthinkable happen
All of our employees will require a DBS criminal record check. We will do this for you.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Salary: £11.95 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Store discount
- Wellness programme
Physical setting:
- Day centre
- Residential home
Shift:
- Day shift
Ability to commute/relocate:
- WATFORD: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (preferred)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: One location
Reference ID: CAMWX839687
