Support Worker - Echo Centre Liskeard, England
Job description
A support worker vacancy based at the Echo Centre in Liskeard. The post is for 37 hours per week, the working times are within the hours of 8.30am to 4.30pm.
The Echo Centre is a unique service for adults who have a physical disability or long-term health condition. The centre promotes independence; empowerment and rehabilitation, supporting individuals to re-learn or develop new skills. This is achieved through using a wide variety of activities and fun interactive sessions.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive person to join our team, someone with the right values, behaviours and attitudes that match our own!
The role is supporting clients to reach their full potential, and this will be achieved through a varied and diverse range of activities that you would be facilitating alongside other staff members and no two days are ever the same.
You will be supporting clients to manage and improve their self-esteem and empower them to become more engaged and confident in their everyday life, through activities such as exercise, singing, art and craft, quizzes, gardening etc.
You will need to have patience, humour and like being part of a lively, energetic team.
The centre is a dynamic and vibrant place that offers the opportunity for you to be creative and innovative.
An NVQ level 2 or equivalent is required and a level of competency in computer skills using Microsoft Office is preferable. Training will be offered as part of this role.
Please contact Lorna Searle 01579 341070 for additional information.
Please view the role profile here, your application will need to demonstrate how you meet the required criteria. Please ensure you answer all of the pre-screening questions in full, within the application form. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process
Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g. race, disability, sex, gender, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.
Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.
Whilst the location/work-base for this role has been specified our evolving ways of working means that the role may require you to also work remotely (e.g. from home/other locations). We will discuss this with you during the recruitment process.
This position will be subject to a criminal record disclosure check.
More information about working for Cornwall Council is available here.
We are happy to talk about flexible working options.
