Support Worker - Enablement

Support Worker - Enablement Totton, England

The YOU Trust
Full Time Totton, England 10.98 - 13.7 GBP HOURLY Today
Job description

Locations: Totton

Hourly Rate: £10.42 (mon to fri rate) to £13.02 (weekend rate)

Contract Type: Permanent Full/Part Time

Closing Date: The first suitable applicants will be appointed

Must have a driving license and access to a car for work use

Essential Criteria

The ideal Support Worker will:

  • Car Driver with access to a vehicle for work, business insurance and be prepared to travel to work across Hampshire when required.
  • Able to work shifts including evenings, weekends and bank holidays according to the needs of those we work with.
  • Experience of working with vulnerable people
  • Understand and promoting independence
  • Understand the needs of vulnerable people/people with a learning disability
  • Good communication skills: verbal, non verbal, and written

The Role

The role of the Support Worker (known internally as Support Partner) is to provide excellent and flexible person centred support across Hampshire in line with YOU’s values at all times. The role is multi-faceted role and includes time limited enablement support to help someone learn a new skill in their own home or the community; community based support where small groups of people will be supported to access volunteering, occupational, social and leisure activities; homecare where individuals could be supported with personal care, housing support, budgeting, social and daily living activities and emotional support.

About You

Our clients want:

  • Someone who listens carefully to make sure you understand what matters to them
  • A person who is trustworthy and reliable and always does what they say they will when they say they will
  • A Support Partner who is flexible and will adapt how they work to meet what we agree to do together
  • Someone who is aware of how they come across, and committed to making our support time together happy, friendly and enjoyable
  • A person who is chatty, polite, and clear in their communication to make sure that I can understand you
  • A Support Partner who is caring, respects my choices, and is helpful and fair in all that we do together
  • A person who shares their sense of fun and humour and makes our time together enjoyable

YOU has a strong value base, striving to be person-centred, innovative, trustworthy, can-do and excellent at all times, so it is important that you are as passionate about these principles as we are.

YOU is a registered charity that has been providing care, support and advice for over 30 years to vulnerable people, working across Hampshire, Dorset, West Sussex and the Isle of Wight to give them the tools and resources they need to live independent, secure and valued lives.

Our Benefits

If you choose to begin a career with our organisation, you are guaranteed:

  • Competitive rates of pay and paid travel time, including a higher mileage rate for car sharing.
  • Enhanced annual leave entitlements, with the opportunity to buy and sell holiday.
  • Matched pension scheme contributions, plus Death in Service Benefit and salary sacrifice options.
  • Enhanced sick pay allowances and paid compassionate and emergency dependent leave.
  • Excellent and professionally certified training, as well as access to fully-funded apprenticeship programmes.
  • Free health and wellbeing advice via a 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
  • Everything you need to carry out your role free of charge, which may include a mobile phone, safety equipment and other necessary technology, a uniform where applicable, and of course a nice cup of tea or coffee throughout your day!
  • Access to discounts across lots of your favourite stores and online shopping sites, as well as discounted bus travel on the First bus network.

If this sounds like your ideal role we’re keen to hear from you as soon as possible, so don’t delay, Apply today!

We are also recruiting to our Bank of Sessional Support Workers called Premier Crew, who are skilled and passionate about working with vulnerable people and accept shifts on a flexible basis to help up cover shifts. If this is something you are interested in please contact us.

#IND5

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Salary: £10.98-£13.70 per hour

Shift:

  • 8 hour shift
  • Day shift

Application question(s):

  • Do you have the use of a vehicle for work purposes?
  • Do you require visa sponsorship? Please note we are sadly unable to sponsor visas.

Licence/Certification:

  • Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

  • United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Support Worker - Enablement
The YOU Trust

https://theyoutrust.org.uk
Fareham, United Kingdom
Nicki Youern
$5 to $25 million (USD)
201 to 500 Employees
Non-profit Organisation
Civic, Welfare & Social Services
1985
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