Support Workers Camden & Islington London, England
Job description
Salary: £21,260.20 per annum (£11.05 per hour)
Client Group- Children and Young people and Adults
Hours:
Bank opportunities - minimum of 15 hours availability required
Please note evenings, weekend and bank holiday work may be required.
Centre 404 is a friendly, local and thriving charity with an excellent reputation for providing high quality support and services to both adults and children with learning disabilities and their families across 6 London Boroughs.
If you would like to make a meaningful and lasting difference, then start today and join Centre 404 as a Support Worker! You will get to see the direct impact you are making by offering people with learning disabilities the support they need to enjoy the same rights, freedom, responsibilities, choices and quality of life as others within the wider community.
As a Support Worker, you will provide support to service users to ensure their safety, health and wellbeing.
Duties will include:
· Supporting the service users with their hobbies and personal interests with an emphasis on helping develop skills, confidence and relationships
· To enable service users to build confidence, self-esteem and an independent lifestyle
· To support and involve the service users in all the usual domestic activities such as cleaning, shopping and cooking using methods of active support
· To support/ assist service users to manage their own personal care
· Attending appointments
· To act as a keyworker to individual service users
Personal specification:
· Willing and able to offer physical support to service users including personal care and manual handling
· Aware of issues affecting people with learning disabilities
· Excellent oral and written communication skills
· The ability to work and contribute within a team
· The ability to work unsupervised and on own initiative
· Enthusiastic and motivated
The ethos behind all our services is to offer support that is empowering, person-centred, promoting choice and integration, as well as reducing isolation. We are always looking for friendly, energetic people to join us in achieving this valuable purpose and to promote and maintain the health and wellbeing of those we support.
How to apply: Please submit a CV, ideally with a cover statement, which addresses the following:
“Tell us more about why you are interested in this role and what you would bring to this post in terms of your knowledge, skills and experience”.
Centre 404 is dedicated to staff development and supervision and we will provide a detailed induction and on-going training and support. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and we are looking to recruit people who share these values.
All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced DBS check, proof of eligibility to work in the UK and two satisfactory references.
Centre 404 is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
- Day shift
- Night shift
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Part-time hours: 15 per week
Salary: £11.00-£11.05 per hour
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
- Weekends only
Ability to commute/relocate:
- LONDON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Work Location: One location
