Job Description
At Cartref House we support adults with mild intellectual disabilities, autism and complex mental health conditions that include emotionally unstable personality disorders.
People with these conditions often struggle with interpersonal relationships, have difficulty regulating their emotions, and can experience intense mood swings. These disorders can significantly impact a person's daily life, work and relationships.
As a support worker, you will be given the very best training in order to help our service users to
- Promote their rights and express themselves
- Manage their emotional and communication needs
- Undertake their daily-life skills, such as budgeting, shopping, laundry, cooking, and cleaning
- Engage with the wider community by attending appointments and social occasions
Whether supporting a service user with grocery shopping or meal preparation, you have the opportunity to gain insights into human behaviour and foster meaningful lives by promoting positive decision-making.
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED OF A SUPPORT WORKER
- Kindness and patience
- Open-mindedness and a willingness to learn
- Resilience and energy to problem-solve
- A keen sense of fun!
- Care Certificate (not essential).
- Past experience of assisting people with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour (preferable)
- Full UK Driving Licence (preferred but not essential).
We seek staff with positive attitudes, flexibility and good written and verbal communication.
Please see the full job specification attached to this advert.
WHY JOIN OUR TEAM AS A SUPPORT WORKER
- Clear career and personal development pathway (including employer funded professional study)
- Employer pension contribution scheme
- Private healthcare
- Full health and wellbeing support
- Great company recognition programme (including longevity awards, KUDOS, Employee of the Month, FREE staff lottery, CareFriends recognition bonus payments)
- Comprehensive induction
- Employee referral scheme
- Free meals / fruit on shift
- DBS check - we cover the cost of your DBS check
- Access to many other benefits: Blue Light Card; Concerts for Carers; Discounts for Carers +
Most importantly, you will be valued for the work you do, and we highly regard a good work and home-life balance.
Recruiting Process
We manage a rigorous, fair recruitment process and all successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced disclosure as we undertake criminal record checks
Thank you for your interest in working for Cartref Homes. We hope to be in touch with you very shortly.
Salary
Cartref Homes UK Ltd provides services designed to enable young people and adults with intellectual/learning disabilities to progress towards positive valued life-styles.
We have created a range of residential and supported living services that provide service users with opportunities to become more independent and engaged within their local community.
We are able to respond to the needs of service users with challenging behaviours, mental health problems and other special needs. We now also have considerable experience of working with service users with a forensic history and have specifically developed expertise and resources in the field of sexual abuse/offending.
Our teams are particularly skilled in the development of person-centred approaches, positive behaviour support and life-skills teaching. We are also very successful in integrating service users into local educational and vocational opportunities.