Job Description
This is a casual contract post.
An exceptional opportunity for a female support worker to join our team. You'll provide one-to-one care for someone with intellectual disabilities and communication needs. The successful candidate will work in pairs in an annexe on the tenant's family land. You'll assist with daily activities, attend community events, and support the tenant through life's challenges.
This role offers a rewarding chance to positively impact someone's life. You'll work alongside an experienced team that will support you to ensure your success and satisfaction. We're seeking someone with a genuine interest in caring for others, kindness, patience, resilience, and a keen sense of fun. Previous care experience is not required, but experience with individuals with learning difficulties or disabilities is encouraged.
You'll have access to private healthcare, a pension contribution scheme, and other benefits. We offer employer-funded professional study, comprehensive induction, and an employee referral scheme. You'll receive a full health and wellbeing support package, as well as opportunities for career progression and development.
Other Support Worker benefits include
- Great company recognition programme, including awards for longevity, KUDOS, Employee of the Month, and Care Friends recognition bonus payments for exceptional performance
- Blue Light Card for discounts on a wide range of goods and services
- Free meals
- Free parking
- We highly value the importance of maintaining a healthy balance between work and personal life. We strive to create a positive work environment that supports staff well-being and promotes a healthy work/life balance
Support Worker Shifts / Hours
The role of Support Worker is full-time at 39 hours per week with shifts over 3 days a week. These are 13 hour shifts and are required to work some weekends and some bank holidays. Some sleep-ins are also required at a rate of £67.50 per night.
- Shift: 8am - 9pm
If you have the passion, commitment, and dedication to help make a real difference in someone's life, we invite you to apply now
Recruiting Process
Please note, we manage a rigorous, fair recruitment process, and all successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced disclosure and criminal record checks.
Thank you for your interest in working for Cartref Homes as a Support Worker. 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.