Job Description
Job Title: Female Support Worker
Hours: Full time and Part Time Opportunities!
Salary: £9.50 per hour.
Location: Station Road, Doncaster
Essential: Full UK Driving License
Do you want to finish your day knowing you’ve made a genuine difference to someone’s life? Are you passionate about helping others to achieve their goals – not matter how big or small?
Then we have the job for you!
About us
Our Station Road services adults with Learning Disabilities, Autism and other health need. Your role will be to support these individuals with activities, hobbies, socialising and maintaining their personal needs. You will be supporting wonderful individuals to live a happy and fulfilling life. The service itself is a detached bungalow with a modern interior. The communal living and dining areas are welcoming and well-furnished providing a comfortable environment as well as a private garden which includes a decking area that the people we support can use at their leisure.
Walsingham Support are a charity that has been supporting people with learning disabilities, autism, brain injuries and complex needs across England and Wales since 1986. We pride ourselves on putting the individuals we support at the centre of everything that we do. We do this by delivering specifically tailored support for every individual we work with.
As part of your role, your duties will include:
- Encouraging the people we support to reach their full potential.
- Providing high quality person centred care, tailored to the needs of each individual, based on their lifestyle.
- Maintaining an environment that is appropriate to the needs of those we support.
- Supporting individuals with day to day living tasks such as personal care, housekeeping, meal times, social interactions and activities in the community.
Why work with us?
We really care about all of our staff and offer a range of excellent benefits:
- Favourable working hours, including part-time roles and a minimum guaranteed hours (MGH) scheme for suitable positions
- 28 days’ annual leave, rising to up to 38 days depending on length of service
- Double pay if you work on bank holidays
- Pension scheme contributions
- Life assurance equal to three times your salary
- Bereavement helpline
- Eye care vouchers (dependent on position)
- Training and continuing professional development opportunities
- Long service awards
- Outstanding work bonus payments
- Additional hourly pay allowances for hands-on care in a person’s home
- £250 recommend a friend bonus.
In order to be considered for the role, you will need to:
- Be a team player, enthusiastic and show a can do attitude.
- Be able to work flexibly across varying shifts, including weekends.
- Be able to engage, listen and communicate in a variety of ways.
- Be aligned to our values of being Passionate, Supportive, Progressive, Innovative and Genuine.
Apply online today, email Walsingham@cohesionrecruitment.com, or call our friendly recruitment team on 0121 716 4000 for more information
Personalised support for unique individuals
We help deliver the quality of life people with disabilities deserve.
Why work for Walsingham Support?
At Walsingham Support, our people are the linchpin of our organisation and all our work. Our staff are passionate about our ambition which is an equal and diverse society in which people with disabilities are citizens in their own right who are supported to be happy and to reach their own potential.
Our values underpin our ambition. As an organisation we are:
- Passionate - People are always at the heart of everything we do.
- Supportive - Appreciate our colleagues, recognise achievements and develop our staff.
- Progressive - Embrace innovation and positive risk taking.
- Innovative - Seek continuous improvement in how we work by using our resources in the most efficient and effective way.
- Genuine - Always being open, honest and treat everyone with respect.
We seek team players who take pride in what they do and adopt a can-do attitude. Each and every member of staff plays a vital role in making a huge difference to individuals’ lives by helping them to reach their full potential. In return, we’ll help you to exceed yours.
By working with Walsingham Support, you'll be supporting disabled people live their lives to the full. If you are looking for a motivating job or volunteering opportunity, join our team.
At Walsingham Support we are committed to supporting disabled people live their lives to the full. If you are looking for a motivating job and want to work for a renowned organisation, please check out our vacancies.