Support Worker Vacancy
Location: Puriton, Bridgwater
Pay Rate: £13.61 per hour
Full time, Part time and weekend vacancies
Get ready for an exciting journey as a Support Worker in Puriton,Bridgwater! Each day brings a new and dynamic mix of activities and tasks, ensuring that boredom is never on the agenda.
Imagine the thrill of accompanying our individuals on bus rides, getting hands-on with arts and crafts projects, embarking on thrilling day trips to the zoo and carnival, and experiencing the fun of cinema outings and bowling adventures!
If these engaging experiences resonate with you, then you're the perfect fit to join our team! Join us in making a real difference while enjoying every moment of the journey.
Benefits for Support Workers working with Discovery include:
About us:
Discovery is about people. We are ambitious for the people we support and our colleagues. We want the people we support to have fulfilling lives and we want our colleagues to have great careers with us.
This role requires an enhanced DBS Disclosure, which will be obtained for you by Discovery.
Shortlisting will be conducted on receipt of applications and interviews arranged and conducted until the vacant positions have been filled.
Discovery is an equal opportunities employer that values diversity and is strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. Discovery are Disability Confident Committed and we guarantee to interview all applicants who let us know they have a disability and meet the minimum essential criteria for this role. As part of our commitment to making reasonable adjustments we can offer support to complete your application in our offices using assistive technology.
Apply now:
We want the people we support to have fulfilling lives and we want our colleagues to have great careers with us. If you would like to be a part of our team and feel that your values match ours, please apply by clicking the button below, or contact Tia on 0300 303 9150 or drop us an email at applynow@discovery-uk.org for an informal conversation about the role. Before you know it you could be making a positive difference every day.
Discovery supports people with learning disabilities, autism, challenging behaviour and complex needs throughout Somerset. We are driven by our values of ambition, courage, integrity, partnership and respect to provide exemplary care. We help people choose how they would like to live their life and provide training and support to help them find employment.
Adults with autism and learning disabilities and their families are at the heart of everything we do, and we want every person we support to have the best life possible. We are part of Dimensions, one of the country’s largest not-for-profit organisations, which has been at the forefront of national best practice in support provision for more than 40 years.
Discovery’s vision for Somerset is for people with learning disabilities and their families to gain more control over their support, make more day to day choices, live in high quality and fit for purpose buildings and have the same opportunities as everybody else from a service that is good value for money.
Why work with us?
Start your day knowing you’ll make a difference.
Join us and create more opportunities for the people we support across Somerset. You’ll have the satisfaction of knowing you’re changing someone’s life each and every day, and in return we’ll help your career be the best it can be with our excellent colleague benefits and development opportunities.
By joining Discovery you will enjoy a rewarding role working with a great team of people – all with a shared goal of helping people get more from life. We want all our colleagues to be able to reach their potential, and offer a wide range of career and management development programmes to help you achieve your goals.