Job Description
Enjoy a flexible working life, making a positive difference to the lives of the people you support. Join our team of Relief Support Workers in Cornwall, fitting your working hours around your other life and family commitments.
Discovery exists to help each person we support to live a fulfilling life, to be equal in society and to be active in his or her local community. That’s a big deal. It means being able to have choice and control in life. It means choosing to go out or to stay in, making friends and having relationships, finding and developing skills and interests. It also means managing a home, voting, staying healthy and being able to pursue employment or volunteering opportunities. If you think you can help the people we support get more from life, we want to hear from you.
Discovery is proud to be successfully accredited by the Great Places To Work Programme for the forth year in row in 2024.
The Relief Support Worker role:
As a Support Worker, you will be involved with a mixture of exciting activities and supporting with daily living tasks, dependant on the individual you are supporting. Each individual has support that is highly focused on them and their goals and we are looking for someone who is able to engage and have a positive impact to promote our values and have a rewarding career. The additional benefit of a Relief Support Worker role, is that the shifts will fit around your commitments.
You don’t need to have experience as a Support Worker as we can give you the training and knowledge you’ll need but you will need to have a great attitude and be passionate about improving the lives of the people we support.
Applications will be shortlisted on receipt and interviews will be held until the posts are filled
Why join us?
Discovery is proud to be successfully accredited under the Great Places To Work Programme 2019-2024.
- £12.00 per hour & £50 per sleep in.
- Additional uplift on pay for annual leave entitlement
- Flexible hours to fit around your commitments
- Pension scheme
- Great Induction and training opportunities including the Care Certificate, and Diploma in Health & Social Care.
- We offer a salary advance scheme where you can access up to 50% of the money you've earned before payday.
Apply now:
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. So if you would like to be a part of our team and if you feel that your values match ours, please apply by clicking the button below - upload your CV and we will be in touch. You could soon be making a positive difference every day. If you want more information or just an informal chat about Discovery and the roles we have available – please contact our friendly Resourcing Team on 0300 303 9150 or drop us an email at applynow@discovery-uk.org
This role requires an enhanced DBS Disclosure, which will be obtained for you by Discovery.
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. Discovery has been awarded this symbol by Jobcentre Plus to recognise our commitment towards the employment, retention, training and career development of disabled employees. As part of our commitment to making reasonable adjustments we can offer support to complete your application . Please contact the Resourcing Consultant Team on 03003039150 or email applynow@discovery-uk.org
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.