Support Worker

2 weeks ago


City of Westminster, Greater London, United Kingdom Isle of Wight Council Full time

Westminster House, Westminster Lane, Newport

Grade 4, £23,500.00 to £23,893.00per annum pro-rata (actual salary £10,162.16 to £10,332.11)

Vacancy Reference:2024_877

Closing Date:29/05/2024

Contract Type:
Permanent

Hours:16 per week

Allowances:
Shift Allowance (10% of plain time beyond core hours)

Are you looking for a positive, upbeat, and fun work environment?
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Are you great with people and would you enjoy encouraging and enabling individuals to lead happy and fulfilled lives?

Shift patterns will include working every other weekend.


Westminster House is looking for a support worker who can provide an active, friendly, and welcoming respite service for adults with learning disabilities, Autism, and 'behaviours that challenge'.

We ensure that those we care for can engage in an active, fulfilling lifestyle and we need a team of proactive and inspiring people to support us in this goal.


As part of our team, you'll enable and support with all kinds of activities encouraging service users to enjoy Island life, from trips to the park and taking part in community events to supporting with arts and crafts and activities on site.


We support and care for people with a wide range of complex care needs and diverse interests, so you'll need to tailor your work and communication to suit each person, ensuring everyone is happy and engaged in the activities and experiences that suit them best.


We are looking for positive, committed, and forward-thinking support workers who are great at emotionally connecting with a diverse range of people, because, as a respite and short stay service, the people we support are ever-changing, all with different emotional and physical wellbeing needs.

We also specialise in emergency short term care, supporting people during challenging emotional times in their lives.


As a Support Worker you'll help with regular personal care when needed, this can include toileting, dressing and feeding or administering medication.

You'll also help with on-site domestic duties such as cooking and cleaning and includes elements of report writing. Every day is filled with a variety of tasks and challenges, making this a dynamic and interesting work environment.


When you work at Westminster House, you'll see the results of your hard work and support, as people return to their homes feeling more capable and confident than when they arrived.

It's an extremely rewarding job, and a wonderful feeling to know you are making a positive difference to the lives of others.


Contact us today to discover how you can fit in with our team at Westminster House

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PLEASE NOTE:
Out of Hours Standby and Call Out _


  • You will be required to take part in the Out of Hours Standby Duty Rota as and when requested by management. Standby and call out duties are paid in accordance with the IWC Terms and Conditions 2012 document._
  • Please click here to view the Isle of Wight Council's _Care Close to Home Strategy_._

_When you join #TeamIWC you'll receive our staff benefits package, including:_

_ __- Annual leave entitlement of 32 days p/a PLUS public holidays_
- _Local Government pension scheme_
- _Discounted Solent ferry travel_
- _Island bus network discount_
- _Cycle to work scheme_
- _Staff parking permit scheme_
- _Discounted island sports & leisure gym membership_
- _National and local discounts & benefits schemes_
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  • The Isle of Wight Council currently does _
    _not__ have a license to sponsor overseas workers._
  • The Isle of Wight Council protects its employees from discrimination and this is supported by the _Unacceptable Behaviour Policy_, _Employee Code of Conduct_ and _Behaviours Framework_. We actively promote the diversity of our workforce and we provide flexible working options (where appropriate) to support the different needs of our employees._
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Closing Date:29 May 2024

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