Support Worker

2 weeks ago

Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom Mencap Full time

Job Advert:

***- We are looking for a Support Worker to join our Service based in Basingstoke on a permanent and full time basis (37.5 hours a week). Shifts will be spread across mornings, afternoons, evenings and sleep ins, weekends and bank holidays. You will receive an enhanced flat rate payment of £60.00 for any sleep in shifts carried out. The payment for sleep ins is non-contractual.
About our Service

  • This is a hugely rewarding role Together, you will be building new friendships, activities and opportunities within the local community, and beyond. You will be seeking out their hobbies, interests and passions and creating some fantastic memories along the way.
In this service you will be supporting young adults who have profound and multiple learning disabilities.

We are looking for people with a 'can-do' attitude who are strongly motivated, outgoing, caring and have a calm demeanour when needed.

As well as our award winning Induction programme, you will receive additional bespoke training for this service, covering a number of other skills, such as:
Peg feeding, Epilepsy, Dysphagia, in addition to specialist training for specific interventions.

Mencap are hugely committed to the ongoing personal and professional development of their staff, and will support you every step of the way.

Supporting someone with their daily life is not a 9-5 job. This service will be requiring staff to cover shifts across a 24/7 pattern.

You will need to be able to work flexibly across a range of different shift patterns, including various day shifts, evenings and weekends, as well as sleep in duties.

We will be recruiting a separate team for the Waking Night shifts, so if you are interested in working nights, we would love to hear from you too.

We realise that your quality time is important too, so your rota will be prepared well in advance - Got a request, something special going on? Your manager will certainly try to help you meet it.

Please note that the role will involve manual handling and supporting people will all aspects of their personal care.

You don't need previous experience As long as you have a positive attitude and want to improve the lives of those with a learning disability, we will support you with progression opportunities throughout your career with us.

What does a Support Worker do?


As a Support Worker you will be expected to provide an outstanding level of support that will help to ensure the people we support live a more comfortable, dignified, liberated and happy life.

You will have excellent communication skills and be a naturally caring and patient personality.

Typical responsibilities may include:

  • Supporting people to live independently budget management, paying bills, housework, organising appointments and cooking delicious healthy meals.
  • Excellent communication skills and Relationship building supporting the people we support to understand the world around them and promoting positive relationships.
  • Community & Social Inclusion supporting individuals to access and participate in their local community and social events to promote life skills and individuality.
  • Personal care helping people to get ready for the day. This may include prompting the people we support to take their medication and assisting with bathing, showering and using the bathroom. Not all Support Worker roles include high levels of personal care.
Have you thought about working for Mencap?

Mencap is a leader in providing excellent support to people with a learning disability. Our vision is a world where people with a learning disability are valued equally, listened to and included.

Everyone wants a purposeful job - to do something really meaningful. Everything we do at Mencap keeps the people we support at the centre of what we do.

To find out a bit more about what life as a Support Worker is like, please click here to watch a short video.

With us, it's never 'just a job'.

In return for your hard work and passion you can find real and meaningful work experience, access to some excellent benefits alongside our competitive pay.

Click here to find out more about our Mencap benefits.


Mencap are strongly encouraging all our colleagues to have the Covid-19 vaccine as a way to help protect each other and the people we support.

Job ID: 27603

Benefits:

***As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people's lives, you will receive fair pay and have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits as one of our employees.

  • 22 days holiday plus bank holidays increasing to 24 days with effect from April 202 Annual leave increases with long service up to 27 days per year plus the ability to buy up to another 10 days via our HolidayPlus scheme
  • Service related sick pay when 6 month probation is completed
  • Pension contributions into NEST Scheme on a salary sacrifice basis meaning NI savings
  • Death in service life cover for a nominated beneficiary under our life ass

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