Support Worker 15hrs Weekend Only

2 weeks ago

Leek, Staffordshire, United Kingdom Staffordshire County Council Full time
Job Introduction

For adults with learning disabilities, you'll open the door to lives of independence, fulfilment, and joy. And your impact won't stop there. This positive change will be felt across families and throughout the Staffordshire communities we're proud to serve.

This is a diverse social care role where every day is different
We specialise in supporting adults with complex needs, profound and multiple learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge.

Greenfield House is a residential care home for up to ten adults. The service is dynamic and caters for people with varying levels of need. The team support the adults to live an ordinary life which includes accessing their community, maintaining connections with family and friends, and supporting with their health and wellbeing.

We have the following position available with a range of shifts between 7am to 10pm, which will include weekend and bank holiday working:

  • 15 hours
    weekend only per week


Although this role is based primarily at Greenfield House, Leek, there may be times when you are expected to work flexibly across Provider Services, including different care settings, delivery approaches, and locations, as required.

Main Responsibilities

In this role you'll:

  • Deliver excellent personcentred support, including administering medication.
  • Support people to maintain their health and wellbeing.
  • Act as a Link Worker for the adults we support by contributing to the ongoing assessment, development, delivery, and review of personcentered support plans.
  • Suggest improvements and be proactive in the development of solutions, and activities undertaken by the service.
  • The role may require you to carry out manual handling tasks to support clients in their day to day lives.


Our aspirations are to receive an 'outstanding' rating with the CQC, and we are looking for someone who shares our values, ambitions, and vision.

We are looking for people who are passionate about providing outstanding care quality for adults with learning disabilities.

What you'll bring:

  • Be enthusiastic about working with people with learning disabilities and /or autism.
  • Be caring, sensitive and patient while supporting people to be as independent as possible.
  • Have good communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Good ICT skills.
  • The ability to relate positively to the people we support.
  • A positive outlook on life.
  • The ability to manage potential and actual aggression in a sensitive way.
  • Willing and physically able to support people with personal and intimate care needs and able to undertake manual handling tasks.
  • Able to adapt and respond positively to change.


If you already hold an NVQ level 2 qualification or Care Certificate we would love to hear from you but don't worry if not, we are happy to support you in gaining the skills and knowledge needed for this qualification.


Please note that this role will require an enhanced DBS check and a pre-employment health assessment as part of the onboarding process.

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation.

Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:
We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together.

This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people.

We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do.

We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:


As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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