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Female Support Worker

1 month ago

Abingdon, United Kingdom SeeAbility Full time

Role Description
Female Support Worker - Learning Disabilities and Autism
If you require a Visa to work in the UK, SeeAbility is currently unable to support any sponsorship requests.

Location: Southmoor, OX13, Oxfordshire
Salary: £12.00 per hour (£23,400 per annum) plus benefits: paid induction, additional £1200 per year based on 2 waking  nights per month, overtime pay above 37.5 contracted hours
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Sunday on a shift rota basis
Shift Patterns: 7.00 am – 3.00 pm, 2.00 pm – 10.00 pm
Employment Type:  Full time, Permanent 
**You must hold a full UK driving licence to apply for this role
** This job is advertised for full time job seekers only 
 
Do you have experience supporting people with autism, challenging behaviour, and learning disabilities?
Do you drive and hold a manual full UK drivers Licence?
Do you live in the local area and have the 'Right to Work' in the UK for full time?
 
If you have answered YES to the above, you could be exactly what we are looking for. Come and be part of something extraordinary
We are on the lookout for Support Workers who are calm, patient, and resilient. You will need to be able to drive and have a consistent approach to assisting the people we support to engage in the interests they love.
As a support worker, you will be part of an experienced staff team working within a busy and vibrant service where no two days are the same.
Support worker duties include:

Daily activities such as cooking meals, basic cleaning tasks, medication administration (after completing relevant training), food shopping with the people we support.
Providing support for offsite activities such as going to the gym, bowling, sensory room, historic gardens and any other interests and appointments.
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people you will take care of.
Helping the people you will assist plan towards and achieve both short and long term aims. 
Going away on seaside and caravan staycations with the people we support, helping them to live their best life
Ensuring the people, you will assist and their families, are treated with respect, dignity, and equality.
To work in accordance with SeeAbility’s valuesWe are looking for someone who can devote to 37.5 per week and are willing to work on a shift rota basis, covering mornings, evenings, and weekends.
You will work closely with the registered manager, deputy manager and your seniors to ensure that we are delivering the best person-centred care, ensuring outstanding delivery of support in line with our vision; inclusive communities where people with dementia, autism, and learning disabilities and physical disabilities participate as equal citizens.
As a support worker you’ll be part of a team that includes support from a positive behaviour support consultant. Your day-to-day management will come from an experienced, passionate leader who will work alongside you. This will assist you with your own leadership and interactions that will in turn enable people to move forward in their lives creating community connections, friends, hobbies, interests, and work.  Being passionate, creative and values led will really help you in achieving the small and bigger goals and outcomes that we all see as part of a safe, happy, healthy and empowering life. You will be driving the person we support their car, so full UK clean drivers license is essential for this role. 
Who will you be supporting?
Jane* Has her own mobility car and loves going out for long drives. She loves listening to music, sitting on her bean bag with sensory lights on reading fairy tale books
Jack* is one of the most loving and caring people we support. He loves going on adventures on the train, watching the airplanes at the local airport. Has a huge collection of fans that he likes to carry with him around. He has a great sense of humour and a cheeky laugh to go with it and can be very affectionate asking for head massages and scratches, he loves sensory interaction.
Joseph* He loves outdoor activities like gardening, taking a picnic and a flask with lots of coffee for a long walks. Likes to ride around buses for hours and he is the life of the party
Josh* He loves spending time on his own watching old game shows. Sometimes he brings those game shows to life by playing them with his support team. His favourite is strictly come dancing- "Its nice to see you, to see you nice" When he does decide to go out, his favourite activity is to go to the local shop to buy sausage rolls and race back with his support staff and of course he has to always win
Joan* She is the 'Miss independent' of the house She loves working on the farm with the animals and collecting eggs of the chickens during the week and on weekends likes to spend her time going to dog shows, eco friendly shops and visiting her family
About us 

Registered as The Royal School for the Blind, SeeAbility is one of the oldest disability charities in the UK and has pioneered specialist support for over 220 years.

We specialise in supporting people who have learning disabilities or autism, who may also have sight loss, to live ambitious lives and achieve things they never thought possible. Whether that is forming more friendships and relationships, enjoying new experiences and activities or finding employment.

Safer Recruitment and Diversity
SeeAbility safeguards and promotes the welfare of the young people and adults we support. Therefore, we collaborate with successful candidates to complete appropriate vetting checks prior to joining.
SeeAbility is committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity, and embracing inclusion among our workforces. We want our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and the people we support.

Our Benefits
Your rewards
Our colleagues at SeeAbility are extremely valued, and so everyone has access to a fantastic package of benefits.
Your extraordinary opportunities

Leadership development academy and talent programme for the next steps in your career
Fully paid essential training
Funded professional qualifications – Care Certificate, QCF levels 2-5 available
Annual excellence awards
Long service awards and recognition
Quarterly 1:1s: Opportunity to discuss your progress and your future
We are a Living Wage Employer 
Your work-life balance

28 days holiday (incl. bank holidays), increasing to 36 days with long service (1 extra day for each year of service)
Life events - Time off when you need it most
Flexible working - We are up for anything that works for your team and the wider organisation 
Your money goes further

Discounts and cashback at hundreds of shops, restaurants, and activities
Eligible for Blue Light Card discounts
Save 10% on monthly bus travel
Pay reviews and commitment to pay competitive rates
Employer contributory pension scheme - Support and tools to help you make the right decisions about your future 
Refer a friend and receive £600 (Support Workers to Deputy only)
Paid DBS and renewals
Season ticket loans
Cycle to Work Scheme
Discounted mobile phone optionsYour wellbeing counts

Life assurance of 2x annual salary
Organisational Sick Pay Scheme after 6 months service starting at 2 weeks and increases with service up to 12 weeks at 3 years' service
Free 24/7 employee assistance programme for advice and support
Free eye care vouchers
Discounted gym membership 
Training and Development
At SeeAbility, we fully support your training and development. You will start with an extensive Induction programme and throughout your probationary period you have face-to-face training, e-learning, and guidance to support you whilst in your new role.
Your continued development is important to us, therefore, SeeAbility offer the means to progress your career, your way You will learn and have support in your role, and have the opportunity achieve professional qualifications - Care Certificate, QCF levels 2-5, which are funded by SeeAbility

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