Support Worker

7 months ago


Gillingham, United Kingdom PCAS Kent Ltd Full time

Are you looking for a new challenge or a change in career?

**About PCAS**

PCAS Kent offer support, county wide, to individuals living in supported living locations, as well as in their own homes within the community, who are diagnosed with having a learning disability or mental health.

Being a Support Worker is more than _just_ a job. You will be helping the individuals gain independence, whilst living healthy, happy and fulfilling lives.

If you share our values and have compassion, empathy and willing to take on a challenge, this could be the job for you.

**The Role**

No two days are the same and you will deliver person-centred support to this gentleman, whilst promoting his independence, and helping to achieve his goals and aspirations. Some tasks involved in the role will include:

- Good understanding of autism. Including the ability to recognise non-verbal
communication cues
- Experience in epilepsy
- Experience in working with people with complex needs and challenging behaviour
- Physically active, including able to walk up to 5 miles during a single activity session
- Clear communication skills
- Confident swimmer
- Calm
- Good sense of humour
- Able to work under your own initiative, but also as part of a small team.
- Patient
- Able to follow set activity planners, whilst also be flexible in approach

The role will be working with a gentleman who is autistic and has a learning disability and epilepsy. He is a very active gentleman with a great sense of humour who enjoys going out for walks, swimming, trampolining, horse riding, bowling, going to restaurants and more He loves to stay busy throughout the day and your role will include supporting him with a variety of daily living activities as well as going out into the community. He benefits from structure and a routine and will follow a daily planner; it is important that you support him with this and have a good understanding and use of alternative forms of communication. This is a great opportunity to work with someone where you will be able to really make a positive impact by helping him to develop skills and independence but most importantly ensuring he has a happy and fulfilling life

Weekend work is expected for this role, along with the occasional bank holidays. Current shifts include:
**The current working hours will be a Tuesday and a Thursday between 9:00am and 4:30pm every week.**

**About you**

Experience would be beneficial for this role due to the needs of this gentleman with full training will be provided.

**Benefits**
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Employee assistance programme
- Comprehensive training programme
- PCAS are a National Living Wage employer
- Enhanced DBS paid for by PCAS
- Advanced wage scheme should it be requested

Please note, PCAS Kent do not hold a sponsorship licence. Therefore we are unable to provide sponsorship for any applicant.

Smartphone is required for this role due to the paperless way we work.

**How to apply**

If you would like to enquire about current vacancies, please click 'apply' or contact Jill and Mia on 03300 535919 between the hours of 09:00am
- 17:00pm on weekdays for more information.

**Job Type**: Part-time

**Salary**: £11.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Store discount

Shift:

- Day shift

**Education**:

- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Epilepsy: 1 year (required)
- Complex needs and challenging behaviour: 1 year (required)
- Autism: 1 year (required)

Ability to Commute:

- Gillingham, Kent (required)

Work Location: In person


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