Supported Living Assistant

6 months ago


Stockport, United Kingdom Sense Employees Full time

**Looking for a new challenge?**:
Come and join the Sense Team and help us make a real difference to the lives of the people we support and their families.

You don’t need any previous experience to become a **Support Worker** with Sense. We’ll give you full training for our part time and full-time roles.

We have **permanent** roles available with various contracted hours** up to 37.5 hours per week **with a range of day shift patterns available to suit you from 8am to 10pm

We are offering an hourly rate from **£11.75** **with enhanced rates for overtime and annual pay reviews/ rises.**

You will join our **amazing **Supported Living team in Stockport **supporting 9 individuals** with learning disabilities in their own homes and with fun activities out in the community such as going to the **cinema, bowling or walks in the park**.

**We’re looking for enthusiastic applicants who are**:

- Positive, with a can-do attitude.
- Caring, patient and empathetic.
- Good communicators and listeners
- Flexible team players
- Passionate about enhancing other people’s lives.
- Willing to attend training as needed to support you in your role.

**No two days will be the same**:
**This role might include supporting people with**:

- Everyday tasks like cooking and cleaning.
- Personal care and hygiene.
- Finances.
- Medication and wellbeing.
- Going into the community for shopping or other trips.
- Their social life and nightlife.

Everyone we support is an individual, so their care is as unique as they are. You can see a more detailed description of duties in the job description attached at the bottom of this advert.

Please note, this role may include regular sleep-in shifts paid at £50 a night (This means sleeping over at the residence, with the possibility you might have to wake up to provide care in the night.)

**Benefits**:

- ** 32 days of annual leave** including Bank Holidays pro rata
- Matched pension contributions up to 5%.
- Free life assurance policy.
- Cashback and discounts on high street brands (and 10% off at Sense charity shops).
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Travel season ticket loans.
- Enhanced sick pay.
- ** Headspace app**:

- Free DBS check if your role needs one.
- ** A £350 **refer-a-friend scheme.
- Free access to over 100 online and face-to-face training courses, including the care certificate.
- Ongoing development opportunities

**Why work for Sense?**:
Sense is a national disability charity supporting everyone who is deafblind or has complex disabilities. We believe everyone should be able to take part in life, no matter their disability.

Our work empowers thousands of people who are deafblind or have complex disabilities to communicate, experience the world and fulfill their potential.

Work at Sense can be demanding and so isn’t for everyone, but it is also incredibly rewarding and valuable

**Ready to make a difference?**:
**To apply**:
No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.


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