Disability Support Worker

7 months ago


Portsmouth, United Kingdom The YOU Trust Full time

**Support Worker**

**Location: Portsmouth, Supported Living Services**

**Contract Type: up to 40 hours per week, Permanent - Part Time, Full Time and Bank positions available**

**Annual Earnings: £11.44 per hour (Mon - Fri) to £14.30 per hour (Sat & Sun)**
- **the salary may further go up to incorporate shift enhancements for weekend shifts, sleep-in shifts and waking nights as part of a typical rota.**_

**To start: As soon as possible**

**Essential Requirements**

The successful Support Worker applicant will need to have:

- Relevant knowledge and skills relating to people with disabilities.
- An ability to work shift patterns including sleep in shifts and weekends as part of a flexible rolling rota system providing 24-hour support over seven days a week.

**The Role**

This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity to work alongside people with disabilities in a number of our services across Portsmouth. As a Support Worker, you will be assisting people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities & mental health concerns in their own homes to live the life they want. You will provide safe, person centred support to promote independent living skills.

**About You**

We are looking for people to support our clients who are fun, with a good sense of humour, who will help our clients to be more independent and achieve their goals. This could include cinema, theatre trips, out for meals or a cup of coffee and even go on the odd shopping trip. How often do you get to do all of these fun things in a job As a Support Worker, you will also assist clients to find work or volunteering opportunities, access education at local colleges, get involved in community events, as well as helping with budgeting, support with personal care, cooking and cleaning and maintaining a home.

YOU has a strong value base, striving to be person-centred, innovative, trustworthy, can-do and excellent at all times, so it is important that you are as passionate about these principles as we are.

We are a disability confident employer.

**YOU **is a registered charity that has been providing care, support and advice for over 30 years to vulnerable people, working across Hampshire, Dorset, West Sussex and the Isle of Wight to give them the tools and resources they need to live independent, secure and valued lives.

**Our Benefits**

If you choose to begin a career with our organisation, you are guaranteed:

- Competitive rates of pay and paid travel time, including a higher mileage rate for car sharing.
- Enhanced annual leave entitlements, with the opportunity to buy and sell holiday.
- Matched pension scheme contributions, plus Death in Service Benefit and salary sacrifice options.
- Enhanced sick pay allowances and paid compassionate and emergency dependent leave.
- Excellent and professionally certified training, as well as access to fully-funded apprenticeship programmes.
- Real opportunities to develop in your profession.
- Free health and wellbeing advice via a 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
- Everything you need to carry out your role free of charge, which may include a mobile phone, safety equipment and other necessary technology, a uniform where applicable, and of course a nice cup of tea or coffee throughout your day
- Access to discounts across lots of your favourite stores and online shopping sites, as well as discounted bus travel on the First bus network.
- Online 24/7 access to your personal rota.
- A company that is committed to its employees, valuing their knowledge, creativity and flexibility.
- The chance to work with amazing people.

**How to Apply**

**We are also recruiting to our bank of Sessional Support Workers called Premier Crew. If this is something that interests you please contact us.**

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**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £11.44-£14.30 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Cycle to work scheme
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Sick pay

Application question(s):

- Do you require visa sponsorship? Please note we are sadly unable to sponsor visas.

Licence/Certification:

- visa which doesn't require sponsorship for working (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 02131/DisabiSW/Mike



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