Learning Disability Support Worker

6 months ago


Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom St Cuthbert's Care Full time

**Learning Disability Supported Living Worker**

**Salary**: Average earning of £27,500 per year which includes 5 ‘sleep in’ payment and 15 hours overtime per month.

**This role attracts a welcome bonus of £350**

**Location**: Newburn, Newcastle upon Tyne

**Hours**: Full and part time roles over a 7 day rota

**Please note**: We do not offer international visa sponsorship

**The role**
Do you naturally have a caring nature and genuinely want to help make a difference to the lives of people with learning disabilities? If so, this could be the role for you. As a support worker, your role will be to provide support to our tenants to develop the essential life skills to live as independently as possible in their own home. This will include supporting them with day-to-day tasks such as taking care of their homes, shopping and cooking. You will also encourage community engagement and support our tenants to maintain friendships and interests, helping them to build confidence and self-esteem. Experience is not always necessary as full training will be given along with the opportunity to work towards a care certificate. However, we do ask that you have patience and a desire to help others.

**How to apply**
Please submit your CV.

**Why work for us?**
We are a Living Wage employer - the first regional charity in the North East, delivering adult social care as part of our work, to be accredited by the Living Wage Foundation. As well as offering a competitive salary, we provide a number of benefits and wellbeing initiatives for our staff, including:
**£350 welcome bonus**
**Refer a friend bonus of up to £1000**
**Enhanced overtime payment**
**7 weeks annual leave**
**Pension scheme contribution and Life Assurance**
**Interest free staff crisis loan**
**You’ll be paid and supported to complete your care certificate**
**Further specialist training to develop your career**
**Blue Light discount service for emergency & social care staff**
**Employee discounts on over 130,000 shops and entertainment venues, including Tesco, Argos, cinemas and holidays**

**About us**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 37 per week

**Salary**: From £27,500.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- On-site parking
- Sick pay

Shift:

- Day shift
- Night shift

Work Location: In person


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