Support Worker

2 days ago

North Shields, United Kingdom Be Caring Full time

**Join Be Caring Today**:
Due to continued growth within our Learning Disabilities department, LIFE by Be Caring is expanding, we're looking for kind and compassionate people to join our team of Learning Disabilities Support Workers across the North Tyneside area including areas such as North Shields, Billy Mill and New York.

Our mission is “to be care-giving day-makers, hope-builders, smile-givers, life-changers, community-warriors with the will to make a difference.”

**Pay**:
Working on shifts,
- **£9.70** p/hr - full and part-time hours available
- Mileage - 40p per mile

**£500 - New starter bonus (see bottom of advert for further details*)**

**Working Hours and Shift Patterns**:
Join our team of Learning Disabilities Support Workers. We offer various shift patterns - to be agreed by management.
- Weekend working undertaken on a rota basis.
- Day shift working - full and part-time hours available.

**The Role**:
As a Learning Disabilities Support Worker, you will be kind and compassionate whilst building caring and supportive relationships with the people you support and their families - learning or physical disabilities, and mental health problems, are not limitations. You will place dignity at the heart of the care you provide, maximising independence through enabling approaches and building care and support networks for individuals, involving family and friends and their local community. You will:

- Promote independence using enabling approaches, enabling people to communicate with others, and sometimes advocating for them.
- Supporting individuals with their social and physical activities. Examples include work, studies, volunteering, community involvement and staying in touch with family.
- Promote access to and the attendance of community groups and activities. Maintaining people's hobbies, interests and social intervention whilst promoting equality and diversity.
- Deliver personalised care through individual choice and control whilst protecting people's dignity.
- Meal planning and preparation whilst providing nutritional advice.

**Induction Training**:
All training is fully funded, and you will be paid for your time to complete the training. As a Learning Disabilities Support Worker, you will be provided with a comprehensive induction training on:

- Community wellbeing, individual wellbeing, and personal outcomes;
- Fluids and nutrition;
- Medication, moving and handling, basic life support and first aid;
- Infection prevention and control, health, and safety;
- Professional boundaries, confidentiality, equality, and diversity;
- Safeguarding, mental health and capacity;
**Additional **Training**:
As a Learning Disabilities Support Worker, you will be required to participate in additional training dependant on the needs of the service user, this may include but is not limited to:

- Positive Behaviour Support Training, person-centred training to support people with behaviours that challenge.
- Learning Disabilities and Autism training.
- Challenging Behaviour Training including de-escalation techniques.
- Further bespoke training - as and when required and dependant on individual service user needs.

**Support**:
At Be Caring, we are committed to the personal and professional career development of all colleagues so that you can ‘Be the Best you can be'. As a Learning Disabilities Support Worker, you will be provided with:

- Full induction and shadowing programme.
- Training to complete the Care Certificate.
- Access to additional training and qualifications through the apprenticeship levy.
- Level 2 Health and Social Care qualification (on completion of six-month probation period)
- Quarterly Be Supported sessions.
- An annual appraisal and personal development plan.

**Benefits**:

- Paid Induction and DBS
- Annual bonus (up to £250), gift vouchers for birthdays (£25), and refer a friend payment scheme (£150)
- FREE 24hr access to Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Optional Union membership with GMB who we work in partnership with to give our staff impartial support and guidance.
- _New starter bonus split into 2 payments at 3 months and 6 months; based on average hours worked._
- £500 for 40+ average weekly hours (£250 per payment)_
- £400 for 30-39 average weekly hours (£200 per payment)_
- £300 for 20-29 average weekly hours (£150 per payment)_
- £200 for 10-19 average weekly hours (£100 per payment)_

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