Support Worker

6 months ago

Sturminster Newton, United Kingdom UK Supported Living Services Full time

Full**-time - 42 hours / Part time 20 hours / Waking Nights**

As a Support Worker, you’ll play a vital role in providing our customers with quality support. You will be working with people who have a diverse range of needs, including learning disabilities and autism. We believe everybody has the right to community participation and access to high standards of living. We continuously strive to make this possible by ensuring we recruit engaging, dedicated and motivated support staffs that are as passionate about health and social care as we are. UKSLS are pioneers in the use of digital technology that ensure all are staff become highly qualified practitioners.

**Responsibilities**
- Provide support for all aspects of a daily living
- Providing emotional support for an individual
- Ensure that people have access to primary healthcare
- Encouraging and supporting the development of personal skills through activities, education and work.
- Supporting individuals to be an active part of their local community
- Working with other healthcare professionals to ensure that all support needs meet the highest possible standards.
- Live our values: Be tolerant, make every day amazing, have fun, have courage, always provide quality support and do all you can to help people achieve their dreams

**Background**:

- No qualifications are required
- NVQs or similar qualifications in the health and social care sector would be an advantage but not needed as you will be expected to complete this after 6 months training which is financed by the Company.
- The ability to communicate clearly and sensitively when talking to people
- Good listening skills.
- Great problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt and act accordingly to situations.
- The ability to work both alone and as part of a team.
- A high level of patience and emotional resilience.
- Being empathetic towards everyone.
- The ability to make good, positive relationships with people and their families

**Your new employer**:
At UKSLS our number one objective and shared ambition commences with the recruitment of quality staff, focuses on training and delivery and ensures our monitoring and reporting processes are honest, open and transparent for all our customers, families and commissioners.

**Benefits**:
As a Support Worker you will benefit from:

- A staff pension scheme up to 5%
- Death in Service
- Blue light discount card

Referral program £250 in vouchers
- Staff reward scheme
- Bespoke training packages throughout your employment with us
- Competitive salary
- DBS Check - we cover the cost of your DBS check and annual renewal
- Wellbeing Support, Advice and Guidance - via our Employee Assistance Program though an online portal or over the telephone
- Staff Referral Scheme - earn £250 in vouchers of your choice for referring a friend into a support worker position
- We pay you to attend our comprehensive induction and on-going training

All UKSLS positions would be beneficial to student nurses, psychologist and criminologists.

**Interested?**

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

Part-time hours: 20 per week Salary: £12,386.40

Full -time hours: 42 per week Salary: £26,011.44

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Weekend work

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

**Salary**: -£26,011.44 per year -£12,386.40

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme

Shift:

- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift

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

**Salary**: £11.91 per hour

Expected hours: 42 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme

Physical setting:

- Residential home

Shift:

- 12 hour shift

**Education**:

- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Home care: 1 year (preferred)

**Language**:

- English (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (preferred)

Ability to Commute:

- Sturminster Newton (required)

Ability to Relocate:

- Sturminster Newton: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

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