Female Learning Disabilities Support Worker

5 days ago

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Be Caring Full time

**Join Be Caring Today**:
LIFE by Be Caring is looking to recruit experienced **Support Workers** to join our Independent Support Living in the** Lemington/Throckley (NE15**)** area of Newcastle upon Tyne. As a **Support Worker**, you will be part of an integral team providing tailored person-centred care to our tenants which is both meaningful and wellbeing focused.

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

**New starter bonus payment scheme - up to £450**:

- See bottom of advert for further details*_

**Pay**:

- **£10.30 p/hr**:

- ** 24hr shifts**

**Working Hours and Shift Patterns**:
Join our team of Learning Disabilities Support Workers. We offer various shift patterns - to be agreed by management.
- Shift working - Based in one location
- Weekend working undertaken on a rota basis
- Full and Part time hours available - Guaranteed contracted hours
- 24hr sleepover shifts - Sleepover hourly rate -** £8.21p/hr**

**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
- First aid training
- Professional boundaries, confidentiality, equality, and diversity
- Safeguarding, mental health and capacity
- Fluids and nutrition
- Medication, moving and handling, basic life support and first aid
- Infection prevention and control, health, and safety

**Additional Training**

As a Learning Disabilities Support Worker, you will be provided with specialist training to help equip you with the tools needed to meet the needs of our customers, this will include;
- Learning Disabilities and Autism training
- Mental health for people with Learning Disabilities
- Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Training, person-centred training to support people with behaviours that challenge
- Break-away training

Training is delivered by our amazing Specialist Trainer Suzanne who has a wealth or knowledge and experience to prepare you for working within our learning disabilities team.

**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:

- 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.
- Paid Induction and DBS
- Annual bonus (up to £250), gift vouchers for birthdays (£25), and refer a friend payment scheme
- 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 Payment Scheme split into 3 payments at 1 month. 3 months and 6 months; _based on average hours worked._
- **_£450 _**_for 30+ average weekly hours (£150 per payment)_
- **_ £300 _**_for 20-29 average weekly hours (£100 per payment)_
- **_ £150 _**_for 10-19 average weekly hours (£50 per payment)_

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