Support Worker

2 weeks ago

Biggleswade, United Kingdom Hft Full time

**Are you looking for a meaningful career? Would you like the opportunity to become a dedicated Support Worker, helping individuals with learning disabilities live the best life possible?**

We are looking for **Support Workers** to join our friendly and welcoming team of staff at our transition service based in **Biggleswade, Bedfordshire** area. Experience is not essential as we will provide you with support and training to become a confident **Support Worker**. Hft is a charity that supports adults with learning disabilities. We believe in a world where anyone with a learning disability can live within their community with all the choice and support they need to live the best life possible. We are looking for people who are naturally caring and compassionate and align with our values.

**About our Transition service**

This service focuses on supporting young adults with learning disabilities between the ages of 16-25 looking to move from their parental home into supported living. Our support workers ensure all the people we support gain the skills and knowledge to live as independently as possible and support them throughout this transition. The service provides 3 stages of transition from supporting people within their current home, to moving in to our Hft service and the final phase of moving out into a supported living service. You will be welcomed in to the team and coached along the way and will also receive outstanding training for your role.

**We offer**
- **Annual Leave**: 33 days (including 8 days statutory bank holidays)
- **Wage incentives**: 20% bank holidays’ allowance with an increased rate of 50% for key dates over Christmas.
- **Apprenticeships**: Earn whilst gaining a fully funded Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care
- **Training**: Access to award winning training and development
- **Wagestream**: Allows you to flexibly access your pay throughout the month and utilise a range of financial support, through its dedicated app
- **Aviva Digicare + workplace**: Access to wellbeing services including health checks, Digital GP and mental health support.
- **TELUS health**: A 24/service, completely confidential counselling and support platform and helpline that is free for all colleagues to use.
- **Discounted mobile ‘phone contracts.** As an Hft employee, you’ll be able to take advantage of Vodafone’s Employee Advantage programme, giving you up to 30% off.
- **Care Friends**: Employee referral app - earn money for referring your friends to work for Hft.
- **Retention bonus**: £250 every 6 months for the first 2 years of service
- **Free life assurance** - 3 x your annual salary
- **Family friendly policies** - part time, annualised and compressed hours. Generous return to work bonus following maternity leave

**What will you be doing?**
- Giving the highest possible standards of support to individuals with moderate to severe learning disabilities.
- Supporting them to discover new interests, reaching goals like travelling and holidays and working positively with their families and friends.
- Helping individuals to engage in different leisure, home or work-related activities, all according to their personal choice.
- As a **Support Worker (Care Assistant),** your responsibilities are varied and no two days are the same.
- As well as providing physical and emotional support you may be needed to help with household tasks and personal care as well as supporting individuals with healthcare needs, e.g. taking medication.
- Everything you do will enable people to have choices about their own lives, providing flexible services that meet people’s needs, and always looking for the best way of doing things.

This is your opportunity to make a real difference to people's lives. The Service is located close to Biggleswade town centre, a driving Licence is not required as long as you live in or around Biggleswade or have the ability to get to the service. **Full and part time opportunities available.** You will need to have flexibility to work shifts, including sleep in nights, weekends and bank holidays.
- **Type of service** - Transition Service
- **Location** - Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
- **Salary information** - £11.44 per hour plus £1000 retention bonus paid during the first 2 years of employment (£250 every 6 months*).
- **Working hours** - early and late shifts and some weekends
- **Contract Types-** 22.5, 30 or 37.5 hours per week
- Up to 50% bank holiday allowance**:
**Find your place with us and change lives.**

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

Pay: £11.44 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Store discount

Shift:

- 8 hour shift

Application question(s):

- If you live in Luton, please confirm if you drive and have your own car as this location is NOT supported by Public Transport.
- How many hours per week are you looking for?
- Do you require Employment Spon

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