Support Worker

Type of service - Residential and Supported living

Location - St Austell, Cornwall

Salary information - £11.40 per hour

In addition, there is a 10% overtime allowance for hours worked over the full time equivalent of 37.5 hours per week. Sleep ins £65.61 (being £58.55 + 12.07% in lieu of holiday pay)

Working hours - We provide 24/7 support to some people and can therefore be flexible in regard to working hours.

A full UK driving licence is desirable or this role.

**We offer**
- 33 days annual leave (including 8 days statutory Bank holidays)
- 20% bank holidays allowance with an increased rate of 50% for Christmas Day, Boxing day and New Years Day
- Apprenticeships - Earn whilst gaining a fully funded Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care with a Top 100 apprenticeship employer (ranked 11th in 2020)
- Access to the Hft Plus benefits package
- Access to award-winning training and development
- Annual staff award scheme
- A contributory pension scheme & life assurance
- Free DBS Check

**#Care to join us?**

We are looking for **Support Workers / Health Care assistants** to join both our residential and supported living services.
- Experience is not essential _as we provide all the training you need to be a confident support worker. Whether you are an experienced professional or completely new to the world of care, we want you to be a compassionate and friendly individual, who shares our Values.

What matters most is a positive attitude to life and a desire to support people to live their life with as much independence, choice, dignity and control as possible. You will need to have good listening skills and a practical, caring approach. Basic computer literacy is a necessity, as the role requires you to retrieve and record information using a variety of IT systems.

**What will you be doing?**
The purpose of your role is to give the highest possible standards of support to individuals with moderate to severe learning disabilities

This can range from supporting them to discover new interests, reaching goals like travelling or holidays and working positively with their families and friends. This will help individuals to engage in different leisure, home or work-related activities, all according to their personal choice

As a support worker, 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.

**Find your place with us and change lives.**

INDWP2

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 16-37.5 per week

**Salary**: £11.40 per hour

**Benefits**:

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

Shift:

- Day shift
- Night shift

COVID-19 considerations:
Full precautions taken

Ability to commute/relocate:

- ST. AUSTELL: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):
Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person