Support Worker

**Why not start a rewarding new career in social care? No experience necessary: we'll train you.**

You will provide invaluable support to 17 individuals living either in their own flats or sharing a huge house in Emsworth. So what would you be doing? Who better to tell you than the people we support. We asked them what they want from their new support worker. Here's what they had to say.

Things that are important to us about our Support Workers:

- Talk to me / treat me like an adult
- Get to know me, what I like and what I don't.
- I like friendly people who enjoy a good laugh.
- Be patient, give me time to think and explain what I'm thinking.
- I don't like being told what to do but I like people who give me suggestions and ideas so I can chose.

Support me to ;
- Go out daily and have fun. I like the cinema, day trips, the beach or sometimes I just want a coffee.
- Be as independent as possible.
- Remember to do my housework, remind be but in a nice way.
- Feel safe and calm if I am feeling anxious or upset.

Things you need to know about us:

- We are all very different.
- We get along with each other but at times, like all families we might have disagreements.
- One thing we all agree on is we all like to have fun and keep busy.
- We would like to have staff that are fun loving and would enjoy supporting us to live a varied and fulfilled life.

We are hoping new staff might have new ideas on things we might like to do

As you've probably worked out they are full of life and fun to be with, could you support them to lead lives that make sense to them?

There are full and part-time roles available working shifts on a rota basis to include days, evenings, nights and weekends.

**About you**
Experience isn’t always necessary. If you have the right attitude, good customer service skills, share our values and are willing to learn, you’re likely to be a great fit. We are looking for people who celebrate differences, and we strive to make all our staff feel included, valued and respected.

**About us**

MacIntyre is a national charity which supports over 1,200 people with a learning disability and/or autism.

We were founded in 1966 by the visionary parent of a child with disabilities and have been growing steadily ever since. We celebrate and develop everyone’s unique gifts, talents and contributions.

**Training and Development**

At Macintyre we fully support your training and development. We know it can be daunting to start a new job, and not everyone learns the same way, so throughout your probation we will provide you with a mixture of eLearning, face-to-face training and mentoring support whilst on the job.

But it doesn't stop there - throughout your career with us you will have access to our own dedicated in house Learning and Development team, Quality Specialists and HR Teams. These teams, along with your Manager, will provide you with opportunities to learn and develop professionally as well as enabling and supporting you to achieve professional qualifications and career progression opportunities - all free of charge.

**Pay and Rewards**

We provide a range of benefits to reward and thank our staff which includes:

- Six weeks' annual leave including statutory public holidays
- Workplace Pension scheme - MacIntyre will contribute 3% of your salary to all eligible employees
- MacIntyre Staff Savings Scheme
- Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing
- Health Cash Plan which provides money back on core health treatments such as: optical, dental, physiotherapy, chiropody (at reduced cost)
- MacIntyre Sick Pay (qualifying period)
- Life assurance scheme offering valuable benefits to your dependents
- MacIntyre Rewards Scheme which recognises and rewards staff
- MacIntyre Perks which offers up to 6% discount off leading retailers including Tesco, Curry/PC World, Costa and many more
- Access to the Blue Light Card which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for emergency and social care staff.
- Enhanced DBS Certificate (cost paid by MacIntyre)

**How to apply**

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