Support Workers

About the role
Huntingdon Accommodation Services, located in Huntingdon and Wyton, provides support to tenants with learning disabilities in a supported living environment.

We currently have two vacancies at our Wyton service: one for 37 hours and another for 30 hours per week.

As a Support Worker, you will be part of a dedicated team, working to empower adults with learning disabilities. Your role will involve enhancing their quality of life, maximising their potential, and promoting independence both at home and in the community. Our Wyton service offers one-to-one support, which involves lone working.

What will you be doing?
You will work alongside individuals with learning disabilities, autism, or physical disabilities, helping them lead happy and healthy lives by supporting their care and social needs. This includes providing engaging activities, assisting with care and communication needs, administering medication, and promoting overall wellbeing.

As part of a dedicated team, you will focus on achieving positive outcomes and skill development for the individuals we support within a safe and caring environment. You will report to senior support workers to ensure the service meets CQC requirements.

Both positions are part of a rolling 4-week rota, with various shifts between 08:00 - 22:00, including Bank Holidays and weekends, for which additional enhancements are paid. You will also need to be available for sleep-ins as part of these roles. **Please note: these roles are for a minimum of 30 hours per week every week.**

The starting pay for these positions is £12.85 per hour, with enhanced rates for Saturdays (£19.27), Sundays (£22.48), and Bank Holidays (£25.70).

About you
You will be a caring, passionate and motivated person keen to make a difference and provide exceptional care and support. You will be able to empower individuals and recognise that each person is unique in their needs and choices.

You will have strong verbal and written communication skills and a good level of IT ability in order to complete risk assessments and update personal records. You will have a sensitive and a professional approach in managing your work and an understanding of equal opportunities, diversity and safeguarding. The role will involve the administration of medication, and the provision of personal care.

In return for your commitment and dedication to our service users, we offer appropriate training, support, and career development opportunities as well as the opportunity to join a supportive team committed to delivering an excellent service for adults with disabilities.

**You will need to be available for an Interview that will take place on the 15th & 16th May 2025 in person.**

About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage
- A comprehensive **wellbeing package** to cover **all aspects of wellbeing**, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to **4 weeks additional annual leave** (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays **flexibly** to better suit **your personal circumstances**:

- Make **Additional Voluntary Contributions** (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to **development opportunities**, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support **your personal and professional growth**:

- ** Paid volunteering hours** each year so you can make a **positive impact on our community** during your normal working day
- Access to **Peer Support Groups** through our IDEAL staff **equality, diversity and inclusion** network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive **Employee Recognition Awards**:

- An **Our Cambs Rewards** account, giving you access to in-store and online **discounts** as well as our **Car Lease** and **Cycle to Work** schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this adver