Community Support Worker

2 weeks ago


Ware, United Kingdom Guideposts Trust Full time

**Community support worker**

**Salary**:£9.50/hour + travel reimbursement

**Basis**:Permanent

**Location**:Guideposts are based at 3-5 Cross Street, Ware

The role will involve working with small groups of service users in East Herts/Broxbourne and supporting them to access a range of community facilities and activities.

**Hours**:12 hours per week - 6hrs on Mondays, 6hrs on Tuesdays between 5-10PM (+planning/admin time on the same or different days)

Guideposts is a UK based charity working with people in local communities, to help them access the support, opportunities and skills they need to overcome social challenges, improve their wellbeing and change their lives.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our **Friendship Scheme team** as a **Community Support Worker** in Ware and surrounding areas.

You will provide direct support to small groups of adults with learning difficulties and enable them to access community leisure facilities and activities.

The Guideposts Friendship Scheme support adults with learning disabilities to meet new people and develop meaningful relationships through a wide range of services supporting adults with learning disabilities, including one-to-one befriending, regular social groups, art and exercise clubs, and occasional outings and events. The scheme currently operates in St Albans, Harpenden, Stevenage and North Hertfordshire.

**Our successful Support Worker will**:

- Deliver all aspects of individuals support plans including personal care and manual handling where appropriate
- Assessment of service users’ needs and accumulate and record knowledge of personal circumstances
- Act as a key worker for individuals or a small number of service users and compile reports as appropriate including reporting the impact of services for individuals and the meeting of outcomes and goals

**We are looking for someone, who is**:

- Able to take a person-centred approach to all aspects of work
- Able to lone work and use own initiative
- Able to handle difficult situations and challenging behaviour
- Decisive and takes responsibility
- Meticulous on paperwork
- Respects boundaries
- Reliable
- Good people skills
- Good listener
- Presents professionally
- Good team member
- Willing to learn
- Able and willing to work flexibly when required

**In return you will receive**:

- **Pension scheme**:Guideposts will contribute 6% of your salary when you contribute 3%.
- **Annual leave**:23 days pro rata rising to a maximum of 28 days plus bank holidays
- **EAP from Health Assured**
- **Occupational sick pay scheme**: 20 days full pay and 60 days half pay
- **Career Development & Training Opportunities**

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

**Salary**: £9.50 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- Health and Social Care: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: On the road


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