Support Worker

Job title:  Support Worker   Location: 76 Sandridge Road, St Albans. AL1 4AR Purpose:  To empower the people we support to lead more connected fulfilled lives and make informed life choices. **Salary**:  £21,547 per year. You are paid every four weeks at £11.05 per hour Hours:  37.5 hours Monday to Sunday, some shift rotation. Do you want the autonomy and freedom to enhance the lives of the people we support? Do you want to be able to make a difference to the lives of the people we support? We have an opening for you to join us as a Support Worker at St Alban’s. If the following appeals, we’d love to hear from you. - You would love to be part of a community. - You have a passion for helping others live a fulfilling and interesting life. - You are able to deliver a high-quality service for people we support, by understanding the needs and wishes of individuals. - You enjoy working with people in a person-centred, facilitative way, which encourages a non-judgmental approach and meets the needs of the people we support. - You treat others with respect, dignity, honesty, and equality and recognise that they may have different viewpoints, beliefs or values. - You understand issues from others’ viewpoints and build an atmosphere of trust and openness. - You are able to continuously encourage mutual respect and positive interactions between colleagues and people we support. Who are we looking for? - You will have a desire to support people achieve a life full of opportunities. Experience in not needed but an understanding of the importance of supporting someone to have autonomy in their life is. - You’ll have a supportive and encouraging natural approach: our tenants live in their own homes or shared houses and will need support and guidance to maintain their home, use laundry equipment, cook, plan shopping and will need help looking after their finances. - You’ll have a good general education, good numeracy, and literacy skills: it’s not essential for you to have any qualifications as we will support you in gaining these. - You’ll be able to use a variety of methods and styles when communicating with others in a clear and mutually positive manner. - You have a good sense of humour and the ability to adapt to differing circumstances. - You are someone who is keen to help arrange local and community-based events with the people we support. You’ll have a creative spirit and be keen to get involved or help create events e.g. coffee mornings, film clubs Role requirements: - You’ll be a confident communicator with good verbal and written skills, who is able to manage and develop others, willing to challenge poor practice and promote development of best practice. - You will treat others with respect, dignity, honesty and equality and recognise that they may have different viewpoints, beliefs or values. What do we offer you? In addition to a competitive salary, our benefits include: - 25 days annual leave PLUS 8 statutory bank holidays rising to 27 days annual leave at two years service (pro rata and accrued according to number of shifts worked). - Once you join us, you'll be eligible to benefit from "Charity Discounts" where you can enjoy reductions from lots of differing retailers and service providers. - An opportunity to ‘cash in’ one week leave a year. - Employee assistance scheme that is also available to your immediate family. - Free on-site parking. - Sick pay entitlement after one month service. - Pension Scheme: we contribute to a pension scheme along with your personal contributions. - Death in Service benefits: payments made to your beneficiaries should the unthinkable happen. All our employees require a DBS criminal record check. We will do this for you. We are an equal opportunities employer. **Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent **Salary**: £11.05 per hour **Benefits**: - Employee discount - Free parking - On-site parking - Sick pay Schedule: - Day shift - Monday to Friday - Night shift - Weekend availability Ability to commute/relocate: - St Albans, AL1 4AR: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required) Application question(s): - Do you have your COVID-19 vaccinations? Work Location: One location