Relief Support Worker- Orchard View

**For more information on the role, please contact: Deepmala Majmudar**
**Telephone: 01789 772141**

Type of service - Residential

Location - Bidford on Avon

Salary information - £9.50 per hour + 12.07% holiday pay

Working hours - Covering leave, training and sickness with hours that fit in with life's other commitments, a relief support worker role is an ideal way of discovering that this could be the career for you.

We provide 24/7 support to some people, so you will need to have flexibility to work shifts, including sleep in nights, weekends and Bank Holidays.

A full UK driving licence is essential for this role.

**#Care to join us?**

We are looking for **Relief** **Support Workers** to join our friendly and welcoming team here at Hft. This is your chance to make a real difference to people's lives.

**About the Service**

Orchard View is a well-designed, registered care service offering access throughout for people who use wheelchairs or have mobility difficulties.

We have one of the most fulfilling and meaningful jobs you can do. The people we support are all individuals with unique qualities and when you get to know and support them, you truly learn what job satisfaction really means.

At Orchard view we support six ladies with profound, multiple disabilities and their home is filled with lots of fun and laughter. We pride ourselves on being a big happy family with the people we support always at the centre of what we do. We thrive on providing person-centred active support and encourage this throughout everything we do.

Gaston house is a registered care service for a total of five people, based in one semi-detached house in a rural setting with a Day Centre and another property close by on a private site. This is a short walk to the local village facilities & amenities.

We provide support in all areas of individual’s lives from personal care, home activities and accessing leisure activities. All of our staff supports individuals to ensure they can participate in as much as possible.

Here are some examples of the things you may be required to support with; art therapy, sensory experiences, shopping, hydrotherapy, music therapy, visiting health professionals, relaxation, concerts, cinema, holidays and other things individuals may like to experience.
- 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 travel or holiday 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.

There are many responsibilities of a support worker, providing physical and emotional support being one of them. 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.

**What’s in it for you?**
There are a range of benefits and career development opportunities at Hft. We’ll give you a comprehensive induction, full training, and support along the way.

With Investors in People and Skills for Care accreditation we are committed to investing in you to ensure you have the specialist skills and expertise needed to support people to live the best life possible.

**We offer**
- ** Access to award-winning training and development**:

- ** Annual staff award scheme**:

- ** Flexible hours**:

- **Free DBS Check**
- We ask all our teams to take advantage of the Covid-19 vaccination, which is offered to frontline support workers as a priority group. We strongly encourage all colleagues to remain fully vaccinated as part of our wider infection control procedures._

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

***Want to know more about who we are and what we do as an organisation, then please check out the video below.**

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