Support Worker

Job description

Support Worker (Specialist)

**£10.50-£12.50 per hour**

**Bonus £250**

This is a great opportunity for you to join our growing team at Cedar Health and Wellbeing

**What we can offer you?**
- **A Great Training Package** with a career pathway that includes; **2 week face-to-face**, **1 week site induction**, **eLearning**, and **mentorship**.
- **Career Opportunities** **for all** with pathways created to take a support worker to management level
- **Regular Supervision** with the management team, where your thoughts are listened to and action taken
- **Bonus** following completion of 6-month probation
- **Enhanced Pay Rate for Overtime**
- **Bank Holiday Pay Enhancements**
- **28 Days **Annual Leave including bank holidays
- **Private Healthcare** - money back on dental/opticians, support with mental wellbeing and much more
- **Private Pension Scheme** - we contribute to your future
- **Blue Light Card** - cost amount reimbursed
- **Regular Shift Patterns**
- **Permanent Full/Part Time Contracts **available

**About the Role**

You will be supporting and caring for vulnerable adults with a diagnosis of autism and/or learning disabilities in a supported living environment, whilst placing the individual at the centre of all support and decision making.

Your role will be to follow and implement the specialist support outlined in the individual’s bespoke support plans. Encourage and empower individuals to make their own choices and take control of decisions that affect their life. To strive for independence for the individual by teaching new skills and develop existing skills within their community setting.

Ensure personal needs are met, including daily life skills and daily activities.

**What are we looking for?**

Cedar Health and Wellbeing are looking for motivated, positive, and compassionate individuals to support vulnerable adults with Autism, Learning Disabilities, and Complex Needs in our new Residential Service.

This role would suit someone able to use their initiative and think creatively, and who is outcome based to meet the needs of its users in a welcoming and vibrant environment. You will receive all relevant training to the role and ongoing support will be provided for your role allowing you to build on your experience and achieve your career ambitions.

**What we expect from you**

Ability to work effectively and professionally as an individual and as part of a team. You will work within a core team, ensuring continuity in support whilst developing positive relationships with the individual.

You will possess an ability to problem solve and act on initiative whilst also being able to follow instruction. In challenging situations be able to consider risks associated and make measured decisions to enable success and adopt a reflective practice approach to further learning and development to achieve outcomes.

You will need to have a positive ‘can-do’ attitude and be; patient, calm, friendly, dedicated, caring, driven and understanding of other people’s needs.
- Be 18 years old or over
- Have the right to work in the UK
- Complete an Enhanced DBS (Criminal Record check)

**Desirable**
- Full UK driving licence
- A qualification Health and Social Care
- Experience working with individuals diagnosed with autism, learning disabilities and who may present with behaviours of concern

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

**Salary**: £10.50-£12.50 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance

Schedule:

- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Overtime
- Weekend availability