Casual Support Worker

**Casual Support Worker**

**Flexible role supporting people with mental health conditions and learning disabilities**

**Location**:Letchworth
**Salary**:£11.53 per hour (inclusive of applicable allowances and entitlements)
**Working Hours**:Mon-Sun (including evenings, days, weekends and holidays)

**Job ref: HER-LGC-SER-003041**

**_ Please note a driver's license and access to own vehicle are essential for this role_**
- Do you want to support your community? Looking for flexible working hours?_
- We’re looking to take on Casual Support Workers to help us support people with learning disabilities or mental health conditions throughout this time of uncertainty._
- If you are passionate about improving the lives of local, vulnerable people and are determined to support those who need it more than ever then this could be the opportunity for you _
- We’re hoping to bring people together at a difficult time - you could help us._
- Working in support isn’t just another job. This could be a great opportunity for you to develop skills for life and try something new whilst simultaneously helping people who need that extra support._

**About the role**

As a Support Worker, you will help people with mental health conditions or learning disabilities in their home or out in the community. This might include motivating someone to eat healthily, visit the gym or providing support to a person with emotional problems.

You will be working in an environment which encourages a person-centred approach to enable customers to realise their hopes, dreams and aspirations. Providing support to individuals to meet their particular needs as identified within their support plan enabling them to make informed choices while promoting their privacy and dignity. Duties may include (but are not limited to):

- Laundry and housework
- Food preparation and cooking
- Budgeting and shopping
- Monitoring and/or administering medications
- Being active in the community (employment, study, volunteering and/or leisure activities)
- Maintaining relationships with family and friends
- Social activities
- Support with finding employment
- Accompanying customers to appointments and/or on excursions
- Working in partnership with other agencies and organisations

**For more information about this vacancy or an informal chat please call Support Manager Justine on
07711 470 004
**About You**

We would love to hear from you if you are passionate about improving the lives of local, vulnerable people. If you think a Support Worker role sounds right for you, you will need to:

- Be flexible to work on a rolling rota
- Be good at working on your own and within a team
- Be excellent at communicating with people
- Be able to complete good quality support records
- Have good IT skills

**_ Please note a driving licence and access to your own vehicle are essential for this role_**

**About Advance**

Advance is a well-established, national, charitable organisation which provide support for adults with learning disabilities and mental health conditions living in the community. We are an equal opportunities employer who values our staff and the difference that they make to our customers. Whatever our role in the company, we all share a pride in what we do and use PRIDE to define how we all behave.

At Advance we are proud of the work we do and the difference we make to our customers lives every day. We couldn't do this without our staff and we recognize that our people are our greatest asset. This is why we invest in the training and development of our staff, to enable them to gain industry recognized qualifications and support them in realizing their own career aspirations.

**Benefits of working for Advance**
- We’re a national, charitable organisation, supporting thousands of people across the U.K. We value our staff and the difference they make to the lives of our customers, which is why we offer the following benefits:_
- Flexible hours to fit around you and the needs of our customers
- Paid mileage and travel time between appointments
- Paid holiday
- Full, professional training and the opportunity to work towards care qualifications
- Free DBS check
- Support from an experienced team leader
- Excellent opportunities to progress your career within Advance
- Enrolment in a pension scheme with matched contributions above the statutory minimum (if you work enough hours to meet the threshold for enrolment)

Advance is regulated by the Regulator of Social Housing and the Care Quality Commission and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support. You will be required to provide evidence of right to work. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be covered by Advance.