Bank Support Worker

**Bank Support Worker - Waterlooville & Denmead**

**Location: Waterlooville & Denmead**

**Salary: £12.16 per hour (Mon - Fri) to £15.08 per hour (Sat & Sun)**

**Contract Type: Bank**

**YOU **is a registered charity that has been providing care, support and advice for over 30 years to vulnerable people, working across Hampshire, Dorset, West Sussex and the Isle of Wight to give them the tools and resources they need to live independent, secure and valued lives.

**Essential Requirements**:
The successful Support Worker will have:

- Diploma Level 3 in Health & Social Care (or equivalent work experience)
- Experience of working with vulnerable people
- Understanding of promoting independence
- Be flexible and able to work shifts including evenings, weekends and bank holidays (and sleep-ins/waking night shifts if required)

**The Role**:
The essence of this role is listening to people, understanding people, being someone to talk to about any issues, and providing support and encouragement when there are problems. Assisting people with their day to day life, supporting them to make life choices, and achieving independence and their ambitions.

The people we support are looking for someone who is happy with a good sense of humour to work with them to achieve what they need when they need it. Their interests are wide and varied and include gardening, going to the cinema, going out for meals and lots of different leisure activities. They also want someone who is considerate when supporting with personal care and medication, able to offer cooking support and help to prevent the build up of debt through support with finances. They want a hardworking, polite, friendly and respectful person to do these things with.

**About You**:
Our Support Workers need to have:

- Experience of enabling people to achieve positive outcomes
- Understanding of the importance of completing paperwork such as support plans and risk assessments
- Understanding of the needs of people with a learning disability
- Knowledge of available benefits
- Ability to support clients with daily living skills
- Good communication skills: verbal, non verbal, and written
- Understanding of confidentiality and how this applies to clients

YOU has a strong value base, striving to be person-centred, innovative, trustworthy, can-do and excellent at all times, so it is important that you are as passionate about these principles as we are.

We are a disability confident employer.

**Our Benefits**

If you choose to begin a career with our organisation, you are guaranteed:

- Competitive rates of pay and paid travel time, including a higher mileage rate for car sharing.
- Enhanced annual leave entitlements, with the opportunity to buy and sell holiday.
- Matched pension scheme contributions, plus Death in Service Benefit and salary sacrifice options.
- Enhanced sick pay allowances and paid compassionate and emergency dependent leave.
- Excellent and professionally certified training, as well as access to fully-funded apprenticeship programmes.
- Real opportunities to develop in your profession.
- Free health and wellbeing advice via a 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
- Everything you need to carry out your role free of charge, which may include a mobile phone, safety equipment and other necessary technology, a uniform where applicable, and of course a nice cup of tea or coffee throughout your day
- Access to discounts across lots of your favourite stores and online shopping sites, as well as discounted bus travel on the First bus network.
- A company that is committed to its employees, valuing their knowledge, creativity and flexibility.
- The chance to work with amazing people.

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

**Salary**: £12.16-£15.08 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Referral programme

Shift:

- Day shift

Application question(s):

- Do you require VISA Sponsorship as unfortunately we do not currently offer this?

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person