Support Worker

1 week ago


Carrickfergus, United Kingdom Sense Full time

Looking for a new challenge?
Work with Sense and make a real difference to the lives of people we support and their families.
You don’t need any previous experience to become a support worker with Sense. We’ll give you full training for our part time and full time roles.
It's an exciting time at Sense, we now have an opportunity for Support Workers to join our residential day service in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland. Working 28 hours per week, with a variation of shifts over a 2 week rolling rota.
Edenvale Avenue is a 10 bedded residential service supporting individuals with sensory impairment and/or complex needs, a beautiful service, offering a supportive working environment which is commitment to quality, and an emphasis on training and development of our staff
The high staffing ratios reflect Sense’s commitment to provide high quality services that meet the unique needs of the people we support.

**We’re looking for enthusiastic applicants who are**:
Positive, with a can-do attitude.
Caring and empathetic.
Passionate about enhancing other people’s lives.
Willing to work towards relevant qualifications.
Here at Sense in Carrickfergus, we support people with complex disabilities to live the life they choose. Your priority will be empowering the people you support to live an independent life.
No two days will be the same
This role in Carrickfergus might include supporting people with:
Everyday tasks like cooking and cleaning.
Personal care and hygiene.
Finances.
Medication and wellbeing.
Working.
Going into the community for shopping or other trips.
Their social life and nightlife.
Everyone we support in is an individual, so their care is as unique as they are. You can see a more detailed description of duties in the job description attached at the bottom of this advert. Why work for Sense?
Sense is a national disability charity supporting everyone who is deafblind or has complex disabilities. We believe everyone should be able to take part in life, no matter their disability.
Our work empowers thousands of people who are deafblind or have complex disabilities to communicate, experience the world and fulfill their potential.
Work at Sense can be demanding and so isn’t for everyone, but it is also incredibly rewarding and valuable. Take a look at the video below to see why we do what we do.

**Benefits**:
24 days of annual leave plus bank holidays.
Matched pension contributions up to 5%.
Free life assurance policy.
Travel season ticket loans.
Enhanced sick pay.
Free Access NI.
A £350 refer-a-friend scheme.
Free access to over 100 online and face-to-face training courses, including the care certificate.
Ongoing development opportunities (such as our award winning Growing Stronger Leaders Together programme). Ready to make a difference?
To apply

**No agency submissions please**: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.



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