Support Worker

**A Full UK Manual Driving Licence is needed for this role** **Are you looking for a meaningful career? Would you like the opportunity to become a dedicated Support Worker, helping individuals with learning disabilities live the best life possible?**We are looking for **Support Workers** to join our growing team in **Ellesmere Port - Cheshire. Experience is not essential** as we will provide you with support and training to become a confident **Support Worker**. Hft is a charity that supports adults with learning disabilities. We believe in a world where anyone with a learning disability can live within their community with all the choice and support they need to live the best life possible. We are looking for people who are naturally caring and compassionate and align with our values.**We offer**
- **Annual Leave**: 33 days (including 8 days statutory bank holidays)
- **Wage incentives**: 20% bank holidays’ allowance with an increased rate of 50% for key dates over Christmas.
- **Apprenticeships**: Earn whilst gaining a fully funded Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care
- **Training**: Access to award winning training and development
- **Wagestream**: Allows you to flexibly access your pay throughout the month and utilise a range of financial support, through its dedicated app
- **Aviva Digicare + workplace**: Access to wellbeing services including health checks, Digital GP and mental health support.
- **TELUS health**: A 24/service, completely confidential counselling and support platform and helpline that is free for all colleagues to use.
- **Discounted mobile ‘phone contracts.** As an Hft employee, you’ll be able to take advantage of Vodafone’s Employee Advantage programme, giving you up to 30% off.
- **Care Friends**: Employee referral app - earn money for referring your friends to work for Hft.
- **Free life assurance** - 3 x your annual salary
- **Family friendly policies** - Part time, annualised and compressed hours. Generous return to work bonus following maternity leave

**What will you be doing?** - You’ll be supporting individuals with Learning Difficulties between the ages of 20- 60 in their own home. Supporting individuals it can be a busy house and lots of coming and going. You’ll be involved in supporting them in all activities of daily living as need to help them to live their lives how they want to. You will empower them to make decisions for themselves, achieve their own dreams, goals and aspirations. You will support them to ensure they are actively involved in their local community. Assisting them to make maintain relationships with friends and family and support them to be as independent as possible by assisting them to learn life skills such as cooking and cleaning, managing finances, socialising and support in engaging in meaningful hobbies/activities. The people you will be supporting would like you to be patient, outgoing but not loud. They have also expressed that they would like someone who enjoys the outdoors, watching films, trains, and discos.This is your opportunity to make a real difference to people's lives. **Full and part time opportunities available.** You will need to have flexibility to work shifts, including sleep in nights, weekends and bank holidays.
- **Type of service-** supported living and transition
- supporting individuals with learning disabilities.
- **Working hours**: We are looking for people who are able to work 30 or more per week
- **Location**:

- Ellesmere Port
- **Salary
- £12 p/h**:

- **Working hours** - early and late shifts and some weekends
- Up to 50% bank holiday allowance**:

- Sleep ins at the service are £51.75 per shift + 12.07% (holiday pay)

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

Pay: £12.00 per hour

Physical Setting:

- Care home
- Homecare
- Residential home

Shift:

- Day shift
- Night shift

Work days:

- Every weekend
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Ellesmere Port, Cheshire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Do you require sponsorship to work in the UK?

Licence/Certification:

- UK Manual Driving licence (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person