Support Worker

2 weeks ago

Ipswich, United Kingdom NFP People LTD Full time

**Support Worker / Senior Support Worker**

We have an exciting opportunity for a Support Worker to join a dedicated team in Ipswich.

Be there when it matters

There has never been a more important time to provide high quality, specialist end-of-life care to support patients and their families.

**Title**: Support Worker / Senior Support Worker

**Location**: Ipswich

**Salary**: £9.09 - £11.59 per hour + Enhancements

**Hours**: Full time & Part time hours available.

**Contract**: Permanent

**About the role**:
As a Support worker you will provide support for people with disabilities to live in supported housing to achieve their potential for independence. Flexibility will be needed to meet the changing needs of the service users as well as building a good professionalworking relationship with service users, families, other professionals, agencies and members of the community.

**Key responsibilities**:

- To promote choice in the delivery of care and support. Reviewing and making suggestions to enhance the individuals’ experience. Enabling concerns and complaints to be raised freely by the individual and/or their representatives
- To participate openly and honestly in any investigation regarding care delivery
- To provide a high standard of personal care to service users in a sensitive and respectful manner
- To monitor the physical and emotional well-being of all service users in order to be aware of changes and to alert senior colleagues as necessary
- To work with therapists/team members to ensure optimum cognitive, social, emotional, physical and functional recovery
- To ensure that rehabilitation goals, strategies and procedures are implemented and reinforced throughout the 24 hour period
- To assist in maintaining morale of service users s by communication and contact - achieved by talking and working with them
- To attend to and assist service users in achieving a high standard of physical care, including diet, hygiene and appearance

**Skills & experience required**:

- Understanding of health/social care sector work
- Experience of working within a team
- Care delivery experience an advantage
- Numerate and literate
- Skilled in interacting with all types of people

**Enhancements**:

- 8.00 pm to 6.00 am (nights) 30%
- Friday midnight to Sunday midnight (weekends) 45%
- Public Holidays 24 hours midnight to midnight 60%
- 25 days holiday rising to 30 with service plus bank holidays

**Benefits**:

- Option to buy and sell holiday up to five days
- Private pension matched at 5%
- Enhanced Maternity Benefits
- Cash referral bonus scheme for certain roles
- Carers leave policy
- 24 hour employee assistance line for free advice on work, family and personal life
- PeoplePerks - discounts with hundreds of retailers and services that can amount to an average annual saving of GBP 350
- Staff discount of 15% on new goods at the online shop
- Free onsite parking and good transport links
- Susidised meals
- Staff loans and company car loans
- Free uniform
- Wellbeing centre and free will writing service
- Opportunities to progress through our development framework structure

If you want more than just a job, we want you.

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Support Worker, Home Carer, Care Worker, Health Care Assistant, Support Worker, Nurses, Social Care Worker, Care Assistant, Mental Health Care Worker, Palliative Care, etc.

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