Support Worker

**Are you looking to make a positive difference to people’s lives?**

**Position**: Support Worker

**Salary**: £9.00 - £9.35 per hour

**Service**: Ty Machen, Caerphilly

**Our Benefits**
- Dedicated career ladder for those with NVQ level 2 or 3 earn up to £9.35 per hour.
- Free DBS
- Life assurance benefit of twice annual basic salary
- Wagestream - Avoid bank fees and withdraw up to 40% of your wages as you earn them before payday via the Wagestream app.
- Comprehensive induction and excellent training
- Recognition Awards, including long service awards
- Cycle to work Scheme
- Refer a friend scheme - Receiving up to £500 per referral
- Employee benefits platform providing discounts at over 150 retailers
- Employee Assistance Programme, confidential telephone counselling and legal advice
- Health & Wellbeing portal

**About the Role**

Ty Machen, a pleasant bungalow surrounded by beautiful grounds is situated in the small village of Machen, a short distance from the city of Newport. This residential service provides support to individuals with learning disabilities, autism, challengingbehaviour and complex health needs.

Individuals are encouraged to be a part of their local community and to utilise the local amenities, either on their own, with support, or in groups. e.g. swimming, bowling, cinema visits, eating out and trying new activities. The focus is very much on supportingpeople to achieve their goals and aspirations and to have positive outcomes. To increase confidence and to get involved in daily living skills, individuals at Ty Machen are actively involved in cooking and general household duties.

You’ll be responsible for supporting an inclusive lifestyle within the community as individuals attend local colleges or day trips out. Develop greater independence and daily living skills by assisting with the upkeep of the service, preparing meals, shoppingand domestic duties. Providing help with personal care such as washing, bathing and dressing whilst working across various shift patterns including early, late and weekend or night shifts. Full time and part time positions are available.

If you enjoy working as part of a team, are patient and caring with a positive attitude and are looking to join a growing organisation with great benefits, we would love to hear from you. **You may be new to care, already have experience in the social care sector or the NHS as a Mental Health Support Worker, Care Worker, Healthcare Assistant or Care Assistant.** We also recruit for attitude and personality so, if you don’t haveall the right skills, we can provide a full induction, relevant training and the support you need to get the most from your role.

It is a requirement that all workers within the Health and Social Care Sector are registered with Social Care Wales. Consensus Support Services will reimburse you the registration fee of £30.

**Our Values**

We employ people who share in our values so we can ensure the highest standards of support for the people who live in our homes, their families and the commissioners we work with.
- **Choice & Respect, Ambition & Imagination, Reliability & Professionalism**:

- **Honesty & Integrity, Responsibility & Accountability, Inclusive & Supportive**

As a leading provider, our commitment to delivering the highest standards of support within our services is nationally recognised and validated by the many awards we receive, the consistently high ratings we receive from national regulators and our ethosof continuous improvement. **: