Support Worker

Support Worker
Pay rate: £12.90 per hour
Shift Long days, earlies or lates - alternate weekend work included
Full time or Part time available

Priory Adult Care is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist adult care services. Our aim is to provide the right support in the right home for all the individuals we accommodate. With community-based residential care settings, as well as a network of supported living services, we support adults over the age of 18 with autism, dementia, learning disabilities, mental health conditions, Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) and behaviours that challenge. We also offer a range of residential and nursing care settings for older people with varying levels of need.

At Priory, you'll have the opportunity to be part of something special. A closeknit, supportive and diverse team who help to make a real difference to people’s lives.

We offer full training and numerous career pathways, including our Nurse Apprenticeship program.

Our roles can be flexible around your lifestyle, either full or part time and with a variety of shift patterns including weekdays and weekends.

For further details on the site location and type of support provided, please review the additional information section.

Your positive attitude and passion for providing high quality care and support will be your key strengths, but you'll also have a friendly, patient and positive approach to work. You should be keen to learn and show compassion to care for the people we support.

You will provide support with day to day activities, whilst encouraging and promoting independent living. As part of our team, you’ll help people reach their potential, through both practical and emotional support, making a positive difference to their lives.

Our teams provide care and support for individuals with different conditions at Priory sites all across the UK.

It would be ideal if you have previous experience gained in a similar role. However whilst this is valuable, we are looking for individuals who display the right values and behaviours in order to make a difference to people’s lives. You should be keen to learn and show compassion to care for the people we support. Not only is full training provided, but there are numerous career pathways available to you, including our Nurse Apprenticeship program.

Benefits include:
A competitive salary

Enhanced disclosure cost coverage

Comprehensive induction and commitment to on-going training

Online benefits and cashback rewards

Cycle to work scheme

NEST pension option

**Responsibilities**:
Supporting with personal care tasks, such as washing, dressing, eating and personal care

Perform light housekeeping tasks, such as dusting, vacuuming, and changing bed clothes

Assist with safe lifting, transferring, repositioning and movement of individuals

Assistance and support to attend medical appointments

Observe, monitor, and record physical and emotional well-being, and quickly report any changes to senior staff

Encouragement to participate in social and recreational activities

Laburnum House is situated in Folkestone, in Kent. It offers residential support for six males and females who have a primary learning disability diagnosis, including people who are autistic or have Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). The home is ideally placed on a residential street near the town centre.

We offer a safe and homely environment, where all the people we care for can make their own choices about the support they receive. We encourage and support everyone at Laburnum House to recognise and identify their goals and ambitions, and we will support them to meet them.

Disclosure

We are an equal opportunity employer