Support Worker

2 weeks ago

Chard, United Kingdom Discovery Full time

Are you looking for a job where you can make a real difference in your local community? **Discovery **is currently seeking **Support Workers **to empower the independence of one gentleman with **Learning Disabilities **and **Autism **in his home in **Chard.**

Discovery **Support Workers** do not need prior experience in **Health Care Assistant** or **Social Care** roles as full training is given.

The gentlemen we support has epilepsy and learning disabilities, he enjoys a wide range of activities both at home and in the local area. Activities **Support Workers **may take part in with him include:

- Helping with meal planning so he can stay on track with his slimming world mission
- Going swimming at the local pool on a Tuesday and Thursday
- Visits to The Barley Mow or local Wetherspoon’s for coffee and a spot of lunch
- Late evenings getting lost in episodes of Police Interceptors and The Chase
- Spending time with him at his favourite day service
- Enabling independence by assisting with day-to-day tasks (which include - but are not limited to - finances, shopping, cooking & personal care)

This gentleman loves to know what is going on in the world around him. He likes to keep up to date with current affairs and know what his support workers get up to

**Benefits for Support Workers include**:

- Pay rate of £10.50 per hour (10% overtime uplift), £30.50 per sleep in
- Flexible shift patterns to suit your needs. Full and part-time roles available
- 30 days paid Annual Leave (including public holidays - pro rata)
- Opportunities for career progression
- High Street Discounts - Retail and Entertainment (supermarkets, hospitality, pubs, cinema etc.)
- Life Assurance and Company Pension
- Industry leading training
- Enhanced DBS paid for by us
- We will need you to be able to commit to undertake 3 sleep-in shifts a fortnight
- We want you to be happy to work within our values of ambition, courage, integrity, partnership and respect
- We know that you make a real difference to the lives of the people we support and their loved ones.
- It would be advantageous (but not essential) if you are a driver with access to a vehicle

**About us**:
Discovery is about people. We are ambitious for the people we support and our colleagues. We want the people we support to have fulfilling lives and we want our colleagues to have great careers with us.

This role requires an enhanced DBS Disclosure, which will be obtained for you by Discovery.

Discovery is an equal opportunities employer that values diversity and is strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. Discovery are Disability Confident Committed and we guarantee to interview all applicants who let us know they have a disability and meet the minimum essential criteria for this role.

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