Support Worker

**Job description**

We Support are recruiting for full time permanent Support Workers for our Supported Living Services in **Trafford**.

We provide support for adults with learning disabilities in supported living properties across Cheshire West and Greater Manchester as well as provide daily outreach support.

**Role -**
- ** Working from several supported living services across Trafford**:

- Permanent role, supporting male & female service users in their homes.
- Experience with personal care and challenging behaviours is required.
- Additional training will be provided.
- Extremely rewarding.
- Working as part of a small team or on a 1:1 basis
- Min. 35 hrs over 3-4 shifts with at least 1 sleep (on average, per week)
- Hours over a 6-week bespoke rota, given in advance.
- Working alternate weekends
- Driver needed - Use of own vehicle with business use an advantage. Motability vehicles are also available for most services.
- ** £22K+ yearly (Based on £12.00 p/h plus £65 sleep allowance)**

Based in a hub of services across Trafford, you will have access to lots of support and training from experienced colleagues and managers. They will help you to achieve a rewarding and fulfilling career, supporting vulnerable adults to live happy and meaningful lives. You will help those you support to learn valuable life skills by doing things such as going shopping, helping them to cook their meals, or attend activities such as the cinema or bowling. Without you they would not be able to live an independent and enriched life and so you get to feel great about the care you provide and go home feeling that you have made a difference to someone’s life.

For most of our roles no experience is required. If you are a caring, compassionate and dedicated person who wants to help others, you have the skills we are looking for.

**Benefits -**
- 5.6 weeks annual leave
- Pension scheme
- Free DBS
- Opportunities for promotion
- Company incentives & offers, like store discounts.
- Overtime available
- Free NVQ training
- Refer-a-Friend scheme.
- Company events

**General Information -**
- Fixed rolling shift pattern assigned to you so that you know your regular hours of work on an ongoing basis
- There is lots of opportunity to pick up extra shifts but there is no obligation to do so, as we value a healthy work life balance. You will not be allocated extra shifts if you do not want them
- You will have access to lots of support from great managers and opportunity to complete an NVQ
- Progression opportunities do become available and are open to all existing employees prior to external recruitment.
- You will generally work in the same house on each shift. There is generally no travelling between services once you start work, and you will build strong and meaningful relationships with the people you support and your colleagues.
- Most of the people we support have their own Motability Vehicles so for those of you who drive there is normally no need to use your own car.

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

**Salary**: From £22,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Store discount.

Shift:

- Day shift

Application question(s):

- Do you reside in the UK?
- Do you require sponsorship?

**Experience**:

- support worker: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

**Salary**: From £22,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Store discount

**Shift**:

- Day shift

Application question(s):

- Do you reside in the UK?

Do you require sponsorship?

**Education**:

- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Home care: 1 year (required)

**Language**:

- English (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (required)

**Ability to Commute**:

- Trafford, Greater Manchester (required)

**Ability to Relocate**:

- Trafford, Greater Manchester: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 010324MB

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