Support Worker

3 weeks ago

Skelmersdale, United Kingdom Alternative Futures Group Full time
Support Worker - 39 hours per week, Permanent, Skelmersdale, Driver Essential

Being a Support Worker at AFG is a hugely rewarding role and could be your first step on a long and happy career in Health & Social Care. 

So, what does a Support Worker do?

We have a vision to create a world where people control their lives.  Here at AFG, we pride ourselves on helping the people we support to design, develop and ‘own’ the support they receive by planning this with them; we support people to make informed choices and increase their own independence; and we support people to maintain their own health, wellbeing and living environment.  These principles are really important to us.

Our Support Workers work in a variety of settings including community-based services (often supporting people in their own homes) to our Treatment & Recovery Centres. 

One thing that is common across all of our services is a focus on personalised support and tailoring our services to the needs and aspirations of the people we support with a diverse range of care needs (including Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Mental Health Concerns, Complex Care, Substance Misuse issues to name a few). 

We value the people that work with us…

At AFG we recognise the contribution and value that our staff make.  We would not be able to provide the life changing support that we do without people like you  In return for your contribution we will support you throughout your career and we provide a wide range of employee benefits, career development (including opportunities to undertake vocational qualifications) and lifestyle support services to ensure that you too feel supported, fulfilled and valued from day one of your employment with us.

About you…

There are a few things that we look for in all of our support workers; we would need you to…

  • be a good communicator (verbally and in writing)
  • be patient, confident and enthusiastic about caring for others
  • be able to use your own initiative
  • be able to work as part of a team
  • have flexibility to work a varied shift pattern to provide 24-hour support
  • share our AFG values

We don’t ask for any other relevant training or a previous career in care as full training will be provided – you just need a willingness to learn and develop.

Your pay  -  our Support Workers receive a rate of £ per hour for all worked hours. Once you are successful for a role with us, full details of your pay will be included in your written offer. 

As a ‘values based’ employer, the people that work for us genuinely care about the people they support, and we are seeking likeminded people to join our AFG family.  If you are passionate about caring for others and have a real desire to make a positive difference to the lives of the people we support then we would love to hear from you.

More about this
We asked the Team Leader to tell us more about this role and the amazing person that we need to work here.

Where is this vacancy based?
 This vacancy is based in Skelmersdale.

Who do you support?
We support 4 gentlemen all with varying disabilities two none verbal one loves to tell jokes and loves people around. all service users have a car and love to be out and about in the community. We enjoy days out to The Lakes, Blackpool, Lancaster to name a few. The people we support love eating out and do this often over the week. 

Where do they live?
In a four bedroom detached property looks like a Spanish villa in Skelmersdale

What would a typical shift be like?
Shifts start at there is always two staff on to assist the people we support with their personal care. Two need full support 2 can do there own personal care with support.

Breakfast and medications first then onto personal care. Then support staff will do household chores. Then its out in the community doing things that they want to do go to park go for a walk visit places like Blackpool. 

What activities do the people that we support at this property like to do?
All four love to be out in community driving in their cars. One loves planes and being at the airport and listening to pilots on his radio, he also loves attending college. A gent loves to tell jokes and goes home to his mum every weekend and going to the disco and the pub and going on holiday with is mum to Blackpool to go on the trams one loves his holidays and has regular holidays to lakes, loves trains and eating out loves walking and being in his car. 

Are there any skills or interests that a candidate could have that would be great to use to support this service?
Drivers as the people we support all have cars, basic cooking skills is required and  someone who loves to be out walking

What is the team here or is it lone-working?
This is a well established team and they will fully support you and during day sometimes three staff are on shift you have a team leader and after 5 and weekends we have a on call team to offer support

What are your shift patterns?
8:00-23:00 sleep 7 days 8:00-20:00 two days 8:00-18:00 on four days

We hope this has given you more insight into this role and we hope to see your application soon.

Please note our Support Workers are contracted by area therefore flexibility is essential to work in other services where required.

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