Role Description
Bank Support Worker
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1. Location: Honiton, Devon, EX14
2. Salary: £11.88 per hour + Benefits
3. Hours: Part-Time, Flexible, shift rota basis
Are you a calm, caring and a resilient person, who thrives on helping others to achieve?
Can you keep calm in a crisis and have had exposure to behaviours that challenge?
Do you live in the local area and have the Right to Work in the UK?
If you have answered YES to the above, you could be exactly what we are looking for. Come and be part of something extraordinary!
We are on the lookout for Bank Support Workers who are calm, patient, and resilient. You will need to have a consistent approach to assisting the people we support to engage in the interests they love.
Furthermore, as Support Worker you will be responsible for:
4. Daily activities such as personal care; laundry; meal preparation; medication and administration
5. Getting to know the people you will care for and help them to live the life they want to live
6. Taking personal responsibility for the quality of care and assistance delivered to the people you will care for
7. Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people you will take care of
8. Helping the people you will assist plan towards and achieve both short and long term aims
9. Planning and be in favour of activities, such as vacations, learning and social engagements always being creative and exploring new opportunities
10. Assisting the people, you will assist to manage their personal affairs making, preparing for, and attending any appointments
11. Ensuring the people, you will assist and their families, are treated with respect, dignity, and equality
12. To work in accordance with SeeAbility’s values
We are looking for someone who can devote couple of hours per week and are willing to work on a shift rota basis, covering mornings, evenings and weekends.
Who will you be supporting?
At Devon Support Service we support 8 adults with a range of disabilities including cerebral palsy, autism, learning disabilities and brain injury. The range of disabilities we support here goes from just supporting to do daily chores with a lot of independence, to full support in every aspect of their day. People at Honiton location are a very active group who spend a lot of time getting out to shops, pubs, clubs, cinema, bowling, gym and swimming. We love engaging with the local community and participating in different interest meetings starting from phonographic society meetings to supporting at a radio station where a person we support has a show. We are very creative group and we always trying new things like in-house crafting, farming and working outside of the Service. If you are looking to make a real difference, Devon Support Service is the place for you!
Responsibilities
13. Providing direct support when displaying behaviours to enable them to participate in a wide range of activities
14. Ensure good working practice including understanding and awareness of health and safety
15. To promote independence and develop skills whilst assisting with all tasks necessary to ensure positive life experiences
16. To work positively with other agencies, parents, carers, and other services to ensure person-centred care for people we support
17. Develop and contribute to the maintenance of records and support plans and function as a Key worker when required
18. To support our people to maintain a clean-living environment appropriate to meet their individual needs
19. To participate in regular and ongoing training relevant to everyone's needs
Our Benefits
Your rewards
Our colleagues at SeeAbility are extremely valued, and so everyone has access to a fantastic package of benefits.
Your extraordinary opportunities
20. Leadership development academy and talent programme for the next steps in your career
21. Fully paid essential training
22. Funded professional qualifications – Care Certificate, QCF levels 2-5 available
23. Annual excellence awards
24. Long service awards and recognition
25. Quarterly 1:1s : Opportunity to discuss your progress and your future
26. We are a Living Wage Employer
27. Free Winter Breakfast Club – January to March
Your work-life balance
28. 28 days holiday (incl. bank holidays), increasing to 36 days with long service (1 extra day for each year of service)
29. Life events - Time off when you need it most
30. Flexible working - We are up for anything that works for your team and the wider organisation
Your money goes further
31. Discounts and cashback at hundreds of shops, restaurants, and activities
32. Eligible for Blue Light Card discounts
33. Save 10% on monthly bus travel
34. Pay reviews and commitment to pay competitive rates
35. Employer contributory pension scheme - Support and tools to help you make the right decisions about your future
36. Refer a friend and receive £600 (Support Workers to Deputy only)
37. Paid DBS and renewals
38. Season ticket loans
39. Cycle to Work Scheme
40. Discounted mobile phone options
Your wellbeing counts
41. Life assurance of 2x annual salary
42. Organisational Sick Pay Scheme after 6 months service starting at 2 weeks and increases with service up to 12 weeks at 3 years' service
43. Free 24/7 employee assistance programme for advice and support
44. Free eye care vouchers
45. Discounted gym membership
Training and Development
At SeeAbility, we fully support your training and development. You will start with an extensive Induction programme and throughout your probationary period you have face-to-face training, e-learning, and guidance to support you whilst in your new role.
Your continued development is important to us, therefore, SeeAbility offer the means to progress your career, your way! You will learn and have support in your role, and have the opportunity achieve professional qualifications - Care Certificate, QCF levels 2-5, which are funded by SeeAbility!
Safer Recruitment and Diversity
SeeAbility safeguards and promotes the welfare of the young people and adults we support. Therefore, we collaborate with successful candidates to complete appropriate vetting checks prior to joining.
SeeAbility is committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity, and embracing inclusion among our workforces. We want our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and the people we support.
About The Company