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Role Description
Join Our Team as a Weekend Support Worker
Location:
Tadley, Hampshire
Salary
£12.60 per hour (£9,828 per annum) plus benefits. Sleep-ins are compulsory and are paid at an additional £50 per sleep.
Hours
15 hours per week, Saturdays and Sundays only.
Shifts - Early: 07:00am - 15:00pm
Late: 13:30pm - 21:30pm
Contract
Part Time, permanent.
Driving Requirement
A valid full UK manual driving license is essential in this role.
Right To Work
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer any skilled worker visas.
Essential Criteria
To be considered for this position, you will demonstrate exposure to the following areas of expertise:
* Complex Care Needs
* Behaviours that Challenge
* Autism, Learning Disabilities and Sight Loss
* Manual Handling/Hoisting/Personal Care
About You
Do you love helping people? Are you calm, caring, and resilient? Then we want you!
We're hiring team members who stay cool under pressure, are proactive and enthusiastic, and can handle challenging situations. If this sounds like you, apply now – we'd love to have you on our team!
What will you be doing?
As a Support Worker, you'll have the incredible opportunity to make a real difference in someone's life, guiding and empowering them to achieve their fullest potential!
You'll Be Right There With Them, Offering Support And Encouragement As They Navigate Challenges And Celebrate Successes. You'll Be Instrumental In Helping Someone Achieve Their Best Life! Here's What You'll Be Doing
* Daily Care & Support: Helping with personal care, meal preparation, medication, and other daily tasks.
* Building Relationships: Getting to know the people you support, understanding their needs, and helping them live life on their own terms.
* Social Engagement: Supporting activities like holiday’s, social events, and hobbies, ensuring everyone could enjoy what they love doing.
* Respect & Dignity: Ensuring that the individuals and their families are treated with the utmost respect, dignity, and equality.
Who you will be Supporting?
Fir Tree Lodge is a 10-bed purpose-built residential home, for adults with complex care needs, learning disabilities and sight loss. Some of the people we support do have behaviours that can challenge. However, with the support of our amazing team, who are positive, non-judgemental, and have a consistent approach, they deliver exceptional care!
As we are growing, we are looking to strengthen our support worker family, to share in future successes and fulfil and empower lives. The people we support all need a helping hand with all aspects of daily living, from personal care and making sure nutritional needs are met. Being physically fit is key, as some of the people we support are wheelchair users and also use hoists to support mobility.
The people we support are a very active and passionate group who spend a lot of time getting out and about and engaging within the local community. Some of the activities they love include, music therapy, arts and crafts, swimming and spending time in the accessible garden. Your support will help us to continue to create unforgettable moments and memories and provide the highest quality of care to the people we support!
For further information about Fir Tree Lodge, please click here
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Our Benefits
Why work for us?
At SeeAbility, we value your growth and well-being just as much as the support you provide, we can offer you:
* Comprehensive Training: Start with an extensive induction and continue developing your skills with face-to-face training, e-learning, and ongoing support.
* Career Progression: We support your ambitions, offering opportunities to achieve professional qualifications (Care Certificate, QCF levels 2-5).
* Recognition & Rewards: From excellence awards to long service recognition, your hard work won’t go unnoticed.
* Work-Life Balance: Enjoy up to 36 days of holiday with long service, flexible working options, and time off for life events.
* Financial Benefits: Discounts, cashback, pension schemes, and more, to help your money go further.
* Wellbeing Support: Access to a 24/7 employee assistance program, life assurance and sick pay.
* Refer a Friend: Receive £600 (Support Workers to Deputy only).
About Us
Registered as The Royal School for the Blind, SeeAbility is one of the oldest disability charities in the UK. This year we are celebrating our 225th anniversary, having pioneered specialist support across multiple generations since 1799!
We specialise in supporting people who have learning disabilities, autism, complex needs, who may also have sight loss. Our support ranges from providing person-centred support across our many supported-living and residential care provisions. Furthermore, we provide specialist eye-care services to children and adults alike and assists people with a disability to find paid employment for the very first time.
SeeAbility provides the resources and expertise that make this possible, we support people to live ambitious lives and achieve things they never thought possible.
Safer Recruitment
SeeAbility Is Committed To Safe And Fair Recruitment Practices, Safeguarding And Protecting Those Who We Support. It Is a Condition Of Employment That Perspective Employees Will Be Subject To The Following
* A criminal background check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (where appropriate).
* Documentary evidence to confirm your identity, current address, and the right to work in the UK.
* Health Declaration to ensure that you are medically suitable for the role you have been offered.
* References will be obtained to ensure satisfactory evidence of conduct in current or previous employment concerned with the provision of services relating to (a) health or social care, or (b) children or vulnerable adults.
These checks will be carried out and completed prior offering a date to start employment at SeeAbility’ s expense.
Diversity
We actively seek to attract and retain talent from diverse backgrounds, recognising that a wide range of perspectives strengthen our teams. In exceptional circumstances, the role is exempt from the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9, Part 1) which provides for the application of a genuine occupational requirement.
SeeAbility encourages applications from individuals of all identities, including those from underrepresented groups and those with a disability. We believe a diverse workforce drives innovation, creativity, and success. Everyone’s unique experiences and views are appreciated their opinion valued. We particularly welcome applications from those with a disability.
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