Overview
Relief Support Worker
Salary: £12.21 per hour. Immediate interviews available. We are looking for people to join our small, friendly and welcoming team in Bidford-on-Avon, where you will have the opportunity to enhance people’s lives. We deliver creative, dynamic and person-centred services providing a range of individualised support to people living in shared supported living. You will be supporting 4 people with learning disabilities in their own home, helping them to be empowered in making their own decisions and choices about their everyday lives, in a person-centred way.
Responsibilities
* Support 4 people with learning disabilities in their own home, enabling person-centred decisions about daily living.
* Assist with choosing, preparing and cooking meals.
* Provide personal care and support with medication administration as required.
* Offer budgeting guidance and assist with domestic tasks.
* Support finding new interests and social activities, including outings and using public transport.
* Assist with holidays, food shopping, and liaising with families and professionals (GPs, dentists, opticians).
* Collaborate with the team to empower individuals and support their choices about everyday life.
You will have a rewarding role working with a great team and the chance to make a real difference. Real Life Options will support your career path to learn, develop and grow. Flexible employment opportunities include days, evenings, weekends and sleepovers. Use of your own vehicle is advantageous but not essential as we encourage the people we support to use public transport. A DBS check is required.
Qualifications
* Previous experience is desirable; full training will be provided.
* Enhanced adult DBS is required for this role.
* Availability across days, evenings, weekends and sleepovers; driving is an asset but not essential.
Benefits
* A minimum of 28 days paid holiday per year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time staff).
* Accredited training giving you knowledge and skills to deliver a first-rate job.
* Employer contributory pension scheme.
* Health Cash Plan (for full/part-time contracted hours).
* £10,000 life cover.
* Free Employee Assistance Programme (medical helpline, counselling, debt, financial and legal information).
* Reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services.
* Cycle to Work Scheme.
* Financial wellbeing scheme.
* Refer a Friend incentive (terms and conditions apply).
* Recognition initiatives.
We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do: Respect, Honesty, Responsibility and Excellence.
Real Life Options is an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment, where all individuals are treated with dignity and respect. If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that may affect your performance in selection, we will be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best; please let us know.
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