Support Worker - Hedgerows Residential Service
Role Responsibility
We are looking for a Support Worker to join our team at Hedgerows residential service in Staplehurst.
Hedgerows offers short break stays for up to four people giving them and their caregiver a break.
It's a really rewarding role and due to the service offering short breaks you get to know lots of different people who come at stay at Hedgerows, every stay is different.
The role requires shift work, which includes morning, evening, weekends, and nights. this is a part time post.
The yearly salary is between £26,393- £27,713 pro rata, and with enhancements for bank holidays, an allowance of £41.04 for sleep in duties and the potential to work overtime for enhanced money, it does increase the basic salary. Just adding a sleep-in duty once a week to your basic salary could give you more than an extra £2k a year.
We have other financial benefits to offer for example, Kent Rewards (including Childcare Vouchers, Cycle 2 Work and high street shops discounts), 10% discount at Adult Education and a great annual leave entitlement of 27 day pro rata plus bank holidays.
This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.
We are unable to consider applications from individuals requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship.
It is an occupational requirement for the worker to be female, This post is subject to a Genuine Occupational Requirement under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1
Interview dates will be offered on successful short listing.
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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.
Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.