Bank Support Worker
Reference
PRI100429
Location
Laburnum House & Treetops, 41 Grimston Avenue, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2QD
Priory Group Division
Adult Care
Salary
£12.90 per hour
Hours
Bank
Vacancy Type
Bank
Job Advert Location Description
Laburnum House is situated in Folkestone, in Kent. It offers residential support for six males and females who have a primary learning disability diagnosis, including people who are autistic or have Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). The home is ideally placed on a residential street near the town centre.
We offer a safe and homely environment, where all the people we care for can make their own choices about the support they receive. We encourage and support everyone at Laburnum House to recognise and identify their goals and ambitions, and we will support them to meet them.
We can also support those who have:
1. Mental health needs
2. Difficulties with communication
3. Mild to moderate behaviours that challenge
4. Epilepsy
Job Advert Role Description
As a Support Worker you will be a key member of our team, providing high standards of person-centred support and care to our service users. Through a creative and caring approach, you will build good relationships with both service users and their families, supporting service users in the planning of goals and in living as independently as possible. Both personal care and participation in activities are key tasks for the role, so energy and initiative is vital; experience however is not essential, providing you have a willingness to learn and the compassion and patience needed to support.
What we’d like from you:
5. Excellent communication skills
6. Effective organisational capability
7. Great team player
8. Flexibility to respond to the changing needs of those who we support
9. Strong “can do” attitude
What we’d like to give you:
10. A competitive salary
11. Enhanced disclosure cost coverage
12. Comprehensive induction and commitment to ongoing training
13. Online benefits and cashback rewards
Division DBS info
Disclosure
All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland, and the cost of this will be covered by Priory. We are an equal opportunities employer.
Closing Date
06/07/2025