Overview
As a Female Support Worker in our new homecare service in Bethesda and Bangor, Gwynedd you’ll help make the everyday remarkable for the people we support. We are dedicated to supporting adults to live a fulfilled and enriched life in the community, as a Female Support Worker, you can play a vital role in this.
Location: Homecare across Bethesda area and Bangor, Gwynedd
Hours: We have both part time (minimum 10 hours per week) and full time hours (maximum 37 hours per week), please speak to us about the hours you are looking to do. Your shift pattern will include weekends but no sleep ins. Typical shifts are:
7am to 2.30pm
4pm to 10pm
Salary:£12.74 per hour and our travel expenses is paid 45p per mile
Contract: Permanent
Interviews: We are looking to interview as soon as possible so would encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity
What you’ll be doing: This is a brand-new service for Cartrefi so you’ll be joining us at an exciting time to really help us shape this new caring support service. In this role, you’ll actively support individuals in making their own choices and set their own goals — whether it’s everyday decisions like what to wear, eat, or do, or something bigger such as where to live, how to manage their finances, or where to go on holiday. As a trusted Female Support Worker, youll empower people to follow through on these choices, including taking part in structured activities that build confidence and develop new skills. You’ll also offer practical support to help them meet responsibilities like paying bills, maintaining their homes, being good neighbours, and staying connected with friends and family. Your goal is to make everyday remarkable through enhancing well-being and focusing on the small, meaningful moments that bring joy and purpose. By offering this kind of person-centred support every day, this truly is a fun and rewarding role for the right person.
Responsibilities
* Support individuals in making their own choices and setting goals.
* Assist with daily activities and practical tasks to maintain independence.
* Provide person-centred support, building confidence and new skills.
* Help with paying bills, maintaining homes, staying connected with friends and family.
Who we are looking for
No experience required as full training is provided. We’d love to hear from you if you:
* Have patience and empathy
* Can support a person with their intimate personal care with respect and dignity
* Have strong communication and teamwork skills
* Are able to speak on behalf of others as well as to a range of professional people
* Have good written skills and the ability to record events with empathy and meaning
* Have a full driving licence - essential for transporting individuals to appointments and activities
* Have access to your own car and happy to use this for transporting people we support to and from activities
* Are happy to obtain business insurance for your vehicle (carted by us) and we pay 45p per mile
* Have Welsh language skills (preferred) so you can effectively communicate with Welsh-speaking service users
Our Benefits
* Excellent training and development opportunities to achieve qualifications
* 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service with the option to buy and sell leave
* Benevolent Fund, confidential financial wellbeing resource available to our colleagues
* Health and Wellbeing programme - 24 hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme
* Refer a Friend - Referral Programme
* Company pension
* Cycle to work scheme
* Benefits and discount platform
* Eligibility for Blue Light discount card
About Us
Our mission is to build a better future by focusing on people with learning disabilities and their families. We strive to be a great support provider for the individuals and families that we support, our employees, our partners and funders, and the communities in which we work. We’re a Cooperative, which means putting people at the heart of our decision making and support.
Our Values
We’ve made a promise to the people we support, setting out our commitments to them and how they can expect to be supported, our values include: Honesty, Trust, Kindness, Respect, Wellbeing
Please note we reserve the right to close this advert early so we would encourage you to apply early for this position.
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