Support Worker
Part time (23 hours per week) and Relief contracts available
Wrenthorpe
Salary £12.21 per hour
If you are passionate and have a genuine desire to help others, we are looking for Support Workers to come and join our dedicated team to help support individuals to live an independent and fulfilling life.
Real Life Options is a registered charity currently going through a period of growth, and we are continuing to search for permanent contracted Support Workers who really want to make an impact on the lives of the people we support.
The role
Rodger Lane is a supported living service. We support 6 residents with complex needs and nonverbal communication to develop new skills and explore new activities that they may enjoy.
We deliver creative, dynamic and person-centered care, providing a range of individualised support to people living in shared supported living properties and individual tenancies.
Our service users require full support with all aspects of their personal care, eating and drinking.
Staff are required to support with cooking, cleaning, medication, and providing access to the wider community to carry out activities of their choice.
We also support service users on holidays.
We have 2 house vehicles which we use daily to attend day opportunities and appointments so a driver would be desirable for this position.
Keeping relevant documentation and care plans up to date is an essential part of the role so we are looking for support workers with excellent communication skills – both verbal and written
Shifts
We are a 24 hour service offering support 365 days a year.
Shifts will be a variation of long and short, generally between 7am and 10pm on a rota basis.
Short days 7 – 3pm or 2pm – 10pm or 5pm – 10pm
Long days 7am - 10pm
Previous experience is desirable for this position although full training will be provided.
Driver preferable,
There is a high level of manual handling involved in this role, including wheelchairs and hoisting.
An enhanced DBS is required for this role.
Benefits and Rewards
1. A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
2. Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job
3. An employer contributory pension scheme
4. Mileage paid at 35p per mile flat rate up to 10,000 mile per year
In addition to the above you also have access to the following great benefits:
5. Health Cash Plan (for full/part time contracted hours)
6. £10,000 Life cover
7. A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
8. A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
9. Cycle to Work Scheme
10. A financial wellbeing scheme
11. Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
12. Recognition Initiatives
We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are:
Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence
If you can circle 6 or more of the skills below, then you could be the person we are looking for:
Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values – Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive
Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.
Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.