Role Overview
Location – Great Moor, Stockport. Working Pattern – 37.5 hours per week, worked flexibly over five days. Weekend working will be required. Shift timings are (early’s) 07:50 - 15:50 or (lates) 15:30 - 22:30. Salary – £26,230 per annum (£13.45 per hour). Time and a quarter enhancement for all weekend hours worked. Sleep‑in payment of £107.60 for any sleep shifts worked.
We are a not‑for‑profit charitable trust, so every penny goes back into benefiting the people that we support.
Role Summary
You will be a Specialist Community Support Worker in our supported living service, providing care, support and promoting independence and inclusion within the local community.
Responsibilities
* Work alone or as part of a team, maintaining and encouraging open and honest lines of communication.
* Support a service user alone in the community, undertaking daily activities such as shopping, visiting places of interest and eating out.
* Undertake the full range of tasks as outlined in the job description, in a well‑planned way that respects and values children and their families.
* Provide high levels of support and ensure safety of service users.
* Maintain accurate records and comply with safeguarding and safe‑working procedures.
Qualifications
* Positive and enthusiastic approach.
* Friendly and a great communicator.
* Eager to provide high levels of support.
* Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
* Willingness to undertake lone working.
Benefits
* Annual Leave: 27‑day holiday plus 8 days bank holidays, rising to 30 after 5 years and 33 after 10 years.
* Generous pension scheme and death‑in‑service benefit, with an initial contribution of 4% and up to 6x basic salary for death in service.
* Occupational sick pay and family‑friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
* Reward and discount platform offering discounts at high‑street shops, travel, insurance, etc.
* Eligibility to apply for a Blue Light card.
* Proud to be a living‑wage employer.
* Referral scheme offering rewards for recommending a friend to work with us.
* Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including apprenticeship qualifications.
* Long‑service awards, including cash gifts and extra holiday.
* Promotion of wellbeing across the organisation with Mental Health First Aiders and free weekly yoga sessions (in person or online).
* Access to an Employee Assistance Programme for you and adults in your home.
Equal Opportunity and EEO Statement
Applications are very welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio‑economic background.
We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people and positively encourage applications from those with lived experience.
If there is any part of your lived experience you want to keep confidential please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams and we will do what we can to support you.
All applicants are guaranteed a fair recruitment process.
Safeguarding and Checks
Safeguarding checks will be undertaken for the successful candidate in line with our safer recruitment policy, including an Enhanced DBS check (at no cost to yourself). This role will involve regulated activity.
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