Support Worker - Bury St Edmunds
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Are you someone who loves helping others, enjoys being out and about, and wants a job thats both rewarding and fun? At Mencap, were looking for Support Workers to join our friendly, passionate team in Bury St Edmunds.
Job Advert
Are you someone who loves helping others, enjoys being out and about, and wants a job thats both rewarding and fun? At Mencap, were looking for Support Workers to join our friendly, passionate team in Bury St Edmunds.
Whether youre experienced or just starting out, we will give you the training and support to thrive.
About The Role
You will be supporting people with a range of needs to live happy, independent lives. Your role might include attending local day centres with the people we support, trips out to the seaside and shopping, theatre and cinema visits, meals out and the occasional weekend away. Each day brings something new full of fresh challenges, meaningful moments, and the chance to make a real impact to the lives of the people we support.
In this rewarding role, you will also provide personalised support based on each individuals needs, including personal care, manual handling, administering medication, and specialist areas like Speech and Language Therapy.
Please See Attached Job Description.
Shifts & Hours:
* We have full time and part time positions available, so we can be flexible with what hours you are looking for
* Shifts can vary between 7am-10pm and weekend work is required so flexibility is essential
* Sleep in shifts are also a requirement at this service, this offers a flat rate of £63.70
* All roles are subject to an enhanced DBS check and suitable references.
* Job ID: 33931
Benefits
Here at Mencap, we offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated.
Our benefits package offers 24 days of paid holiday (not including bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest-free loans, and many more exciting offerings.
For more details on what we have to offer, please see the attached document outlining all the fantastic benefits available to you as a member of our team!
About Mencap
Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.
We're here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers. We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in.
At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues.
Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere.
Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation.
Every day we grow and learn. Its okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes
Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves.
We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long- term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies.
We want to encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. Were not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role youre applying for.
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