Female Support Worker
Part time - 30 Hours per week
Belle Vue, Leeds
£21 per hour
Our Belle Vue service is a lively supported living service with lots going on. We support three ladies with varying needs, who have active social lives. 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.
Across all services, we support individuals with learning disabilities who may need help with promoting independence and community participation, therefore you must have the ability to follow detailed support plans in order to ensure a consistent approach, and the individuals needs are being met.
You will be working alongside an established and experienced team to support 3 ladies to live as independently as possible. The ladies we support have a range of complex needs and your role would be to support with daily activities such as personal care, meal preparation, medication management and household tasks such as laundry and cleaning. You will also support and encourage our service users to take part in activities within the community.
There can be some behavours that challenge in this service, incluiding but not limited to: verbal outburst, self-injurious behaviour and pushing furniture
Shifts
Day shifts on a rota basis:
Previous experience is desirable for this position although full training will be provided.
An enhanced DBS for working with adults is required for this role.
A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job
An employer contributory pension scheme
Health Cash Plan (for full/part time contracted hours)
~£10,000 Life cover
~ A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
~ A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
~ Cycle to Work Scheme
~ A financial wellbeing scheme
~ Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
~ 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:
Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values - Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive
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.