Part Time Support Worker
Location: Riverside Place, 191-193 Donaghadee Road, Bangor, Co Down BT20 4RY
Salary: £12,231.83 per annum (£12.715 per hour)
Contract: Permanent
Work hours: 18.5 hours per week, rota based. Including days, evenings and weekends.
Please note we do not offer sponsorship for these roles.
Your new role
As a Support worker you will ensure that you listen to the needs and feelings of the young person to enable you to facilitate any necessary help that they need, including interventions and signposting them to other support services to give them every opportunity to get the help that they need and deserve.
You will assist the young people to cope with significant changes associated with adulthood, encourage them to make their own decisions and educate them on general life activities in terms of health, hygiene, finance, housing, etc.
You will work as part of a team to maintain tidiness, cleanliness and hygiene standards in all communal areas ensuring all health and safety requirements are met.
What we can offer you
1. 4% employer pension contribution (after 3 months of service)
2. 33 days annual leave per annum (including statutory holidays)
3. Paid sick leave 4 weeks full pay and 4 weeks half pay after one year of service
4. Westfield Health Level 1 - Cash back plan and additional benefit of unlimited MRI and CT scans and 1 PET scan within a 12-month period
5. Westfield Health Rewards
6. Long service annual leave increments and scheme
7. Paid Access NI
8. Learning & Development opportunities
What we need from you
9. At least one year’s experience supporting groups and/or individuals either a paid or voluntary capacity.
10. NISCC registered or willing to obtain within 6 months of start date
Please see attached job description and specification for further details
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.