Overall purpose:
To provide effective support to enable people with a physical and/or learning disability to live their lives to the full and to provide emergency support when required.
You must have your own car for this role.
Commitment to safeguarding
Diverse Abilities is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Please ensure a full work history is completed in your application form including any gaps of employment. Applicants will be required to complete satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) check is required for this post prior to commencement. The Charity is an equal opportunities employer.
This role requires staff to
1. Support people with personal care
2. Responding and arranging cover for staff sickness
3. Admin duties
4. Covering shifts in service
5. Being able to respond to emergencies
6. Collecting prescriptions
It is essential for this role to hold a full UK manual driving license. This list is not exhaustive, please see the full job description above for further details.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of employee rewards and benefits. These include access to thousands of retailer, restaurant, entertainment and hotel discounts through Perkbox, auto-enrolment pensions, paid accrued holiday, and a cycle to work scheme.
Bonuses
We are pleased to offer the following bonuses as you progress through your time with Diverse Abilities:
7. £200 after 12 months service
8. £500 after 24 months service
9. £100 on training completion
10. £200 after passing six month probation
We also provide long service awards at 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25+ years including vouchers and additional paid time off.