Job Description
Adult Support Worker
Prospero Health & Social Care are currently recruiting Support Workers to work in a range of services in Swindon and surrounding areas. This role offers the opportunity to support some incredibly valuable services, with the opportunity to cover days and nights.
In this position, you could support adults with a range of needs including Learning Disabilities, Mental Health and Aged Care. Some of the services we support include Housing Associations, Residential Homes, Community Outreach, and Extra Care Services.
To be considered for this role you must have previous experience and a passion to work in the care sector.
Support Worker Contract/Position Details:
- Location – Swindon / Wiltshire
- Position – Agency Support Worker
- Type of work – Supporting Adults
- Start date – ASAP
- Likely Duration – Ongoing agency cover
- Position end date – Ongoing
- Contract type – Temporary
- Full-time potential
- Minimum rate of pay – £12.31ph
- Maximum rate of pay – £14ph
- Hours – Day shifts, Night Shifts, Weekend Shifts, Evening shifts
Support worker Experience, Training and Qualifications:
- Experience in a support work/care environment
- Up-to-date mandatory training - Food Hygiene, Health and Safety, Fire Safety, Infection Prevention, Equality and Diversity, Autism training (all can be completed free with Prospero)
- Safeguarding training is imperative; you can undertake a free course with Prospero Health and Social Care if you have not completed a Safeguarding course in the last 12 months.
- Health and Social Care Level 2 or 3 (desirable but not essential)
To be eligible for any support work with Prospero Health and Social Care you must:
- Hold the Right to Work in the UK.
- Possess an enhanced DBS certificate registered with online update service or be willing to process a new application.
- Provide two professional care related references.
Other:
If you would like to be considered for this role, please apply with a copy of your up-to-date CV. Unfortunately, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Prospero Health and Social Care is acting as an employment business/social care recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register with Prospero Health and Social Care in order to fill this vacancy.
Prospero Health and Social care is able to offer the successful candidate:
- Free, accredited continued professional development courses including safeguarding and other mandatory training
- In-house Training and Development Team
Job Type: Freelance
Salary: £12.35-£15.00 per hour
Shift:
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Swindon, Wiltshire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: BRI004