Role: Support Worker
Locations: Maryland, Stratford London
Salary: £11.00 per hour
Shifts: 7am-2:30pm & 2pm-9:30pm - you need to be able to work both shifts
Contract: Permanent full time & requires working alternate weekends
Experience as a support worker would be preferable.
PLEASE NOTE - NOT OPEN TO OVERSEAS APPLICANTS OR CHANGE OF VISAS APPLICANTS
We are an award-winning organisation, and we are also an Investors in People accredited organisation, so you can be sure we will offer support and guidance during your career with us. You must be 18 years old and above to apply for the role.
If you have previous experience as a support worker, care assistant, domiciliary/home care, or residential homes then this would be ideal for you. If not, don’t worry if you have no experience as this isn’t necessary and full training will be provided. We are just looking for caring and compassionate people who want to make a difference to people’s lives.
Support Worker Benefits
- Excellent 4-day initial training programme, a comprehensive 12-week induction programme followed by an ongoing training & development pathway.
- Employee of the month prize & Team of the month prize
- Career Progression Opportunities - most of our managers started off as support workers!
- Company Pension Scheme & 28-day holiday (including Bank Holidays)
- Recommend a friend - £250 incentive & Employee Assistance Programme focussed on your well-being.
- Access to Blue Light Card savings - The UK’s number one discount service for the NHS, social care sector and armed forces
Services
Chandos Road provides innovative, proactive and person centred rehabilitation to adults with Acquired Brain Injuries (ABI). Individuals who access our services have acquired their brain injuries through: Trauma, Strokes, Anoxic/hypoxic injuries or illnesses such as meningitis and toxicity
Support Worker duties:
- Supporting residents to develop independence and life skills
- Assisting people to achieve daily goals & daily activities such as arts, crafts, hobbies
- Assisting with the development of person centred plans for our residents
- This includes employment, education and other opportunities
- Maintaining records and drawing up risk assessments
- Providing personal care where needed always working towards more independence
- Supporting people in undertaking daily activities or development
About Us
At Precious Homes, we work by empowering individuals with Learning Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Conditions, and other complex needs, to live as independently as possible, to become integral members of the community and to achieve their goals and aspirations through individual care pathways. As a social care provider we also empower our staff family to make important decisions in the workplace and our aim is to be as person centred with our staff as we are with our service users.