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Looking for Part-time work? Why not start a career in social care that can be both rewarding and adventurous? No experience needed!

You’ll join our friendly team in Oswestry as a Part-Time Support Worker. You will provide invaluable support to 5 young people in their 20s and early 30s; who live in their own home and for Charlotte* who lives in her own property. The homes are based within walking distance from town centre.

The various shift patterns through which we provide 1:1 support are:

8am – 4pm

4pm – 10pm

In addition to your £10.50 an hour base salary, you’ll have the opportunity to work sleep-ins* at £60 per night. You’ll also have the pleasure of receiving the Blue Light discount card and making savings at the checkout, along with other benefits detailed below.

Intrigued to know a bit more about the people you would be supporting?

Let us introduce you to the charming George* and dashing Louis*, who both have part time jobs in the town. The ever so lovely Beatrice* works from home for Macintyre. She reviews and improves our communication materials and ensures they are clear for the people we support. The wonderful Eugenie* & the gorgeous Charlotte*, work as volunteers in the local community.

Outside of work they enjoy Special Olympics, discos, line dancing, going to the gym, Slimming World, and National Trust visits. After a busy day they like to chillax playing on their games machines, watching TV together and having fun times.

We asked them what they want from their new support worker. Here's what they had to say.

• Listen to me, discuss things with me, ask my opinion.
• Do not talk at me. I am an adult.
• Support me to do things, not do them for me.....even if it takes a long time
• To recognise when I become anxious and if I need some space
• To be fun, willing to have a laugh and get involved in some of my activities.

We are hoping new staff might have new ideas on things we might like to do.

As you've probably worked out they are full of life and fun to be with, could you support them to lead lives that make sense to them?

You must be a driver with a manual driving license.

*If you’re not familiar with it, for a sleep-in shift, you sleep at the person’s home overnight in the spare room, ready to wake up and provide support if someone is restless. In the Warrington area, we pay £60 per sleep-in.

• Names changed for confidentiality

About you

Experience isn’t always necessary. If you have the right attitude, good customer service skills, share our values and are willing to learn, you’re likely to be a great fit. We are looking for people who celebrate differences, and we strive to make all our staff feel included, valued and respected.

About us

MacIntyre is a national charity which supports over 1,200 people with a learning disability and/or autism.

We were founded in 1966 by the visionary parent of a child with disabilities and have been growing steadily ever since. We celebrate and develop everyone’s unique gifts, talents and contributions.

Potential earnings

Our Support Workers in Shropshire earn a base rate of £10.50 per hour, but there is potential to earn more. Here are a couple of examples (these are for illustration, not contractual):

Part-time Support Worker working 22.5 hours per week: £12,318 annual salary plus £2,760 for an average of one weekly sleep-in = £15,078

On top of these amounts, there is usually the option to work some overtime hours if you wish

Pay and Rewards

We provide a range of benefits to reward and thank our staff which includes:

• Six weeks' annual leave including statutory public holidays
• Workplace Pension scheme – MacIntyre will contribute 3% of your salary to all eligible employees
• MacIntyre Staff Savings Scheme
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing
• Health Cash Plan which provides money back on core health treatments such as: optical, dental, physiotherapy, chiropody (at reduced cost)
• MacIntyre Sick Pay (qualifying period)
• Life assurance scheme offering valuable benefits to your dependents
• MacIntyre Rewards Scheme which recognises and rewards staff
• MacIntyre Perks which offers up to 6% discount off leading retailers including Tesco, Curry/PC World, Costa and many more
• Access to the Blue Light Card which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for emergency and social care staff.
• Enhanced DBS Certificate (cost paid by MacIntyre)
  

Training and Development

At Macintyre we fully support your training and development. We know it can be daunting to start a new job, and not everyone learns the same way, so throughout your probation we will provide you with a mixture of eLearning, face-to-face training and mentoring support whilst on the job.

But it doesn't stop there - throughout your career with us you will have access to our own dedicated in house Learning and Development team, Quality Specialists and HR Teams. These teams, along with your Manager, will provide you with opportunities to learn and develop professionally as well as enabling and supporting you to achieve professional qualifications and career progression opportunities - all free of charge.

How to apply

If this job sounds like the right fit for you, click on the Apply button on the MacIntyre website, complete some brief details and upload your CV.

Alternatively if you would prefer to complete a manual application form, call us 01908 357 016 and we will send an application form to you.

Please note: we reserve the right to close this advert early if we have received a sufficient number of applications, so don't delay, apply today.

Safer Recruitment and Diversity statement

MacIntyre safeguards and promotes the welfare of the children, young people and adults we support. Therefore we work with successful candidates to complete appropriate checks prior to joining.

MacIntyre is committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion among our workforce. We want our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and the people we support. As part of this commitment, our accessibility toolbar allows you a number of options: read adverts in another language (including Welsh for our Services located in Wales), change the font to Open Dyslexia, change the colours, and many others. Just click the button marked “Accessibility” at the top of the screen.

COVID-19 Information

We will take every precaution to keep you and everyone involved safe during the recruitment process and your employment with MacIntyre. We encourage all our employees to follow Government advice and get vaccinated against COVID and flu. If you are a frontline care worker, you are on the priority list for vaccination.