Job title: Day Support Worker Full Time Permanent
Location: Kings Heath
Salary: £11 per hour
PLEASE NOTE - 2 years relevant care experience is essential to apply for the role. This role is not open to sponsorship.
Shifts 7:30am-3pm & 2:30pm-10pm. You must be able to work both shifts & work weekends.
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.
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
About the services
We currently have 6 adult service users residing at swan court 5 males and 1 female, swan is a residential service focusing on Learning disability, Autism and challenging behaviour, service users are nonverbal and require full support with day to day living skills and promoting independence, we all here work as team to meet the needs of each individual based on a person centred approach.
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.
Any successful candidates will be required to undergo a enhanced DBS check.