Experienced Support Worker
Part time - 21 hours per week
Salary £12.21 per hour
Location LS7 2DR
Are you passionate about helping others?
Do you want a meaningful career?
If you have answered yes to the above then look no further, Come and be part of a great organisation here at Real Life Options.
The role
In our supported living service we support 4 individuals with autism. This is an accredited autism specific service with 2 of the young men being on the spectrum. The other 2 young gentlemen have mild learning disabilities.
We are looking for positive, enthusiastic applicants who have a passion for care, duties include person centred support and enablement, supporting to carry out activities chosen by the individual, household tasks, finances, shopping and to support on vacations.
Advantageous if you had your own transport.
Shifts
Working times would include a variation of day shifts between 5 hrs to 14 hrs, across all days of the week.
Staff would be required to do sleeps as part of their contract.
Previous experience is essential
An enhanced DBS will be required for this role.
Benefits and Rewards
A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job
An employer contributory pension scheme
In addition to the above you also have access to the following great benefits:
Health Cash Plan (for full/part time contracted hours)
£10,000 Life cover
A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
Cycle to Work Scheme
A financial wellbeing scheme
Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
Recognition Initiatives
We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are:
Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence
If you can circle 6 or more of the skills below, then you could be the person we are looking for:
Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values – Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive
Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.
Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.