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Support Worker

Leading Lives

Lowestoft

15000 - 20000

Part time

Leading Lives

Closing - 30 Sep 2021

Support Worker, Lowestoft

Part-time hours: 20 per week

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Salary: From £9.15 per year

 

Are you passionate about ensuring the best opportunities for vulnerable adults? Do you want to work for an award-winning social care company? Do you have the skills to support our customers to lead an independent life?

 

We offer:

· Competitive salary and pension scheme, matching up to 8% of contributions

· Award-winning employee-owned social enterprise

· Holiday package, increasing with service and the opportunity to purchase additional holiday

· Comprehensive and bespoke training, including full induction

· Opportunities to complete a Care Certificate, QCF and develop your career through our Career Pathway

· Flexible working opportunities

· Occupational sick pay

 

Leading Lives provides social care support for people with learning disabilities, autism and complex needs in the home and in the community across Suffolk and neighbouring counties. We are a not-for-profit social enterprise, owned by our employees. Any surplus we make is reinvested back into services for our customers or into the local community.

 

John Turner House, Lowestoft

Our short break services offers a home from home for our customers, allowing for a well-deserved break for them and for their families.

We are currently recruiting for a Support Worker within our Short Break Service in the Lowestoft area.

 

Are you upbeat, creative, and able to work under pressure in an everchanging service?

 

We are looking for the ideal candidate who can offer bespoke support to an existing Short Break service in Lowestoft. You must be dynamic, enthusiastic and have good planning skills for activities to offer our customers?

 

As Support Worker, your key responsibilities will include:

 

· Support a range of customers to live independently and complete day to day activities

· Identify and assist with opportunities within the local community

· Provide intimate personal care according to individual needs

· Maintain dignity and respect at all times

· Communicate effectively and sensitively with customers

· Liaise effectively with families and carers

· Where appropriate, administer medication in line with Company policy

Whilst experience in a similar organisation/role would be advantageous, we believe that the right values and attitudes are also important when recruiting new staff.

 

Your values:

· You will think ahead, flex, adapt and focus to ensure Leading Lives is delivering to the expected standard of service to our customers

· You will build relationships both internally and externally

· This is a great opportunity to grow yourself and others to ensure we make the Leading Lives difference

 

If you would like to discuss the opportunity of working as part of our friendly team, please contact Donna or Jess on 01502 580844 for further details or complete the online application form. All candidates will be contacted following interview.

Please note due to the nature of the work we do and our service users, all Leading Lives appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Reference ID: VA49

 

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