Job Description

An expanding organization are recruiting for a Support Worker for their 15 bed care home in Ross-On-Wye, Herefordshire. You will be working with Adults, who have mild learning disabilities, epilepsy, seizures and no challenging behaviour.

Main Job Role:
- Offer therapeutic / emotional support
- Work together in a team to help them with morning and night routines
- Support clients with everyday duties i.e. cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping etc
- Manage them through their Support Plans (maintain good health and diet)
- Accompany them out & about in the community i.e bank appointments, health visits etc
- Encourage them with future goals they would like to achieve
- Assist them with any activities or day centres they attend to (swimming, gym, aqua aerobics, local pubs)
- Some aspects or full personal care required but no manual handling / hoisting

Qualifying candidates:
- Have life, paid, personal or voluntary experience in care (any setting / sector)
- You will need your own transport due to location (no buses)

Contract / Terms:
- Salary is £17,550 per annum = £9 per hour
- Full time 37.5 hours per week
- Shift patterns are 7:30am - 3:30pm, 1:30pm - 9:30pm, 2:30pm - 10:30pm or can offer long shifts 7:30am - 8:30pm
- Sleeps are paid at £55 per sleep 10:30pm - 7:30am

Benefits (pro rota):
- Full training online and face to face, full induction and care certificate where appropriate
- Chance to complete a free NVQ / QCF qualification whilst you work
- Up to 6.6 weeks paid holiday (28 days) and increases to a maximum of 38 days on anniversary of employment
- Double pay on Bank Holidays
- Access to a 24 hour Employee Assistance counselling programme
- Pension scheme contributions (3% employer & 4% employee)
- Life assurance equal to three times your salary
- Eye care vouchers (dependent on position)

If you have the right skills or experience for this role; then please call Jeet on 0117 9486300 or email your CV with the job reference number to: Jeet.Kaur @ BSSocialCare.co.uk - thank you and good luck with your job search

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