Relief Support Worker
£12.00 per hour
We are looking for caring, trustworthy, and dedicated individuals to join our team. Every day is different as we promote our service users to make their own choices and achieve their goals.
You will help the people you support to live the life they want, ensuring they have choices and control over the planning and delivery of their support. You will enable them to reach their potential by providing both physical and emotional support, along with encouraging them to develop positive social relationships. You will be working with individuals both in the day centre and within the community.
At An Carina, we are a lively day service! The people we support enjoy a variety of activities including swimming, horse riding, going to the gym, socialising, shopping, and spending time with friends and family.
Successful applicants will cover a variety of shifts as required. Examples of shift patterns are as follows:
1. 9am–3pm
2. 9pm-4pm
Due to the nature of the role and the activities the people we support like to participate in, a driver with a clean license is highly advantageous.
Working with a variety of individuals at An Carina, you will provide support with:
1. Day-to-day tasks
2. Personal care
3. Medication administration
4. Social integration
5. Hobbies and interests
6. Appointments
You will help to organise and participate in activities and support a range of life skills. You will be comfortable with lone working during a typical shift.
An enhanced PVG is 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
* 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
* Mileage paid at a flat rate of £0.35 per mile for the first 10,000 miles per year
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:
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 is 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.
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