Looking for a care role with day shifts?
The Sesame Centre is a thriving day service offering a wide range of activities, and every week is used by 16 adults with a learning disability. Within the Centre, they enjoy a variety of activities including art classes, cooking, massage, and postural care. You’ll support people to access and be more involved in the community and enjoy activities such as swimming, gym, exercise groups, and shopping.
Your skills and life experience could be a great match for our support worker role. All you need is a willingness to learn, flexibility, a can-do attitude, and a desire to help someone live a full life!
The support you provide will be centered around each person’s values, preferences, and needs, which could include developing daily living skills, accessing a wider community, personal care, and medication needs.
Benefits:
* Basic salary (£11.68 to £12.01 p/h)
* Full training to gain the nationally recognized Care Certificate.
* On-going training and career development including professional qualifications.
* Contributory Pension.
* We cover the cost of DBS checks.
* Access to Wagestream where you can track your basic salary and additional hours earnings throughout the month and stream (access) a portion of those earnings before your monthly pay date. You can also access a range of financial support and advice, as well as save directly from your earnings.
* Shopping discounts including Blue Light card, EE perks, and Costco membership.
* Successfully 'recommend a friend' to join us and you'll receive a thank-you payment.
* Access to wellbeing helplines.
* Health Cash Plan.
Minimum Requirements:
* Good communication skills.
* A positive and patient approach.
* Resilience and respect for people’s differences.
* The ability to build professional relationships.
* Being able to work well as part of a team.
Your Responsibilities:
* To empower the people we support to live the lives they want to lead.
* To develop daily living skills.
* Support the people we support to access their communities for socialization, employment, training, or friendships.
* To contribute to, develop, and implement the individuals' care plans.
* To communicate effectively and professionally with people we support, their family members, and external professionals.
* Maintain the health needs of the individuals we support.
Brandon Trust works alongside people of different abilities so they are able to create opportunity and feel empowered to live the life they want.
Successful applicants for this role will require an enhanced DBS check.
We are an Equal Opportunities employer and welcome applicants from all sections of the community.
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