Female Relief Support Worker
Various shifts available including days, evenings and nights.
£11.44 per hour
At Real Life Options, we treat our staff with the same respect, care, and consideration that we show the people we support. We deliver a creative, dynamic, person-centred, and enablement approach for them to live a fulfilling life, promoting independence, individuality, and meeting their personal goals and outcomes.
We are looking to recruit a dedicated Support Worker to join our team and help provide support within our respite service in South Shields.
The Role
At Bisley Drive, we support guests within a 7-bedroom respite short break service for adults with learning disabilities.
We are looking for individuals who are experienced in delivering support.
Support provided:
* Tending to all aspects of daily living including personal care
* Domestic Household Support
* Support with budget and finances
* Social Support
* Family Support
* Medication Support
* Liaison with Health Professionals and Social Care Professionals
* In-house/out-house activities
* Staff ratio varies based on the needs of the guests at any given time.
An enhanced DBS check will be required for this role.
Shift Patterns
Relief hours available but must be able to work nights and sleepovers, and occasional shift patterns days, evenings, weekends.
All shifts are 13-hour shifts, minimum 2 shifts per week; therefore, you would need to be able to work a minimum contract of 26 hours a week covering all shift patterns.
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:
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.
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