Transitional Support Worker
Location: Andover, Hampshire
Salary: £11.44 per hour
Hours: Casual Hours
Closing Date: {Expiry Date}
As a Support Worker based at Coopers Chase at Enham Trust, you will have a supportive, caring nature and strive to empower others. You will demonstrate a "can do" attitude to enable our service users to make informed choices about their lives. Supporting residents to reach their full potential in line with their support plan, risk assessments, and ordinary life principles.
Reporting to the Senior Support Worker and Service Manager, you will provide person-centred services to people in all aspects of their lives, providing opportunities to access recreational, educational, and social activities enhancing life experiences. You will encourage residents to do as much as possible for themselves while helping to identify assistance required to enable our residents to live as independently as possible.
The purpose of the role is to enable people to reach their potential through both practical and emotional support.
The role will require the post-holder to work independently and as part of a team in various settings, such as the service user’s home in Cooper’s Chase, supporting a person to lead a fulfilling and more independent life.
Shift patterns for this role are on a rota basis between the hours of 7am - 10pm, with sleep-in shifts also available.
We are passionate about our colleagues' Learning, Development & Career progression, so we support our colleagues in achieving their goals.
Coopers Chase is a unique Transitional Service that provides the perfect balance of gaining independence while being supported.
Located in the village of Enham Alamein, Coopers Chase offers 10 individual flats to support you in living more independently and developing essential living skills to transition to independent living accommodation.
We are Enham! Together we have been making a difference to the lives of disabled people for over 100 years and we look forward to continuing this for the next 100 years! Together we explore opportunities with people so they can live the lives they choose by overcoming limitations and expanding possibilities. Through first-class care, personal development, housing options, and employment, we support people to exercise individual choice and control in their lives.
We live by our values: TOGETHER we do amazing things, we WOW people every day, and we dare to be DIFFERENT!
You will need:
* Good communication skills
* Basic literacy and numeracy skills
* To be compassionate and patient
* Ideally some experience in a caring industry, for example, hospitality or schools
* To pass our DBS check or be on the DBS update service
Even better if you have previous experience in a care environment, having knowledge of disabilities, issues relating to physical access and adaptation will be advantageous in addition to having a commitment to and understanding of equal opportunities.
We invest in our colleagues because we know if they have a better day at work, the service our customers receive will be better. The Aster Offer is our offer to our colleagues to ensure they have a great day at work and includes things like:
* A focus on colleague wellbeing – workshops, an employee assistance programme offering counselling and support, mental health training, and a health cash plan
* We invest in colleagues’ careers and development through our leader and colleague development frameworks
* Defined Contribution Pension and attached life assurance
* Volunteering hours available to all colleagues to enable them to give back
* Savings at cinemas, gyms, holidays, days out, various shops and eateries, and lots more
* We celebrate colleagues who go above and beyond with a range of personalised recognition initiatives, and monthly and annual awards
Please note, we are actively shortlisting candidates throughout the duration of the advert, interviews will be held as soon as possible, and we will make an offer immediately if we find the right candidate. Apply without delay!
Enham as part of the Aster Group is not a sponsorship organisation, and all candidates will be required to verify their right to work in the UK prior to commencement of employment with the Aster Group & its subsidiary brands.
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