Why not start a rewarding new career supporting adults with learning disabilities? No experience necessary: we'll train you. This is a part-time role 18 hours per week working per week. You will need to hold a full manual driving licence, due to fleet vehicles insurance restrictions. Charlotte lives in her own home in Oswestry, could you support her to live a gloriously ordinary life? She leads a very full life with plenty of hobbies and interests. When at home she enjoys arts and crafts: cross stitch is a particular favourite. She loves to get out and about and trips to discover Oswestry and the surrounding area are definitely on her agenda. She also likes going for walks and loves animals and wildlife. Hopefully you are already thinking of places to go and things to see to support her to feel comfortable in her new surroundings. Charlotte is very close to her family. She and her mum have collaborated to write a series of books. They have their own unique genre but I'll let her tell you all about them. She has recently signed up to be part of Macintyre's new dance initiative, so there's a lot going on in her life. With your support there are exciting times ahead for her. Name changed for privacy IND1 About you Of course we welcome you if you've been a care assistant or support worker, but experience isn t necessary. If you share our values, are warm, friendly and willing to learn, you re likely to be a great fit. We re looking for people who celebrate differences, and we strive to make all our staff feel included, valued and respected. About us MacIntyre is a national charity which supports over 1,200 people with a learning disability and/or autism. We were founded in 1966 by the visionary parent of a child with disabilities and have been growing steadily ever since. We celebrate and develop everyone s unique gifts, talents and contributions. Training and Development At Macintyre we fully support your training and development. We know it can be daunting to start a new job, and not everyone learns the same way, so throughout your probation we will provide you with a mixture of eLearning, face-to-face training and mentoring support whilst on the job. But it doesn't stop there - throughout your career with us you will have access to our own dedicated in house Learning and Development team, Quality Specialists and HR Teams. These teams, along with your Manager, will provide you with opportunities to learn and develop professionally as well as enabling and supporting you to achieve professional qualifications and career progression opportunities - all free of charge. Pay and Rewards We provide a range of benefits to reward and thank our staff which includes: Six weeks' annual leave including statutory public holidays Workplace Pension scheme MacIntyre will contribute 3% of your salary to all eligible employees MacIntyre Staff Savings Scheme Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing Health Cash Plan which provides money back on core health treatments such as: optical, dental, physiotherapy, chiropody (at reduced cost) MacIntyre Sick Pay (qualifying period) Life assurance scheme offering valuable benefits to your dependents MacIntyre Rewards Scheme which recognises and rewards staff MacIntyre Perks which offers up to 6% discount off leading retailers including Tesco, Curry/PC World, Costa and many more Access to the Blue Light Card which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for emergency and social care staff. Enhanced DBS Certificate (cost paid by MacIntyre) How to apply If this job sounds like the right fit for you, click on the Apply button on the MacIntyre website, complete some brief details and upload your CV. Alternatively if you would prefer to complete a manual application form, call usand we will send an application form to you. Please note: we reserve the right to close this advert early if we have received a sufficient number of applications, so don't delay, apply today. Safer Recruitment and Diversity statement MacIntyre safeguards and promotes the welfare of the children, young people and adults we support. Therefore we work with successful candidates to complete appropriate checks prior to joining. MacIntyre is committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion among our workforce. We want our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and the people we support. As part of this commitment, our accessibility toolbar allows you a number of options: read adverts in another language (including Welsh for our Services located in Wales), change the font to Open Dyslexia, change the colours, and many others. Just click the button marked Accessibility at the top of the screen. COVID-19 Information We are committed to maintaining a COVID-19 secure workplace and to supporting a rigorous approach to protecting the health and safety of candidates, our employees and the people we support. MacIntyre's policy for this role requires you to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (or exempt). This means having Vaccinations 1 and 2. You can join us if you have had at least one vaccination, and have your second vaccination eight weeks after the first.