Directorate: Adult Social Care&All Age Commissioning Section: Provider Services Location: Growthpoint Grade: Level 5 Salary: £25,584 - £27,711 Hours: 37 This advert is open to both Internal and External applicants. This is a temporary post for 9 months. Do you want to enable people who have learning disabilities and people with mental ill health to be as independent as possible and empower individuals to live their best life? Are you looking for a fulfilling role that’s different every day? Are you caring, hardworking, honest and reliable? Well, you should join our team We are looking for a temporary Support Worker at our Growthpoint Service. The service supports individuals in the city providing opportunities in recreation, leisure, horticulture and employment activities to reduce the risk of relapse and potential hospitalisation/criminalisation. • You will positively engage with people, showing your respect for them as an individual, working in a person-centred way. •Your skills, knowledge and experience will enable you to recognise, promote and develop a person’s strengths and abilities whilst equipping you to support with any physical, emotional and social requirements they may have. • You will ensure that a person's right to privacy, dignity and choice are at the foundation of all you do. • You will support and assist people with their health & wellbeing, paying particular attention to the individual's plans. • Care, welfare, safety and security is everyone’s responsibility, ensuring that you follow relevant policies, and procedure will enable us all to work safely. Take a look at the Job Description and Person Specification for more details. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful applicant will be subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please note that if an employee who is currently at risk of redundancy within the organisation applies for this vacancy their application will receive priority. If this happens you will be advised accordingly. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Stoke-on-Trent City Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this – we therefore encourage applications from all sections of our community. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees – a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed together. To Apply - please visit our website https://webrecruitment.stoke.gov.uk/wrl/ If you have any queries or want an application form in another format, please email recruitmentstoke.gov.uk or call us on 01782 238189.