SUPPORT WORKER, STEPPING STONES SUPPORTED ACCOMMODATION SERVICE, MANSFIELD, PERMANENT, 26.5 HPW, FRWK06 £22,994 - £24,156 FTE
Support Worker – 26.5hrs - Stepping Stones Supported Accommodation Service – Mansfield Area
Stepping Stones provide low level supported accommodation for individuals who need some assistance before moving into long-term independent accommodation. We work with people for up to six months who are over the age of 18 and require support as a result of having a learning disability, mental health condition, autistic spectrum condition, physical disability or they are leaving an institutional or care setting like a hospital ward or residential home.
We are looking for someone to join our team who is passionate about promoting independence and empowering our service users to gain the skills necessary to live independently. Stepping Stones operates from Monday to Friday 9-5pm, with an out of hours service during evenings and weekends. We work with individuals across 5 sites in Nottinghamshire and this role is based at our Mansfield Woodhouse site. As part of your role, you may be required to cover at other sites. Travel expenses are paid, but you will need either a current driving licence with business insurance and access to a car, or have means to travel to multiple locations during the working day when required.
Understanding the barriers faced by our client group is an advantage. Experience is not essential as training will be provided.
We welcome internal applications. Please submit a letter of interest to the Team Leader Tracey Bone - tracey.bone@frameworkha.org
Why Join Us?
Working for Framework is a great way into social care. We invest in you and encourage career progression – providing a full induction, e-learning and classroom training, management development pathways, fully-funded professional qualifications and more.
Your wellbeing is important to us. We emphasise wellbeing in all our working environments and employ a Wellbeing Practitioner to support our staff.
Employee assistance programme, salary sacrifice schemes.
Stakeholder pension, enhanced maternity and paternity leave and paid sick leave.
32 days holiday including Bank Holidays – increasing with service.
Paid DBS and Update Service.
Loyalty awards and non-contributory life insurance.
Equality and diversity is important to us: we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and cultures and appreciate the variety of experience they provide. We warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities.
What we offer: Life Assurance, Pension (up to 4% matched by FHA), Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Benefits, Additional Annual Leave Purchase Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, learning programmes tailored to suit different roles and services, Health Cash Plan.
Framework supports all employees to achieve a better work/life balance. Should you wish us to consider flexible working or job share as part of your application please state this on your application in the supporting statement section.
98% of the workforce in a recent staff survey said they were proud to work for Framework.
Framework is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Registered charity No: 1060941.
As a Disability Confident employer, we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities. Framework is committed to offering opportunities to people from diverse communities. If you have specific requirements or adjustments, please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application.
As an organisation we do not offer sponsorship for overseas candidates as our roles do not come under the Shortage Occupancy List (SOL) for the scheme. Any non-UK citizen who wishes to apply for a role within Framework would need to be able to provide valid RTW in the UK without the need for support from us.
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