Job Title: Bank Support Worker - Waking Nights
Salary: £13 per hour
Location: Stanmore
Hours: Flexible, part time shift options available
Contract type: Bank, meaning you get paid for the hours you choose to work
Join Our Team as a Bank Support Worker!
Are you looking for a flexible and highly rewarding part time role that gives you a huge sense of purpose? Norwood is on the lookout for passionate individuals to join us as a Bank Support Worker - waking nights for adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities. Use your experience and personal qualities to make an impact on peoples’ lives and enable them to fulfil their potential. If you're dedicated, compassionate, and ready to make a positive impact, read on!
About Norwood:
Founded in 1795, Norwood is the oldest Jewish charity in the UK, and has been privileged to receive Royal Patronage since 1815. We support and empower neurodiverse children and their families and people with neurodevelopmental disabilities to live their best lives.
Norwood works with local authorities, to deliver wide-ranging services including residential and supported living accommodation and short-breaks facilities, as well as a range of support groups aimed at the whole family, not just the individual.
About the Home:
The service is a large, detached cottage style property with three bedrooms on the ground floor and five bedrooms on the first floor. The location is close to the town centre which has shops and local amenities with easy access to public transport. Free parking is available on and around the location. Nearest station is the Jubilee Line at Stanmore.
The service is busy and fast paced with 8 people living there. They have moderate to severe learning disabilities, complex health needs and mental health diagnosis. The residents enjoy a variety of person centred activities.
Your Role at Norwood:
As a Bank Support Worker, you will play a crucial role in empowering individuals with learning disabilities and autism to lead independent and fulfilling lives. Your responsibilities will include:
1. Guiding and supporting individuals in their day-to-day activities.
2. Encouraging the development of personal skills through hobbies and interests.
3. Accompanying individuals to routine appointments.
4. Teaching essential life skills like budgeting, shopping, and managing bills.
5. Assisting with personal care and, if required, administering medication.
6. Contributing to household tasks such as cleaning and cooking.
Minimum Requirements:
• Experience of working with people with neurodevelopmental disabilities
• Moving and Positioning Certificate
• High-energy with a good level of physical fitness
• Desire to make a difference
• Evidence of Norwood’s Values: Kindness, Respect, Belonging, Empowerment
Induction information:
We run mandatory 4-day induction training which will need to be fully completed prior to you starting in the role which you will be paid for, as per the hourly rate of £13.00.
If you have can do attitude, lots of energy and want to make a difference in someone’s life, then our Recruitment Team would love to hear from you.
We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
We actively celebrate everyone's different abilities, sexual orientation, ethnicity, faith, and gender. Everyone is welcome and supported in their development at all stages in their journey with us.
We are a kind and compassionate community. Empowerment and respect are at the heart of everything we do and believe in at Norwood.
If you are positive and resilient and a force for good, we are for you!
We strive for excellence and to make a real difference to the lives of the people we support. Our team is one of our biggest assets.
We nurture a supportive environment for our people, with tailored training and career development at all levels.
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