Seeking support workers in Headington, Oxford. Do you want to join a friendly team and enjoy being active and making a difference to others? Your previous care skills and life experience could be a great match for our support worker role. All you need is a willingness to learn, flexibility, a can-do attitude, and a desire to help someone live a full life!
The support worker provides person-centred care around each person’s values, preferences, and needs, which could include:
1. Developing daily living skills
2. Accessing a wider community
3. Personal care
4. Medication needs
No day is ever the same. Visit our website for more information. This role will best suit someone with UK manual driving skills and some experience as a support worker, carer, health care assistant, play worker, learning support assistant, teaching assistant, or someone looking to start a career in care.
Please note: This role does not offer sponsorship and is unsuitable for a 20-hour second job.
Benefits
* Sleep-ins paid at £60 extra (basic salary £11.68 to £12.02 per hour)
* Full training to gain the nationally recognised Care Certificate
* On-going training and career development including professional qualifications
* Contributory Pension
* We cover the cost of DBS checks
* Rotas are planned in advance
* Access to Wagestream where you can track your basic salary and additional hours earnings throughout the month and stream (access) a portion of those earnings before your monthly pay date. You can also access a range of financial support and advice, as well as save directly from your earnings
* Shopping discounts including Blue Light card, EE perks, and Costco membership
* Successfully recommend a friend to join us and you’ll receive a thank-you payment
* Access to wellbeing helplines
* Health Cash Plan
Please note: This role does not offer sponsorship.
You will:
* Have good communication skills
* Have a positive and patient approach
* Be resilient and respect people’s differences
* Be able to build professional relationships
* Work well as part of a team
Your responsibilities:
* Empower the people we support to live the lives they want to lead
* Develop daily living skills
* Support the people we assist to access their communities for socialisation, employment, training, or friendships
* Contribute to, develop, and implement the individuals' care plans
* Communicate effectively and professionally with people we support, their family members, and external professionals
* Maintain the health needs of the individuals we support
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