Assistant Support Worker - Lane End Road (£24,570pa)
Make a Real Difference Every Day - Join Our Team at Lane End Road!
About the Role
We are looking for a compassionate and enthusiastic Assistant Support Workerto join our friendly team at Lane End Road, a supported living service in High Wycombe. This is a full-time role (37.5 hours per week), where you will be helping individuals with mental health needs live independently in their own purpose-built accommodation.
As an Assistant Support Worker, you will:
- Provide appropriate support to service users who are living in their own homes in a supported housing setting to encourage their aspirations and maximise their independence.
- Provide personal care with sensitivity and respect
- Your role will involve promoting life skills such as shopping, managing budgets and supporting with domestic tasks such as cooking and cleaning. Build long lasting support relationships with people who will benefit from you "being the difference
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- Follow agreed support plans and risk assessments to ensure that we are providing a service that meets each individual’s needs.
About You:
You do not need sector experience as we provide a structured induction, comprehensive training and on the job support to enable you to excel within your role and you will have the opportunity to gain an accredited vocational qualification, as well as gain experience and exposure to the wider care support Hightown offers.
We are looking for passionate people who care about others and have a can-do, common-sense attitude to their life and who are driven by the desire to make a difference to real lives. You will have the ability to recognise the wishes and needs of vulnerable adults and communicate effectively using different methods according to people’s needs.
It is important that you understand that the role involves working with adults that may have experienced past trauma. You will be lone working on occasions and will have the responsibility of monitoring and reporting on an individual’s wellbeing. To do this successfully, you will need to present as a trusting and reliable person who is genuinely interested in the people you are supporting.
It is essential that you are happy to do sleep-ins (minimum one per week).
Additionally, you will also be able to:
- Work shifts as part of a rota system which will include weekend and bank holiday working
- Perform at least one sleep in per week as part of your shift (allowance of £52.78 paid)
- Work as part of a team to deliver an excellent service to the people we support
- Be flexible in your approach to work and demonstrate resilience in a challenging, but rewarding environment
- Have a commitment to equality and diversity and take a positive approach to supporting people with mental disabilities
Benefits
In return for your hard work and commitment, we offer a benefits package which includes:
- Generous annual leave allowance of 33 days per year, including statutory bank holidays, rising to 35 days with service
- £24,570pa for a 37.5 hour contract
- Annual bonus based on satisfactory performance
- Monthly attendance bonus on top of your basic salary
- Annual salary and cost of living review
- Ongoing professional development and support to deliver outstanding support
- Workplace pension scheme and life assurance of three times your annual salary
- Employee assistance helpline
- Fully paid DBS
Please note that we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on an ongoing basis and therefore we may close the vacancy early. Interested applicants are therefore encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure they are considered.
Appointment to this position will be subject to satisfactory right to work, enhanced DBS and references.
We are an Equal Opportunities & Disability Confident Employer.