Support Worker - Care Worker

Salary: £11.68 - £12.01 per hour

Salary Details: Dependent on qualifications & experience + benefits

Application Deadline:Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Contract Type: Full Time

Hours per week: 37.5

We’re hiring for Support Workers – Residential Care in Cadbury Heath. 

If you don’t like the thought of being stuck behind a desk, working on repetitive tasks, then becoming a Support Worker would be a good career choice for you. 

No experience is needed. All you need is a willingness to learn, be flexible, have a can do attitude and a desire to support people and enable them to live the lives they choose. 

Working in one of our Residential Care homes, You will use your skills and life experiences to help make an instant difference to the people we support, building relationships with the individuals and their families. enabling them to overcome fears and challenges, while developing and building their confidence and self-esteem. 

You must have previous experience in a similar role and a full UK driving license.

Benefits:

• Basic salary £11.68 - £12.01 per hour
• Shopping discounts including Blue Light card, EE perks and Costco membership. 
• 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. 
• We cover the cost of DBS checks. 
• Full training to gain the nationally recognised Care Certificate. 
• On-going training and career development including professional qualifications. 
• Contributory Pension. 
• Rota's are planned 6 weeks in advance. 
• Successfully 'recommend a friend' to join us and you'll receive a thank-you payment 
• Access to wellbeing helplines. 
• Health Cash Plan. 

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 skills:

• Good communication.  
• Positive and patient approach. 
• Resilient and respect people’s differences. 
• Able to Build professional relationships.  
• Work well as part of a team. 

Your responsibilities: 

• To empower the people we support to live the lives they want to lead. 
• To develop daily living skills. 
• Support the people we support to access their communities for socialisation, employment, training or friendships. 
• To contribute to, develop and implement the individuals care plans. 
• To communicate effectively and professionally with people we support, their family members, and external professionals. 
• Maintain the health needs of the individuals we support.

About Brandon

Brandon exists to enable children, young people and adults with a learning disability, autism, or both, to live life in the way they choose. We provide high-quality, individualised support to around 1,600 people and have a staff team of over 2,000. Operating across southern England and London, support is provided by a widely dispersed workforce, including public spaces and the homes of the people we support.