Support Worker / Care Assistant

Milestones Trust ,
Bristol, Bristol
Salary: £8.95 per hour + excellent benefits

Overview

Mayo House, Yate, South Glos Rated as Outstanding £8.95 per hour excellent benefits Full Time: 37.5 hours per week Shifts: Early/Late/Night & some weekend work An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Support Worker to join Milestones Trust. We are a not-for-profit charitable organisation with a 34 year history of offering person-centred support to vulnerable people with Learning Disabilities, Mental Health needs and Dementia. Based at Mayo House, Yate, South Glos with a basic of £8.95 per hour excellent benefits, you will be responsible for encouraging and supporting service users to define and develop their chosen lifestyles through personal centred care in our residential services. WHY APPLY? Mayo House is an exciting and innovative home with a well-trained and committed staff team. The team work with people with learning disabilities and complex mental health needs, in a person-centred and individual way. We are looking for Support Workers to join the team; providing individualised packages of flexible support to individuals within their own flats in Mayo House. Staff should be committed to providing meaningful community involvement and share the values and principles of positive behavioural support. In return, we will offer you some excellent benefits including: Up to 26 days’ holiday and 8 days’ bank holiday entitlement Family friendly/work-life balance policies Company pension scheme & health cash plan (BHSF) Free parking at most Trust services Comprehensive induction and learning and development opportunities Access to all levels of training appropriate to your role and career progression with the Trust. We pride ourselves with being able to offer staff opportunities to develop and progress their careers within Milestones Trust. As Support Worker, your responsibilities will include: To encourage and enable service users to make day-to-day choices and major life decisions, signposting as appropriate, and to develop a positive self-image and maintain good health. To support service users to develop relationships to maintain contact with family and friends. To provide service users with the agreed necessary support to maximise their independence and to develop social and life skills. The successful Support Worker will: Be educated to GCSE Level A-C or equivalent in Maths and English or ability to pass numeracy and literacy Have strong communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with team members, service users and a range of stakeholders Have a caring manner and a tolerant nature, experience within the sector is not essential as we will provide you with training required to carry out your duties Due to the location of the home and the need to access activities within the local community, it is essential that staff are able to drive For an informal discussion about the job role please contact Cherie Smith on 01454 228 246 Milestones Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all the individuals that it supports, it expects the same commitment from all employees. If successful at interview an enhanced DBS check will take place. (Formerly CRB). A criminal record is not necessarily a barrier to recruitment. Committed to Equality and Diversity for all This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/88598967