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Milestones Trust
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Bristol, Bristol
Support Worker / Care Assistant
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Salary: £8.95 per hour + excellent benefits |
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Overview
Imagine being paid to hang out, play football and have a laugh. Imagine being paid to spend time with someone who is fun, interesting and charismatic. Imagine working at a service which is rated as Outstanding, with colleagues who are at the very top of their game, where every day is different and you can go home knowing you have made a positive difference to the lives of the people we support. Full Time: 37.5 hours per week ( part time considered) We are recruiting people to work alongside a 25 year old man whose hobbies include football, loud music and computer games. We are looking for people who can keep up with his energetic personality, keep a calm head and respond with clarity and emotional intelligence. 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. 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 a 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 and/or 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: 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 or are actively working towards this; i:e, Have a provisional/having driving lessons For an informal chat about the role, please contact Cherie Smith, Home Manager, 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 Registered Charity No. 294377. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/88601928