Support Worker

Resolve provides Care Quality Commission rated ' Outstanding ’ residential care services to male adults with learning disabilities in Bishop Auckland and Spennymoor. We are looking for people regardless of qualifications or experience who care and who want to enhance the quality of the lives of the men we work with. If you are courageous, resilient, energetic and share our values of: Seeing the possibilities to make a positive difference Celebrating individuality and diversity Supporting rights, needs and choices Being innovative and responsible in your work Seeing team work as essential to good practice You want to develop your knowledge and skills Then we want to hear from you. In return for your enthusiasm, energy and commitment, we offer an exciting, supportive and rewarding working environment, with an opportunity to develop your caring & support skills through constructive supervision and a high quality programme of training and development. In addition to paid holiday you will also benefit from private healthcare, pension, bonuses and our employee reward scheme, Reward Gateway. About the job… We provide residential care services to male adults with learning disabilities whose rights may be restricted under the Mental Health Act. We do this creatively and through a supportive team approach to risk management. As a support worker you will provide advice, support and guidance to our services users with compassion, dignity and respect. No two days will be the same with much of your working day spent supporting and working alongside our service users on their educational, leisure, sporting or work placements within the community. On occasions you may be asked to support our service users with cooking meals completing domestic tasks and personal care. You will never be asked to do anything we as owners would not do ourselves. We ask that you have a full driving licence as being out and about in the community forms a large part of the role. At Resolve, Support Workers have the opportunity to: Deliver truly person centred care Make a positive impact to the lives of our service users Help people to develop and maintain relationships Enrich day to day lives by supporting people to access a variety of social and leisure activities Act as appropriate role models Full time posts are 42 hours per week and will include shifts including weekends, evenings, nights and bank holidays (Bank Holidays are paid at double time). If you share our values and enthusiasm to provide high quality, life changing care follow the link and apply.