Relief Support Workers

MacIntyre ,
Solihull, West Midlands
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Salary: £8.72 an hour plus benefits

Overview

Do your friends say you’re positive, patient and kind? Looking for a role you can fit round your own commitments or studies perhaps? Come and join our award winning charity and help support people with learning disabilities to live a life that makes sense to them MacIntyre is a national charity supporting children, young people and adults who have a learning disability or autism. We celebrate everyone’s unique gifts, talents and contributions. We are currently expanding into the Birmingham and Solihull area . Outline: Our brand new service in Solihull, Birmingham launched earlier this year and is already fast becoming a reputable and successful establishment - so much so, that we are now looking at increasing our pool of Relief workers to employ and train in preparation for new provisions. As a Relief Support Worker, you will help our adults with a range of activities from the everyday living needs and ‘must dos’ (such as assisting with medications, supporting with attending health and medical appointments, moving and handling), through to the lighter side of life doing things like becoming involved with the local community, shopping, baking, gardening and socilaising with family and friends and much much more. We're always open to hearing if you may have a hobby or new idea to bring too How Relief works The Relief (Bank) post will support the permanent rota staff by completing shifts that are vacant due to annual leave/sickness/training/unforeseen vacancies. As such, hours are non specific but the service will endeavour to balance the needs of the service against your own work/life balance as appropriately as possible. Rotas will be available 6 weeks in advance. About you This is an ideal opportunity if you already have your own commitments and are keen to 'give back' and help make a positive difference to someone's life. Our staff are a fantastic, hard working mix of people from all different backgrounds - experienced or not You may be a student studying psychology or maybe another relevant type of course i.e. health and social care and are looking for experience around your studies? Or perhaps you already work part time but are looking to obtain more hours doing something that is rewarding? Whatever your senario, we want to hear from you This really is a wonderful opportunity to make a huge difference to someone's like plus, it's something you'll never forget Pay and Rewards MacIntyre provides a full induction and ongoing training, including the opportunity to gain nationally accredited vocational qualifications. We also offer a range of benefits which includes: Workplace pension scheme MacIntyre pays for your DBS check Hourly rate plus holiday entitlement Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing MacIntyre Staff Savings Scheme Cashplan which provides money back on core health treatments such as: optical, dental, physiotherapy, chiropody MacIntyre Rewards Scheme MacIntyre Perks which offers up to 6% discount off leading retailers including Tesco, Curry/PC World, Costa and many more You will also have the possibility of applying for any permanent positions that become available in a MacIntyre service and we are continually growing in the Solihull area. Next Steps We want to make it as easy as possible for you so there are a couple of options. You can click Apply on the MacIntyre website, complete some brief details and upload your CV. Alternatively if you would prefer to complete a manual application form, you can either download this from our website or phone us on 01908 357 016 and we will post you an application form. Not sure if you’d qualify? Sometimes it’s easier to chat it all out over the phone so please, don’t hesitate to call our friendly team to discuss any of your questions. We won’t judge if you decide not to go ahead. We are also currently recruiting Temporary roles to people who find themselves out of work at this time. You can find them in the job search facility on our website by searching for Temp, or contact us on 01908 357106 Please note: we reserve the right to close this advert early if we have received a sufficient number of applications, so don't delay, apply today. Safer Recruitment Statement MacIntyre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Therefore we work with successful candidates to complete appropriate checks prior to joining Empowering people with a learning disability to live a life that makes sense to them Contact 01908 357016 in case of query. Registered Charity No. 250840 Keywords Relief staff, bank staff, bank, macintyre care, charity, charity worker, learning disabilities, learning disability, autism, autistic, learning support worker, support worker, relief support worker, care worker, part time, part time care worker, carer, health care worker, HCA, health care practitioner, care practitioner, zero hours, Birmingham, Solihull, This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89766482

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