Support Worker / Care Assistant

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

Overview

Full Time Hours: 37.5 hours per week (part time considered – can offer flexibility on shift patterns) Fairburn is a short breaks/respite service which operates on a 24/7 basis and also has capacity for emergency placements. The people we support at Fairburn have learning disabilities and require a variety of support, we also provide support to individuals with physical and nursing needs. Fairburn is a part of Milestones Trust, 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. WHY APPLY? Are you a compassionate person who enjoys variation on a daily basis? Do you want to work in an environment where you’re able to empower people to achieve their aspirations and goals? If you have answered yes to these questions then Fairburn is the place for you. Working for us means you’ll help support some of the nicest people you’re likely to meet in what is a highly enjoyable and rewarding service. We require a person-centred support worker to join us and enable our clients to develop and define their chosen lifestyles, and you’ll receive £8.95 per hour basic wages and some excellent benefits to do this. THE ROLE: 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. YOU: 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 However access to own vehicle is optional as the home has a van Waking nights are a requirement of the role but can be negotiated as to how many are worked per month 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 This is an on-going advert and interviews will be held on an ad-hoc basis until sufficient applications have been received. 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. For an informal chat about the role, please contact Arek Soltysiak, Home Manager, on 01179311069. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89207680

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