Support Worker - Waking Nights

Adjuvo Care & Support ,
Leicester, Leicestershire
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Salary: 8.72ph

Overview

We are currently looking for a passionate Semi-Independent Support Worker to join the ranks in our diverse care team located in West Leicester. Waking night staff required Hunters Rest serves as a semi-independent living scheme, to act as a stepping stone to help service users with Learning disabilities and Mental Health needs return to society on a fully independent basis. Hunters Rest is a mixed gender service and can accommodate anyone aged 18 or over. The service can accommodate 14 service users and being a stones throw from Leicester town centre, service users and support workers alike will have access to many local amenities such as colleges, shops and local leisure facilities. Who we’re looking for: Our support workers must be kind, compassionate and genuinely enthusiastic about the care and wellbeing of our service users Our support workers MUST have a good working knowledge of safeguarding and whistleblowing. Our support workers need to use initiative to keep service users engaged. Our support workers MUST be reliable and flexible, care work isn’t your typical 9-5 grind Shifts: The shifts within Hunters Rest are split into 2 categories. Days: - 8am – 8pm Waking Nights: 8pm – 8am Overtime is on offer in the service, dependent on staff annual leave and sickness. Duties: Daily Living Assistance Social Inclusion Financial assistance and advice Encouraging Cooking/Cleaning and Domestic duties from Service users Further education support Attending appointments with service users Emotional support Benefits of working for Adjuvo Hunters Rest Access to free qualifications in social care (Level 2 and 3) Hands on managers approach Plentiful overtime opportunities Competitive Pension Scheme 28 days holiday (Pro rata to hours worked) About Adjuvo Adjuvo is committed to ensuring we support everyone with a learning disability and we are at the centre of their support. Each service is bespoke and is built around the person’s needs and aspirations. We treat everyone at Adjuvo as individuals, our passion is to deliver support that enables, encourages and develops each person to fulfil their goals and aspirations. Too often, peoples’ packages of support grow and adapt in line with them. We chose the name Adjuvo for this reason. Adjuvo means ‘to assist’ in Latin. We assist and enable people to live the lives they want. We believe people flourish and prosper when offered meaningful independence and choice. Whilst maintaining a routine and continuity is key to managing behaviours that other providers often find challenging, change is often instrumental to progress and discover. If you do genuinely want to have an active role in the progress of our service users to become fully independent and integrated into society. Please apply now This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89946925

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