Female Waking Night Support Worker

Job Reference: 76611
Posted: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Closing Date: Thursday 28th March 2024
£11.70 per hour (effective from 01 April 2024)
St Helens, Merseyside
Part-Time

Are you looking for a diverse role that is fun, stimulating and rewarding every day?

Creative Support is looking for warm, caring and proactive individuals to provide person centred care and support at our respite service in the St Helens area. Thyme Lodge is a beautiful modern detached house in the heart of a residential area of Clockface in St Helens. The house is built over 2 floors with 5 en-suite bedrooms, communal lounge, conservatory, sensory room and an open plan kitchen and diner.

This service provides planned respite care to adults aged 18 years and over with learning disabilities, mental health support needs and physical and sensory disabilities. You will be responsible for providing our service users with personalised care and support in a relaxed homely environment, allowing users to develop and sustain new friendships whilst learning new skills. This role offers two 10pm-10am evening shifts per week.

No two days will be the same at this service as we support our service users to follow their passions and engage in a range of stimulating activities. Annual events are also held at the service which include summer fayres, BBQ’s, Christmas parties and lots more!

Support Worker Duties:

  • A commitment to making a positive difference in individuals’ lives,
  • Develop and sustain warm and trusting relationships with service users,
  • Carry out general administrative duties and housing management tasks,
  • Provide support to individuals with domestic tasks and daily living skills such as cooking, cleaning, housework and other personal care,
  • Some shifts may be lone working, although generally we work as part of a small team and have an on-site management team who complete shifts as part of their rota.

We are looking for candidates from all walks of life. No previous care experience is needed, just a passion for providing person-centred care and support and working in a bright, friendly environment! Full training is provided by our Creative Support Training Academy, as is the opportunity to work towards QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care.

The service is located within a 15 minute walk of Lea Green train station and there are several bus routes that pass by from the St Helens area. There is also parking on site for staff and due to the nature of the role a valid driver’s license is essential.

Benefits of working with Creative Support:

  • Free 24/7 counselling and employee support programme
  • Support to complete the nationally recognised Care Certificate
  • Competitive pay and a pension with company contribution and 28 days annual leave
  • Company paid enhanced DBS for all staff
  • You can chose to be paid on a weekly or monthly basis

Creative Support is a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer, who have recently received Investors in People Gold award. We actively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and cultures, however we can only accept fully completed applications from those located in and eligible to work within the UK – Please be aware we are currently at full capacity with our Visa Sponsor Licenses, therefore we are not accepting applicants who are seeking sponsorship.

We are also not accepting applicants who are currently on a Skilled Worker Visa, seeking secondary employment, as we are unable to actively track the hours worked with the primary sponsor.

We will be interviewing for this role as suitable applications are received and may close this role before the closing date upon a successful candidate being appointed. We do not notify unsuccessful candidates of their outcome at application stage, previously unsuccessful applicants must wait six months before reapplying.

‘Gender is considered to be an occupational requirement – Equality Act 2010’

Application Instructions:

In order to apply, please read the job description and then complete the online application form using the links above.

You can also download a copy of our application form using the links above. Completed Application Forms must be submitted to our Head Office address (below) or emailed to recruitment@creativesupport.co.uk to be considered for the vacancy. If you have not received a response to your application within 10 working days of the closing date please accept this as notification of an unsuccessful application. Unsuccessful applicants must wait 6 months before reapplying.

If you require any advice on completing your application form, please call us on 0161 236 0829.

Recruitment Department, Creative Support Ltd, Wellington House, 131 Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK1 3TS

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