Support Worker

Job Reference: 71746
Posted: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Closing Date: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
£11.50 per hour
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Full-Time/Part-Time

Are you good with people? Would you like to use your skills to support individuals to get into meaningful employment? We have a unique role working as a Support Worker in our Courtyard Services which consists of The Courtyard Café, Creativities day centre and Courtyard Apartments in Horsforth, Leeds. All three services are at the same location and offers a good variety between all three services.

 

At Courtyard Services Horsforth, Leeds you will support people with learning disabilities, encouraging and empowering them to develop skills and confidence in a warm and vibrant setting.

The Role:

  • You will work flexibly between the three services supporting users to in various activities,
  • You will work alongside support users to experience employment and community involvement,
  • To prepare healthy, high quality food/drinks and maintain food hygiene and health and safety,
  • To work alongside the wider team and offer practical and emotional support to members as required,
  • To ensure the efficient general running of the service.

Full and part time hours available to be worked flexibly Monday to Sunday 24/7, part time hours subject to a minimum of 16 hours per week. We would expect staff to be able to work evenings, sleeps and weekends.

Benefits of working with Creative Support:

 

We offer all employees competitive pay and a pension contribution in addition to 28 days annual leave. As an employer that is committed to the professional development of our staff we also support our care staff to complete the nationally recognised Care Certificate and pay for your enhanced DBS. Additional benefits include enhanced maternity leave, employee support programmes and an additional day of leave each year on or around your Birthday.

 

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.

 

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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