Support Worker/Care Assistant

#Care to join us in Social Care?

Are you a people person? Do you like to empower others to live their best life?

Would you like to share your hobbies and interests with others?

We are looking for Support Workers/ Care assistants to support people with a Learning Disabilities in our modern, purpose built day service facility in Queensferry Flintshire.

Your day will be busy – very busy and filled with fun and laughter with an opportunity to facilitate a variety of activities. You will support people to achieve their goals and to achieve their hobbies and interests. The people you support will have a variety of support requirements, you will support people with most aspects of their day to day life which may involve support with eating and drinking and a high level of personal care will be required.

You will go home knowing that you have supported people to have a great day!!

Working hours- Part time 22.2 – full time 37 hours per week including Job Share options. Our shift times are between 8.30am to 4.30pm, usually Monday to Friday, occasional weekends/evening to support service need maybe required.

We do not currently provide Employment Sponsorships.

​​​Due to growth we have an exciting opportunity to join our team providing 1-1 support for people we support. We have a number of people who require 1-1 support to engage and take part in the day service activities across the area. These include: Hwb Cyfle- a therapeutic service in Queensferry, where people partake in activities such as baking, arts & crafts, sports & games and music groups.

For more information please call Jade Lambert or Hayley Griffiths on: 01244 831290

We offer

• 23 days annual leave (plus 8 days statutory Bank holidays) increasing to 24 days after 1 year's service.
• Apprenticeships - Earn whilst gaining a fully funded Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care with a Top 100 apprenticeship employer (ranked 11th in 2020)
• Access to the Hft Plus benefits package
• Access to award-winning training and development
• Annual staff award scheme
• Access to discount codes on your favourite brands such as, apple, sky, Asos, Just eat, Asda, Pure Gym, Body shop, Argos and many more.
• A contributory pension scheme & life assurance
• Free DBS Check

What’s in it for you?

There are a range of benefits and career development opportunities at Hft. We’ll give you a comprehensive induction, full training, and support along the way.

If you do not already have a relevant qualification in Health and Social Care, Hft will fully fund and provide training for you to obtain your Diploma in a Health and Social Care within the first 18 months of your employment.

As a ‘Gold’ standard Investors in People accredited employer, we are committed to supporting colleague wellbeing as a priority. Within this, all Hft employees get access to the LifeWorks – the world’s biggest 24/7 colleague counselling and support service. It is completely free for all colleagues to use in complete confidence, whenever and however they want to access it.

Experience is not essential

We provide all the training you need to be a confident support worker. Whether you are an experienced professional or completely new to the world of care, we want you to be a compassionate and friendly individual, who shares our Values.

What matters most is a positive attitude to life and a desire to support people to live their life with as much independence, choice, dignity and control as possible. You will need to have good listening skills and a practical, caring approach. Basic computer literacy is a necessity, as the role requires you to retrieve and record information using a variety of IT systems.

What will you be doing?

The purpose of your role is to give the highest possible standards of support to individuals with moderate to severe learning disabilities

As a support worker, your responsibilities are varied and no two days are the same. As well as providing physical and emotional support you may be needed to help with engaging the person with day service activities and personal care as well as supporting people with healthcare needs, e.g. taking medication.

Everything you do will enable people to have choices about their own lives, providing flexible services that meet people’s needs, and always looking for the best way of doing things.

​​​​​​Find your place with us and change lives.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Salary: £10.90 per hour

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Store discount
• Wellness programme

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Queensferry: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person