Job Description

Female Support Worker

SPONSORSHIP NOT AVAILABLE.

Location: Eastleigh

Salary: 29,167 FTE

*

Salary will be prorated for Part Time hours

Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time, Part Time

10 minute walk from Eastleigh Train Station

Split shifts with flexible working patterns

To start as soon as possible

Due to some of the tasks and personal care included within this role this job is open to

Female applicants only

Please note that, in line with the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9 Part 1, there is a genuine occupational requirement for this post to be filled by a female worker.

*Salary has been based on full time hours, working 15 hours weekend shifts per month and 2 sleep-in shifts per month.

Essential Criteria

The successful Support Worker applicant will need to have:

Proof of right to work in the UK. Please be advised we do NOT offer sponsorship.

Able to work shifts including evenings, weekends and bank holidays Experience of supporting people with a variety of needs Promote and encourage people's independence Good communication skills: verbal, non-verbal, and written Confident to lone work

The Role

You will be supporting female residents with complex medical, physical, and learning needs.

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity to work alongside people with disabilities in one of our large Services in Eastleigh. As a Support Worker you will be assisting the people we work with to live the life they want. You will provide safe, person centred support to promote independent living skills and help make a clients' hopes and wishes a reality.

Some of our clients also require full personal care which can include toileting and bathing so experience of this would be beneficial but not essential.

About You

You need to be professional and proactive in all that you do, with a motivational, encouraging and supportive approach with clients and colleagues alike. Relevant knowledge and skills relating to individuals with a learning disability would assist you in this role, but if you are the right person for the job we will support you to gain the experience you need. We also want people who will share their successes and promote the excellence of the service wherever they go.

YOU has a strong value base, striving to be person-centred, innovative, trustworthy, can-do and excellent at all times, so it is important that you are as passionate about these principles as we are.

We are a disability confident employer.

YOU

is a registered charity that has been providing care, support and advice for over 30 years to vulnerable people, working across Hampshire, Dorset, West Sussex and the Isle of Wight to give them the tools and resources they need to live independent, secure and valued lives.

Our Benefits

If you choose to begin a career with our organisation, you are guaranteed:

Competitive rates of pay including weekend enhancements. Enhanced annual leave entitlements, with the opportunity to buy and sell holiday. Matched pension scheme contributions, plus Death in Service Benefit and salary sacrifice options. Excellent and professionally certified training, as well as access to fully-funded apprenticeship programmes and real opportunities to develop in your profession. Free health and wellbeing advice via a 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Access to discounts across lots of your favourite stores and online shopping sites through the use of a Blue Light card.

How to Apply

If you do not require sponsorship please apply as per the below:

If you think you have the skills to fulfil this role, we can't wait to hear from you! Please click '

Apply

' to forward your details on to us

.

We will then contact you to complete a pre-screening application if we feel you might be right for the role. If you do not hear from us please assume you have not been successful this time.

If you are successful during this initial screening, you will be invited to an interview, the date of which will be agreed at this point. Please note; we will select the first suitable applicants for interview, so don't delay, apply today!

We are also recruiting to our bank of Sessional Support Workers called Premier Crew. If this is something that interests you, please contact us.

The You Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients. Applicants must be willing to undergo appropriate Adult and Child protection screening, including employment references and DBS check.

Where a role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to adults and/or children it is an offence to apply for the role if you have been barred from engaging in such regulated activity.

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

Pay: 29,167.00 per year

Benefits:

Additional leave Casual dress Company events Company pension Cycle to work scheme Health & wellbeing programme Referral programme Sick pay
Physical Setting:

Care home Residential home
Application question(s):

Do you require sponsorship? We are unable to provide sponsorship Please provide us with a direct email address so we can communicate directly with you Have you ever been employed by The You Trust previously?
Licence/Certification:

Driving Licence (preferred) visa which doesn't require sponsorship for working (required)
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 02212/FSW/Meadowbank