Job Description

Who we are:

The Grace Eyre Foundation is a charity based in Brighton & Hove and the wider Sussex community that has been working with people with a Learning Disability and autistic people since 1898. Our mission is to work towards being led by people with Learning Disabilities and autistic people to deliver high-quality housing, support and activities in their local communities. The people we support tell us that they want "good support from kind and friendly people" - so that is what we are looking for!

We are looking to recruit a Flexible Support Worker to provide cover support for annual leave, sickness and training and to generally cover gaps in our services where we need to recruit to some of our already established support services. No set rota working with varied people we support, working in different services supported living + community support, some weekend work required

Brief outline of the role:

Your role will be to support people with learning disabilities, autism and other complex needs with day-to-day tasks in either our supported living houses or out in the community supporting people to live independently in their own homes.

We support people with all aspects of their lives, such as daily living skills, medication, personal care and finances as well as accessing community activities. You will need to have good communication skills and just enjoy spending time with people. You will need to have some technical competency in computer/mobile use our system.

We are looking for people who are patient, compassionate, understanding and able to use their own initiative.

It is a rewarding and varied role and one that really makes a difference to the lives of the people we support. It helps them to live a fulfilled life and achieve their goals and dreams with a little help from people who care.

Some learning disability and/or caring experience in supporting people either professionally or personally is preferred for this role.

From the person we support on the types of people they want directly supporting them, or generally working for us:

Patience / fun / caring / understanding / being listened to / going out and about in the community together and helping me to try new things / help to look after myself and cook and clean with me / let me try things for myself before attempting to do things for me!

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion:

No applicant for employment or employee will be treated less favourably than another on grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, marriage & civil partnership or pregnancy & maternity, and we encourage applications from people with learning disabilities or identify with being on the autistic spectrum/neurodiverse.

Staff benefits include:

Enhanced holiday entitlement

One paid celebration day a year

Cost of living support package such as rental deposit scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Generous refer-a-friend scheme

One paid volunteering day a year

Enhanced sick pay

Enhanced employer pension contribution

Enhanced death in service

Training and development opportunities

Flexible working opportunities

Electric Vehicle Scheme

We are also:

Accredited as a Disability Confident Leader

Accredited as an Investors in People employer

Successful applicants will be required to provide details of 2 referees. One must be your most recent employer, however if you have not undertaken employed work before, a reference from voluntary work, educational facility or personal reference can be accepted. You must also undertake an enhanced DBS Disclosure and provide proof of your right to work in the UK.

Please apply by filling in an application form. You can also apply by completing an accessible application form, downloading this and emailing it to recruitment@grace-eyre.org. Please state clearly which job you are applying for and the location when emailing recruitment.

We will handle any personal information you provide via this form in accordance with our privacy policy.

If you are unable to complete our application form or if you require any additional support or reasonable adjustments, please contact us on the recruitment email above.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: 24,512.00 per year

Expected hours: No more than 25 per week

Benefits:

Additional leave Casual dress Company pension Cycle to work scheme Employee discount Free flu jabs Health & wellbeing programme Paid volunteer time Referral programme Sabbatical Sick pay
Ability to commute/relocate:

Brighton and Hove BN2: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: GE2533