Job Description

Support Worker

SPONSORSHIP NOT AVAILABLE.

Location: Eastleigh

Salary: 25,397 per year + Additional enhancements for weekend & night shifts (plus 1500pa MRA)

Salary will be pro-rated for Part Time

Contract Type: Part Time, Permanent

To start as soon as possible

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

The Role

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity to work alongside people with disabilities in various locations throughout 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.

The YOU Trust 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

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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 Type: Permanent

Pay: 25,397.00 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 visa sponsorship? Please note we are sadly unable to sponsor visas. Please provide us with a direct email address so we can communicate directly with you
Licence/Certification:

Driving Licence (preferred) sponsorship to work - we do not offer sponsorship (required)
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 02216/SWEastle/Shane