Support Worker
Are you looking for a rewarding career? Could you support adults with learning disabilities and autism to live more independently?
About the Role:
As a Support Worker, no two days are the same. You will provide person-centred support tailored to each individual's needs, preferences, and aspirations.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Supporting individuals with daily living activities and promoting independence.
- Encouraging community participation and social inclusion.
- Accompanying individuals on long walks, swimming sessions, church services, college placements, shopping trips, holidays, and day trips.
- Supporting people to attend social events, including clubs, nightclubs, and other leisure activities.
- Supporting individuals with Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) needs and following support plans effectively.
- Promoting choice, dignity, respect, and wellbeing at all times.
- Building positive, trusting relationships with the people you support.
- Responding calmly and confidently to changing situations and challenges.
Hours:
We have full & part time hours available, as well as 0 hour contracts.
Location:
We have 2 services in Hastings.
About you:
We are looking for people who are:
- Kind, caring, compassionate, and patient.
- Passionate about making a positive difference in people's lives.
- Resourceful, proactive, and quick-thinking.
- Flexible and reliable with a positive attitude.
- Able to work independently and as part of a team.
- Confident supporting individuals with a range of support needs.
- Committed to promoting independence, choice, and inclusion.
Your professional and flexible nature will allow you to positively impact those you support and the rest of the team around you, allowing you to flourish and develop in this diverse and rewarding role.
Full driving licence is required for this role.
To apply please complete the short form below, this shouldn't take you more than 3 minutes to complete.
We may close this post early if we receive sufficient applications before the closing date. If you are interested in applying, we would ask that you do so as early as possible to avoid any disappointment.
To keep the people we support safe, we follow safer recruitment steps. This includes DBS checks, reference checks and reviewing your work history.
Explore our employee benefits, the good practices we've committed to, and our core values by clicking here.
To learn more about Diversity and Inclusion at our company, click here and see how we foster a supportive and inclusive workplace for all.
Choice Support is Disability Confident which is a scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment, we operate a guaranteed interview scheme - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be guaranteed an interview. If you consider yourself to have a disability or long-term chronic health condition or if you require any adjustments/support during the application/selection process, please contact Emelia.waring@choicesupport.org.uk so that we can discuss your needs with you.
