Employer: Appcastenterprise
Salary:
Date Added: 08/02/2024
Description
Pay rate: £13.50 per hour (WEEKLY PAY)
Shift Pattern: Shifts to be confirmed on interview – Need to be flexible.
Location: Bodmin
Requirements: Previous experience supporting people with mental health and or/and autism and a full UK driver’s license.
This role will be supporting a man in his 30’s who lives with mental health and autism. He has a love of music and spends his spare time Djing amongst many other interests. We will provide staff on a 1:1 basis.
If you are patient, empathetic, reliable, flexible, engaging and looking for a role that truly makes a difference to someone else’s life then we would like to hear from you. You will need to have the ability to remain positive, on difficult and challenging days.
Key responsibilities
- Assist with all aspects of daily living and have the ability to help someone build everyday life skills. (Cooking, cleaning, shopping, and planning)
- Helping to plan and organise leisure opportunities such as seeing favourite bands, walking, places of interest etc.
- Watching DVDs with them and joining in with specific interests. (You will need to be willing to learn about these)
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERTISE
- UK driver’s license preferable
- Previous Autism experience
- Previous experience working with meant health
- Enthusiastic and willingness to learn.
- Flexibility as you may be required to go away with the person and their family on short breaks and holidays.
Job Benefits
We are committed to the continuing professional development of all our team members.
You’ll receive fully paid, on the job training so, whether you’re an experienced support worker or completely new to the sector, you’ll have the opportunity to build your skills whilst cultivating a trusted relationship with the person you support. You will receive an induction and person centred training before meeting the young person that you will be working with, in order to prepare you for the role.
- Access to Westfield Rewards – an exclusive rewards website, special offers on all your favourite goods and services from over 1,000 leading online and high street retailers, restaurants, travel companies
- Access to Westfield Health Cash Plan with access to GP appts and to an EAP (employee assistance programme).money back for optical and dentistry
- Access to blue light discount scheme
- Attractive holiday entitlement
- Opportunity to obtain NVQ’s in Health and Social Care
- Progression opportunities within the organisation
- Ongoing training and development
- Pension enrolment
- A great Refer a Friend scheme – receive up to £500 through our rewards scheme when you refer a friend or family member.
About Learning Disability and Autism
We are a leading healthcare provider in the UK, and a CQC Registered business, founded in 2006, with more than 800 employees who are part of the Bespoke Family. The business is at an exciting stage in its journey and growing quickly. We work together in a wide variety of locations to support adults and children with complex care needs, and a range of both physical and mental disabilities.
We are individual-centred and our clients’ needs are at the heart of everything we do. Our teams are passionate about working in close partnership with our clients, to provide outstanding, tailored care that promotes empowerment, and do everything possible to help our clients to access new experiences.
Our areas of expertise include: Learning Disabilities & Autism, Spinal Injuries, Physical Disabilities, Brain Injuries, Mental Health Conditions and Children’s Services.
We offer great opportunities for our support workers to join a dedicated client care team, in a supportive and friendly environment, with lots of scope for development and progression.
Application Deadline: 04/06/2024
Contract Type: Permanent
Submitted Applications: 3