relief support worker

Role: Relief Support Worker

Salary: £11.75 per hour

Location: Totnes and Torbay

Hours: Relief Hours, zero hour contract

Are you looking for a way to help others?

How about a job where you are given huge development and progression opportunities?

United Response is hiring!

United Response is a leading national disability charity and we are looking for compassionate individuals to join our locations in Totnes and Torbay as Support Workers.

Here at United Response we passionately believe in supporting people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, autism and mental health needs. With the help of Relief Support Workers who share in our core values we empower  and enable individuals to achieve and become independent

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

Essential Criteria

• Passionate about making a difference and the work of United Response.
• Clear written and verbal communication style.
• Basic IT skills and numerical ability.
• Must be willing to undertake required training, sometimes off site and outside normal working hours.
• To be willing and able to travel between locations as required.
• To be flexible and able to work in a number of locations under the direction of each services Team Leader.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience of supporting people or of working in a social care setting.
• Level 2 Certificate in Health and Social Care, or equivalent.
• Hold a current driving licence but not essential 
• Have experience working in an area of one of our groups such as sports and fitness, farming, Gardening, Creative arts, Life skill building, horticulture.

What you get from us?

As a Relief Support Worker not only will you get immense job satisfaction and be part of an organisation that takes care of its staff but also:

• Pension contribution
• Access to free occupational health, physiotherapy, counselling and advice services
• Fully paid training and access to nationally recognised qualifications
• Travel to work scheme (season ticket loan)
• Access to an online shopping platform with discounts from over 3,500 retailers
• This position is subject to an enhanced DBS Check, the cost to be met by United Response

What makes a good Relief Support Worker?

Previous experience in a Support Worker type role is not essential but an awareness of learning disabilities and challenging behaviours is. What is most important is that you are an empathetic, resilient and robust individual with a genuine passion for supporting others. Having the ability to think on your feet is an important skill for this role as it means that you will be able to adapt to the needs of the people you are supporting.

United Response is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to the Mindful Employer values and are a Disability Confident Leader, providing support to applicants with disabilities.We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. If you are interested in applying for employment with United Response and are in need of support to navigate our website or to complete your application please send an email with your request to recruitment@unitedresponse.org.uk

Please note that this role will involve elements of evening, weekend and bank holiday work as well as sleep in shifts so flexibility is essential and the successful candidates will be subject to a full DBS check

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