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  • Location: St Austell
  • Salary: £12.00 per hour
  • Expiry date: 05/06/2024
  • Contract - Full Time, Contract - Part Time, Relief Work - Zero Hours

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Role: Female Support Worker

Salary: £12.00 per hour

Location: Roche, St Austell

United Response are looking for a member of staff to join our amazing team in Roche!

This role will see you providing support to one female. The service user has learning disabilities, is supported 1:1 with personal care as well as daily living tasks. The service user has Cerebral Palsy and uses a wheelchair. We believe in championing the right of disabled people to live, work, socialise and participate in the community, free of discrimination and unnecessary boundaries.

Making it happen- Your Role

Our aim is to give the people you will be supporting as much control over their own lives as possible.

This is a responsible role which is really varied, and extremely rewarding. The job is all about giving people encouragement, guidance and support so they can live as independently as possible and have the freedom to make their own choices.

On a daily basis, you may be involved in supporting people with the following activities:

  • Cooking and cleaning
  • Washing and personal care
  • Managing finances
  • Supporting with medication
  • Supporting wheelchair users
  • Attending Drs/ hospital appointments
  • Shopping and socialising
  • Supporting service users with complex health needs.

You must have a full drivers licence to be considered for this role.

What you get from us

In addition to immense job satisfaction, development opportunities and the chance to make a difference, as a Support Worker you will receive:

  • £12.00 per hour
  • 20 days paid annual leave (plus 8 bank holidays, pro rata for part time)
  • Additional annual leave after 3 and 5 years’ service
  • Pension contribution
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • 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)
  • 2x basic salary life assurance scheme
  • Access to an online shopping platform with discounts from over 3,500 retailer

Please not that this role will involve evening and weekend work and the successful applicant will also be subject to a full DBS check.

Female Applicants only under an exemption from the Equality Act 2010 – Section 9 – Part 1 (A) as a genuine occupational requirement

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 tamsin.kirby@unitedresponse.org.uk

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