Role: Support Worker
Salary: £13.25 per hour
Location: Ipswich
Hours: 19.5-22.5 hours
Are you ready to have a meaningful impact on someone's life?
Are you compassionate to others?
Are you dedicated to making a difference? Then we want to hear from you.
Our support workers are the heart of everything we do. We want you to empower the people we support to live their lives how they want to, whether that's travelling the world or spending time in their local park! All we ask is that you have the commitment and drive to encourage and guide the people we support to make this happen.
This position is all about building relationships with the people you will be supporting while helping them with their day-to-day routine in line with their personal support plans such as dressing, personal care, finances, medication, attending any appointments along with employment, Volunteering and hobbies.
Previous experience working with Learning Disabilities is highly desirable
Who will you be supporting?
We are currently looking for dedicated and compassionate individuals to join one of our busy residential care services in Ipswich. We currently provide support to eleven individuals who have a range of needs and disabilities but are united by a love of life and in most cases music. Our mission is to help those individuals make life happen, and our Support Workers are a key part of that aim.
Benefits
* Enhanced company sick and maternity/paternity pay
* Time and half for bank holiday working
* Your wellbeing matters to us, so we provide 2 wellbeing days per year
* Access to Blue Light Discount Card and Costco membership*
* Access to free occupational health, physiotherapy, counselling, wellbeing and advice services
* Fully paid training and access to nationally recognised qualifications/apprenticeships
* Generous annual leave allowance, so you can balance your work and personal life.
* Our UR STARS recognition programme rewards for individuals and teams who go above and beyond.
* Work place pension scheme
* Long service awards recognising loyalty to the people we support and the organisation
* Travel to work scheme (season ticket loan)
* Access to an online shopping platform with discounts from over 3,500 retailers
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early.
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 mental and or physical disabilities including guaranteeing an interview for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria.
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