Female Support Worker - Driver essential

We are dedicated to supporting those with learning disabilities to live a fulfilled and enriched life in the community. We want to work with the best people with the best skills and who demonstrates our values and are committed to making everyday remarkable.

Role: Female Support Worker

Location: Llandrindod Wells, Powys

Hours: We have both full and part time hours available between 16 to 40 hours per week. Talk to us about the hours you are looking to do. We have a mix of day, evening and weekend shifts and sleep ins available

Salary: £12.74 per hour and our sleep-in shifts at £60 per night. If you use your own vehicle to attend training for example, we cover milage at 45p per mile

Contract: Permanent

Interviews: We are looking to interview as soon as possible so would encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity

What you’ll be doing:

Here in Llandrindod Wells we offer both 24-hour supported living and sessional services across the area and we are looking for someone who can work very flexibly across these locations. With the variety of work and people you’ll meet no two days are ever the same in this role.

You’ll be supporting people with a range of learning difficulties and sometimes complex needs to help them make their own choices about everyday things such as what to wear, what to do, what to eat, as well as bigger decisions such as where to live, how to spend their money or where to go on holiday.

You’ll enable them to be able to fulfil those choices, including structured activities to develop their confidence and skills. You’ll be a hugely positive enabler by helping them to attend workshops, community events, dance, arts, shopping to name but a few. We want the people we support to really enjoy their lives so this really can be at times though sometimes challenging, but equally active, fun and rewarding role for the right person. Could that be you? If so, apply today…….

This role does involve personal care.

Who we're looking for:

No experience is required as full is training provided. We’d love to hear from you if you:

have patience and empathy
can support a person with their intimate personal care with respect and dignity
have strong communication and teamwork skills
are able to speak on behalf of others as well as to a range of professional people
are female to meet the needs of the service
have good written skills and the ability to record events with empathy and meaning.
It’s not just what you do, it’s how you do it — we’re looking for someone who can believe and demonstrate our values every day.

You’ll also have a UK drivers’ licence. The ability to drive and access to your own transportation is essential for this role.

Our Rewards

Excellent training and development opportunities to achieve qualifications
25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service with the option to buy and sell leave
Benevolent Fund, confidential financial wellbeing resource available to our colleagues
Long term service awards
Access to online shopping discounts and benefits platform
24 hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme
Eligibility for Blue Light discount card
And much much more…..
Our Mission

To build a better future by focussing on people with learning disabilities and their families. We strive to be a great support provider for the individuals and families that we support, our employees, our partners and funders, and the communities in which we work.

Our Values

We’ve made a promise to the people we support, setting out our commitments to them and how they can expect to be supported, our values include:

Honesty

Trust

Kindness

Respect

Wellbeing

Please note we reserve the right to close this advert early so we would encourage you to apply early for this position.

Due to the personal care needs of the people we support, this role is exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, and Part 1. Section 7(2)(e) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, and is therefore open to female applicants only.