Support Worker - Supported Living

Overview:

Support Workers (part time) £10.90 per hour - working Monday- Friday 9am-5pm only

Lead with your Heart at Making Space

Making Space is an award winning and values based national charity, we always aim high and our vision is to put Wellbeing at the Heart of Health & Social Care. At Making Space our focus is upon building relationships, connecting communities and providing quality care as unique as the people we support.

We have an opportunity available for 2 part time support workers to join the team and work across our supported living schemes in Warrington, Thornycroft Drive, WA1 3FW and Carol Court, WA4 1DA.

The service provides support to adults with additional needs living in their own properties.

Responsibilities:

The Role:

You will be supporting adults on a person centered basis to live independently in their own properties. Tasks will include assisting with personal care, medication, accessing the community & domestic tasks.

Working 25 hours per week. Monday- Friday only working between 9am and 5pm.

Access to own transport is essential for this role to travel across the 2 schemes.

Please click here to view the job description.

To join the team at Making Space you don’t need to have previous experience or qualifications – we’re happy to work with you to help you become a skilled support worker. Our main priority for any new colleague is to find people who share similar values and attitudes to our own.

Who we are looking for:

Kind Hearts – generously building empathy and connection to create a sense of belonging
Benefits:

We offer a range of tailor-made rewards including:

Wagestream - Access up to 30% of your wages as you earn

Pension Schemes min 3% employer contribution

Paid sick leave

Death in Service benefit

Lifestyle and health discounts through an employee benefits hub

Holidays: 28 days inc. bank holidays subject to contract

Double time for Xmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day

Buy and sell up to 2 weeks holiday – statutory limits apply

Access to library of learning through e-learning portal

Free qualifications level 2 to 6 in Health and Social Care, Management, Admin plus others

Continuous professional development for professionally qualified colleagues

Career development opportunities – 1 in 2 senior posts filled through internal promotion

Travel schemes - cycle to work, car maintenance and 40p a mile travel expenses

Colleague engagement hub and monthly colleague awards