Our team at Glebelands Day Services we're looking for a Support Worker to join our team. Within our day opportunity services we support our individuals to live the life they choose, champion 'ordinary life' and feel part of their local communities.
Why not have a look at our dedicated Careers in adults' residential services, day opportunities and shared lives webpage to learn more about the difference you can make!
Salary: £19,054 - £19,372 per annum
Working Pattern: Full time Monday to Friday (8:30 - 5:30pm)
Contract Length: Permanent
Location: Glebelands Day Services, Shoreham by Sea
About You
To become a Support Worker with us you will be:
- Passionate about supporting people to be the best they can be.
- Empowering people to live the life they choose.
- Bring a passion, or skill to the team that you can spark some excitement with the people we care for it can be anything at all from painting to poetry, to crafting. We are always looking to inspire people & would love to see what you could bring to the team.
- Supporting people to have the opportunities to learn and grow.
- A good listener, patient and treat all with respect, kindness and dignity.
- Ensure people have opportunity to be involved in/Co-produce every aspect of their care and support.
- Support people to maintain friendships/relationships important to them and to make new friendships/relationships.
- Support people to maintain their health.
If you would like to join our dynamic team, take a look at the attached job description and see if you have the skills, qualifications, and experience to be a Support Worker.
About Glebelands
We are a Day Opportunity Service for adults, who experience a range of conditions which impact on their lives such as Autism, Dementia, Learning Disabilities and Brain Injuries. We provide access to tailored programmes of activities in a comfortable, caring, and valuing environment. Most importantly, we strive to ensure that everyone using our service and our staff have a great day!
We have a skilled, knowledgeable, and experienced team who are working towards further developing our community engagement activities. We offer several gardening sessions our garden room and greenhouse are bursting with young plants. Music is a large part of what we do, as well as specific singing and movement sessions the service is filled with music in most rooms. Our afternoons exploring favourite music and artists are very popular. We are developing some exciting new sessions including, Photography and a Newsletter through which we are planning to celebrate our achievements and share our stories.
Key Skills:
- Please look at the attached job description for a full detailed list of the key skills required for this role. Please note these will be used for short listing candidtes to the next stage. Please use these points to refer to in your application to show us how your skills and experience match this job.
Qualifications and/or experience:
- Adult Care Worker - Level 2 or equivalent is desirable. If you are new to care or have experience in care and do not have this qualification, there is a requirement for you to begin within the first 6 months of starting in role.
- Basic literacy and numeracy skills in order to record and document activities.
- Basic knowledge of Health and Safety practice, First Aid and Fire procedures, Moving and Handling of people is also desirable.
- Post holder will hold a UK full driving license - desirable but not essential
Reward and benefits
Our values and support for one another is intrinsic to everything we do and will be a key priority within the assessment for this post. Alongside this, we also offer the below benefits.
- 27 days annual leave + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually.
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme, 21.37% employer contribution*.
- Eligible for the Blue Light Card.
- Maternity, paternity, dependency, and adoption leave.
- Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring.
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres.
- A range of commuting and business travel discount and initiatives.
For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on ourRewards and Benefits page.
To apply
Upload your CV and complete the application explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the rol e ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check.