Support Worker (Days and Nights) - The Wilf Ward Family Trust
Location: Knaresborough, North Yorkshire
Salary: £12.05 per hour (£12.95 for nights) plus additional for weekend work
The Vacancy
Are you looking for a role where no two days are the same?
Do you want to work in an environment which has a massive impact on people's lives?
Then being a support worker could be the perfect job for you!!!
The Wilf Ward Family Trust has a great opportunity for you to join our team at one of our registered services, Sherburn House in Knaresborough. Sherburn House is a complex care service, where we support people with profound learning disabilities and complex physical needs.
You will be working with a mixture of men and women, ranging from 19 - 60 years old.
Sherburn House offers a 24-hour service and offers support through the day and night. There is an abundance of activities that take place, and we have visitors who come and bring the fun to us!
No two days are the same, which makes this role very exciting!
Some of your day-to-day responsibilities will be:
- Attend activities and events with individuals
- Assist with household tasks including meal preparation, medication management, cleaning and laundry
- Monitor and report any changes in physical or mental health to the appropriate staff members
- Maintaining accurate up-to-date records of care
We have a fantastic training programme, which will give you the skills and knowledge you need to excel in this role.
What we do need is someone with a compassionate and caring nature, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to work independently and as part of a team and a willingness to undergo relevant training and development.
Please be aware it's a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group such as adults or children. Please note any successful job offer will be conditional based on pre employment checks such as DBS and referencing prior to a start date agreed. The Wilf Ward Family Trust has a clear commitment to safeguarding within all practices.