Support Worker
Our client is looking for Specialist Support Workers to provide health and social care support to deaf individuals in Leeds.
Their service in Leeds is a brand-new supported living service for clients who are deaf with complex needs and/or mental health conditions.
Position: Specialist Support Worker
Location: Leeds
Salary: £28,080 per annum.
Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week. To meet the needs of the service, hours will include days, evenings, weekends and sleep shifts. Bank contracts are also available.
Benefits: The employer will work alongside you during your career to maximise your full potential with training and development to help you become the best you!
Join their learning pathway with BSL, they offer paid training and development to further your BSL knowledge.
Being a permanent employee, you will also receive the following:
- 25 days holiday per holiday year plus bank holidays (pro-rata)
- 2 wellbeing days (pro-rata)
- After 3 months auto-enrolled in the NOW pension scheme at prevailing rates
- After successful completion of the probation period (normally 6 months) eligible to join Scottish widows pension employee contributes 5%, employer 6%
- Eye care vouchers
- 5 days paid study leave per year (CPD) (pro-rata)
- Expenses policy which allows payments for items when working away from home
- 2x salary life assurance scheme (death in service)
- Fully funded BSL training
- Generous sick pay policy
- Refer a friend £200 voucher for both the referee and referrer.
About the Role:
You will become a key worker to a client, supporting them with independent living skills, emotional support, monitoring of their medication, and where appropriate maintaining safety, privacy, and dignity following CQC regulations and organisation policies and procedures.
About you:
If you have the passion to make a difference, have the experience outlined below, and are interested in working for this amazing charity then they would be delighted to hear from you:
They are looking for people with:
- Experience of working with varying degrees of deafness, including those who are culturally deaf
- British Sign Language (BSL) or a willingness to learn BSL
- Excellent communications skills
- Experience working with people with Learning Disabilities and/or Mental Health
- Experience working in supported living services/or residential care services
You will receive an in-depth induction to give you insight into their charity and what they do, and how you will be able to help them deliver its mission.
Wellbeing is at the heart of everything this charity does! It's not just about their clients, it's about you too!
Let s get you onboard to start your journey!
The Charity positively encourages applications from deaf people, disabled people, people of colour, and people from the LGBTIQA+ community. We will support all applicants along the journey of our recruitment process.
Offers of work are subject to Enhanced DBS checks, Right to Work checks, Satisfactory references, and Medical Health clearance.
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PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by Social Care People on behalf of the organisation.