Support Worker

Key Responsibilities

Service Brief:

A small group living environment with six people with varying needs supporting two women with a moderate, severe, or profound learning disability and individual personalities, life histories, skills, interests and hobbies.

Your role is to get to know the person and support them to live a fulfilling and active life in a way they want.

WCL Support Worker Brief:

We are looking for enthusiastic colleagues to join our team in delivering support to these individuals. You will be working within their home and out and about in the community. This service promotes independence, enablement and inclusion. You will be working with our team of experienced support workers who provide high quality, effective and safe services that support people to lead their own lives in the community.

Warrington Community Living has a strong emphasis on person centred approaches that deliver meaningful outcomes for individuals in line with the personalisation agenda. We want new colleagues who can demonstrate the ability to engage effectively with the people we support, their families, carers and a range of professionals.

Employee Benefits

As a charity, we do what we can to show our teams that we value them and the life-changing work they do, so we offer the following:

£500 Welcome Bonus - new colleagues that join our team will receive a £500 welcome bonus when they pass their probation (excludes bank workers).

£150 Qualification Bonus - not only will we pay for you to complete your qualifications, but on completing or passing a full qualification level 2 or above with us, we will reward you with a bonus for your efforts (as well as a bonus of up to £50 for passing the Care Certificate).

Night Enhancement - all hours worked between 8pm and 8am will carry an additional £1 per hour enhancement. This will be applied whether it is regular contracted hours, bank hours or overtime. Free Meals - available to all staff who are working 12-hour shifts, to help you keep your energy levels up and provide a hot or cold meal should you want it.

Refer a Friend £200 - if you refer a friend to come and work for WCL and they are successful, you will receive a £200 bonus. Christmas Enhancement (Double Time) - allocated Christmas hours worked will be rewarded with double-time pay.

Essential Requirements

• A good level of spoken English is required in order to support individuals we work with - Genuine interest in people - Ability to work well with others