Support Worker - Wigan, United Kingdom - My Life Legacy

My Life Legacy

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Wigan, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

If you are people focused, enthusiastic and a team player with experience working as a Dog Groomer / Doggy Day Care Worker / Support Worker, then My Life Legacy would love to hear from you.

About us
My Life Legacy is a highly respected local charity. Our employees stay with us and many move up the career ladder.

My Life Legacy was established in 2012 as a result of a group of people with disabilities and their families wanting something different to traditional types of health/social care services and wanting more choice and control over their own lives.

My Life currently provides care and support to a growing number of individuals who have complex health and social care needs across the Northwest of England and on our 84 acre Equestrian Centre/farm site in Standish.

Our staff are integral to the success of the charity as they are the ones making a real difference to people's lives, in return we put significant investment in our employees.

Your Responsibilities

As a qualified dog groomer you will be responsible for delivering an exceptional pet grooming and doggy day care service for our clients, grooming pets to the highest standard.

You will also be working with our members to ensure they gain the relevant outcomes from this amazing opportunity.

You will have excellent communication skills and you will ensure that the Day Care area has consistently high cleanliness standards is tidy, generally well presented and a safe place for both pets and staff alike.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to;

Ensuring pet safety and wellbeing at all times.
Be able to manage several dogs at once.
Dog Grooming, Prepping, Bathing, Drying, Trimming
Dog walking / Doggy Day Care
Assisting with the training and development of staff and our members

What you'll need to Succeed
You will be self-motivated, flexible and have the ability to use your own initiative whilst being caring and sensitive to the needs of others

Additionally, you will be:

Experienced working within a grooming environment, and ideally, you'll have experience in a similar, fastpaced environment where you've taken a handson approach
Competent in completing a groom from start to finish on most breeds to a high standard (please note that grooming your own pet does not qualify as a professional experience)
A dog grooming related qualification
A great team player who has a real passion for pets
Hungry to be part of a successful doggy day care, and you'll be proactive in your approach.
Experienced in a customerfacing environment
Experienced working in Health and/or Social Care supporting people of all ages and abilities

What you'll get in return
In return, you will have the opportunity to work with a Charity that make a real difference to people's lives whilst benefiting from the following:

Full induction/training
4/5 days per week, working hours from 9am5pm
Regular refresher training
Ongoing continuing personal development including gaining qualifications if you choose to
Blue Light Card offering hundreds of discounts

- £200 refer a friend bonus scheme

The salary will be up to £13.05 per hour, depending upon experience, plus a competitive benefits package.

My Life is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Those working for My Life will need to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS and/or provide police checks from other countries, where appropriate.

My Life is an equal opportunities employer.

Job Types:
Part-time, Permanent

Pay:
£13.05 per hour

Benefits: