Female Support Worker - Loughborough, United Kingdom - Affinity Trust

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Doing amazing things together

Come and join our large and busy team in Loughborough, where each day brings something new but all the days add up to making a real difference

We Support Males and Female from the age of 24-60, they all live in their individual flats.


Support here is individualised and as a support worker you are helping our tenants engage with college courses, local sports clubs, horse riding, voluntary work and maintaining an allotment.

The tenants enjoy day trips to places of interest, holidays andmany enjoy walking, both locally and further afield.
The social area hosts regular activities for all the tenants celebrating birthdays and other festivities.
The location is a busy and active location, where two days are never the same.

Our day shift times do vary, across the 7 days, due to the individual lives of the tenants. This will include weekday, weekend and Bank Holiday working.


We will pay you a £400 Welcome Bonus.

Affinity Trust is a charity organisation supporting people with learning disabilities to live in their own home and be part of their community.
Why join us?


Because the people we support are at the heart of everything we do, we truly value our incredible staff & are committed to ensure they are fully supported.


An Amazing Place to work

  • This is the best job
  • You will not find a more interesting and rewarding job, you will be making a genuine difference to someone's life
  • Our values drive everything we do
  • You will get the opportunity to work with some great colleagues and work as "one team"
  • You'll have the opportunity to work flexibly with our range of shift types

Rewards

  • 28 days annual leave prorata (including bank holidays), which we increase the longer you are with us.
  • To acknowledge the amazing contribution you'll be making to our (your) team,we will pay you a £200 welcome bonus after 3 months, then because we truly value your commitment another £200 after 6 months
  • Cycle2Work Scheme
  • We offer Wagestream a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it


  • Blue Light Card

  • All work and no play is not fun, so enjoy discounts in your favourite shops, restaurants, travel and great days out, provided at no cost to you
  • A 24 Hour Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family members.
  • Life Assurance and Pension scheme.
  • Sleep in & bank holiday payment enhancements and a 15% overtime premium on hours over 37.5 per week.

Development & Your Career

  • You will get a great Induction to your new team along with amazing training opportunities that include the Care Certificate, and Diploma in Health & Social Care.
  • Elearning webinars.
  • Access to specialist care sector training, all fully paid for by us
  • Loads of career progression opportunities

We Value you

  • You are so important to us & we want you to really feel like part of the team from day 1 you'll have supportive management & a Buddy who will show you the ropes. You'll also have full access to our online wellbeing centre
  • We recognise our amazing staff in our 6 monthly Affinity Star Awards
  • We hope you stay part of Affinity Trust & we celebrate that with Long Service Awards
  • Your wellbeing & happiness will always be a priority, so you can access an excellent wellbeing programme, plus resources and a wellbeing champions network
  • If all the above wasn't enough you will receive 'Thank You' gift vouchers, be part of regular engagement surveys, attend regular forum meetings and can contribute to the staff newsletter, and to hear about the amazing work of your colleagues and the achievementsof the people we support

Everyone is welcome

  • We're committed to being Disability Confident and we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy
Gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010

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