Casual Support Worker - Shanklin, United Kingdom - Isle of Wight Council

Isle of Wight Council

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Shanklin, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

Plean Dene, 2 Luccombe Rd, Shanklin, PO37 6RQ

Grade 4, £12.18 per hour

Vacancy Reference:2024_887

Contract Type:
Casual

Hours:
Varied Casual hours per week

Allowances:
Night Duty (Plain time plus one third), Shift Allowance (10% of plain time beyond core hours)

Are you looking for flexible or additional hours that fit around your own schedule?

Are you a kind, caring individual, with patience and empathy?
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Would you enjoy spending your days supporting individuals to live fulfilled, happy, and enriched lives?

At Plean Dene in Shanklin, we provide a warm, friendly, and welcoming home environment for our residents, a wonderful group of 10 adults with learning disabilities and 'behaviours that challenge'.

Our job is to ensure that those we care for have an active, fulfilling lifestyle and we need a team of Casual Workers to support us in this goal.

As part of our team, you will enable and support with all kinds of activities encouraging our residents to enjoy Island life, from walks along the coast from Shanklin to Sandown, trips to feed the ducks, bus trips around the Isle of Wight and visits to local garden centres, you'll even join our residents on day trips and excursions to a range of Island attractions such as Tapnell Farm and Rylstone Gardens.

Our residents have a wide range of care needs and diverse interests so you will need to tailor your work to suit everyone, ensuring everyone is happy and engaged in the activities and experiences that suit them best.

On site at home, you could be supporting with arts and crafts workshops, visiting Independent Arts, also supporting with domestic duties such as cleaning or helping in the kitchen as we provide delicious home cooked meals each day.

You'll also support with regular personal care whenever needed, which can include toileting, dressing and feeding, supporting everyone to be as independent as possible.

Our team needs to be a special mix of energy and enthusiasm with the ability to also be gentle and calm, to adapt to the needs of all our residents, some of whom will communicate non-verbally which will require time and patience to master.

Contact us today to discover how you can fit in with our team as a Casual Support Worker at Plean Dene

The typical shift times are as follows:

Early Shift - 07:15 to 14:45

Late Shift - 14:30 to 22:00

Wakeful Night - 22:00 to 07:30
You will be well supported and receive regular structured supervision, training, and development opportunities.

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PLEASE NOTE:
Out of Hours Standby and Call Out _

You will be required to take part in the Out of Hours Standby Duty Rota as and when requested by management. Standby and call out duties are paid in accordance with the IWC Terms and Conditions 2012 document._
Please click here to view the Isle of Wight Council's _Care Close to Home Strategy_._

_When you join #TeamIWC you'll receive our staff benefits package, including:_

_ __- Annual leave entitlement of 32 days p/a PLUS public holidays_
- _Local Government pension scheme_
- _Discounted Solent ferry travel_
- _Island bus network discount_
- _Cycle to work scheme_
- _Staff parking permit scheme_
- _Discounted island sports & leisure gym membership_
- _National and local discounts & benefits schemes_
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The Isle of Wight Council currently does _
_not__ have a license to sponsor overseas workers._
The Isle of Wight Council protects its employees from discrimination and this is supported by the _Unacceptable Behaviour Policy_, _Employee Code of Conduct_ and _Behaviours Framework_. We actively promote the diversity of our workforce and we provide flexible working options (where appropriate) to support the different needs of our employees._

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Closing Date:
Rolling