Support Worker - Leeds, United Kingdom - Real Life Options

Real Life Options

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Leeds, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

**Part Time Support Worker

Belle Vue
Leeds (Drivers Only) 16 hours per week**
Salary £11.44 per hour

Belle Vue is one of our properties that is in walking distance of Leeds city centre. We support 3 ladies within the home that is set over 3 levels.

The main objective of this role is to encourage people to maintain their own health and wellbeing including support with their medication needs, access to medical professionals & personal care when needed therefore driving will be preferable, there will also be a variety of social task to help the service users integrate within the community.

_"I love when my Support Worker drives me to the seaside for fish and chips, I really enjoy getting out and about doing girly activities but also like to get involved with baking. I like having people around who have a calm and caring approach"_

Real Life Options is a registered charity currently going through a period of growth, and we are continuing to search for permanent contracted Support Workers who really want to make an impact on the lives of the people we support.

The role

Across all services, you will be supporting people with learning disabilities, some mental health issues and Autism, with some challenging behaviours at times.

Therefore you must have the ability to follow detailed support plans in order to ensure a consistent approach and that the individuals needs are being met.

Real Life Options offers flexible employment opportunities.

This role will include shift working, including evenings, sleepovers, nights and weekends the service is staffed 24/7, 2 or 3 staff within the day and a waking night staff.

Sleepovers will include an allowance.

Permanent Contracted hours:
Part Time 16 hours per week
Previous experience is desirable for this position although full training will be provided.

Driving Esstential

A DBS is required for this role.

Benefits and Rewards

A minimum of 28days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (prorata for part time staff)
Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job
An employer contributory pension scheme

In addition to the above you also have access to the following great benefits:

Health Cash Plan (for full/part time contracted hours)

- £10,000 Life cover

A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and facetoface counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
Cycle to Work Scheme
A financial wellbeing scheme
Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
Recognition Initiatives

We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are:

Respect - Honesty - Responsibility - Excellence
If you can circle 6 or more of the skills below, then you could be the person we are looking for:

Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values - Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive
Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer.

We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.