Support Worker - Watford, United Kingdom - The Camphill Village Trust

The Camphill Village Trust

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Watford, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job title:
Support Worker

Location:
Delrow
, Watford

Purpose:
To provide autonomous assistance to the people we support to fulfil their potential for independence, choice, inclusion and control. We provide support to people who have learning difficulties or disabilities.

Salary:
£21,547 per year. You are paid every four weeks at £11.05 per hour

Hours:37.5 hours Monday to Sunday (some shift rotation). There's overtime as well if you're interested
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Are you looking for new job by the new year?:

Can you see yourself joining our fun and active environment?:

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Joining us at Camphill Village Trust will definitely meet your needs

We have full time rotating shift opportunities but also condensed days e.g. work full time over 3 or 4 days_

Supporting a group of young adults with Learning Disabilities, Delrow house is a busy, lively, and exciting place to be, as well as supporting people to grow their independence with their daily living skills, you will also find yourself supporting tenants to be fully active in the community, supporting with work, enjoying leisure activities and lots of cinema trips

We have lots of houses in our Watford community and you could be a key part of our well established community.

A word from the people who live at Delrow house:
'you're very welcome here at Delrow House, we do lots of things and outings, we do cooking and there's lots of laughter.'

'It's a busy house, and we do loads of things. I like it when we all get together and have a big dinner once a week. I like going to different places with staff. We are very friendly'

If the following appeals, we'd love to hear from you if:

You
crave the
autonomy and
freedom to provide true person-centred support: the people we support all have differing needs and wants; you are instrumental in making it happen
You want to become a
real part of someone's life and be able to support them in all their activities.
You have a passion for
helping others live a fulfilling and interesting life.
You like being involved in the activities of people you support: _many of the people we support have _
interests_ _such as swimming, crafts and socialising_

If you want more information, go to our website where we've provided a full job pack

Who are we looking for?

You will have a desire to support people achieve a life full of opportunities. Experience is not necessary but an understanding of the importance of supporting someone to have autonomy in their life is.
You'll be responsible for ensuring that care and support is of a high standard, focused on person centered outcomes and delivered within budget
You'll have a supportive and encouraging natural approach: _the People we support live in their own homes or shared houses and will need support and guidance to maintain their home, use laundry equipment, cook, plan shopping and will need help looking after their finances._

What do we offer you?

Our other benefits include:

25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays) raising to 27 days at two years' service
Employee assistance scheme that is also available to your immediate family
Free onsite parking
Sick pay entitlement after one month service: _four weeks increasing with service_
Pension Scheme: _we contribute to a pension scheme along with your personal contributions_
Death in Service benefits: _payments made to your beneficiaries should the unthinkable happen_

All of our employees will require a DBS criminal record check. _We can do this for you._

Camphill Village Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant preemployment checks including an enhanced DBS._
We are an equal opportunities employer._

Job Types:
Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Salary:
£21,547.00 per month

Benefits:

Casual dress
Flexitime
Life insurance
Onsite parking

Day range:

Monday to Friday

Physical setting:

Extra care housing
Sheltered housing

Shift:

10 hour shift
12 hour shift
8 hour shift
Day shift
Overnight shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

Watford: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

We can accommodate many differing requirements. Please let us know if you're interested in shift rotations, condensed hours (full time over 3 or 4 days), part time or waking nights
Do you have the right to work in the UK and can you provide proof?

Shift availability: