We are looking for a female staff team to support a service user with complex needs and learning disabilities to live as independently as they can in the community, in Scunthorpe.  The service user has a very active social life and therefore will need support from staff to and from their activities. Driving is not essential.

You will provide person-centred support to enable our service user to live a fulfilling life within their local community close to Ashby and achieve positive outcomes.  You will be expected to support with personal care, administer medications, prepare and cook meals, managing finances and budgeting, have positive relationships with their family and involved professionals.

Full training is provided as well as the opportunity for further professional development.

We are looking for female Support Workers who are confident, fun, energetic, motivating, patient, caring and person-centred. Ideally you will have a good working knowledge of people with learning disabilities. Experience is beneficial, however, we are looking for staff with the right values who want to enable vulnerable people to reach their full potential and live a happy life.

You will be an enthusiastic team player and flexible to work on a 24-hour rota system over 7 days and involve sleep-in shifts.

Opportunities…

This is a rewarding role and brings great job satisfaction to those who are looking to make a positive difference to the lives of others. We provide full, accredited training courses in areas such as communication approaches and more. For further career development, we offer higher qualifications through our in-house training department.

Benefits of working with Creative Support:

We offer all employees competitive pay and a pension contribution in addition to 28 days annual leave. As an employer that is committed to the professional development of our staff we also support our care staff to complete the nationally recognised Care Certificate and pay for your enhanced DBS. Additional benefits include enhanced maternity leave, employee support programmes and an additional day of leave each year on or around your Birthday.

Creative Support is a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer, who have recently received Investors in People Gold award. We actively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and cultures, however we can only accept fully completed applications from those located in and eligible to work within the UK – Please be aware we are currently at full capacity with our Visa Sponsor Licenses, therefore we are not accepting applicants who are seeking sponsorship.

We are also not accepting applicants who are currently on a Skilled Worker Visa, seeking secondary employment, as we are unable to actively track the hours worked with the primary sponsor.

We will be interviewing for this role as suitable applications are received and may close this role before the closing date upon a successful candidate being appointed. We do not notify unsuccessful candidates of their outcome at application stage, previously unsuccessful applicants must wait six months before reapplying.