You'll be making a world of difference when you join us as a Support Worker at Achieve together. The Droveway is a specialist residential service for adults aged 18+, with moderate to severe autism spectrum conditions and associated complex needs, including behaviours that may challenge.
Make a difference today!
Location: Hove, East Sussex, BN3 6LF
Contract / Shifts available: We have a number of day and night shifts on offer to suit you!
Early Shift - 07.30am -15.00pm (7.5hrs)
Late Shift - 14.00pm - 21.30pm (7.5hrs)
E/L Shift - 07.30am - 21.30pm (14hrs)
Night Shift - 21.30pm-07.30am (10hrs)
Mid Shift - 09.30 - 17.00pm (7.5hrs)
Rate: £19,110 per annum
Your new job: Support workers treat everyone equally and with the dignity and respect they deserve: you’ll play a vital part in providing support that improves the ability to manage daily tasks and enable people to experience independent living and decision making.
Your role is to:
- Support people in achieving their goals and ambitions
- Planning and engaging in activities
- Make a positive contribution to the lives of others
- Prompting and/or supporting personal care
Please visit our website where you will find some of the fantastic success stories, shared by people we support.
Your Rewards:
- Free DBS - No cost to join!
- Paid Training & Personal E-Learning portal - to get you off to a flying start
- Refer a Friend & earn £300
- Annual Leave - 28 days
- Reward and Recognition - our way of saying “Thank you”
- Employee Assistance Programme - Support for you… when you need it
What you can expect?
- Competitive pay rates with increments aligned to level of experience
- Fantastic development and progression opportunities [75% of our promotions are internal]
- A comprehensive induction programme to support you in your early days
- Ongoing award-winning learning and development programmes
- Excellent Recognition schemes
- Flexible working arrangements
Your Experience: The desired candidate would be someone with experience of working with individuals who can present challenging behaviour, and has a good understanding of severe learning difficulties, or have at least some basic experience in care work. We would love to hear from you if you are self-motivated to help others, especially those with complex and special needs and are willing to learn. Drivers are in great need, but non drivers employed.
You! Support Workers come from many different employment backgrounds and experiences such as Customer Service, NHS, Retail, Admin and more. You probably already have all the skills required, as we employ our Support Workers based on their values, willingness to learn new skills and the compassion to promote person centered healthcare with a homely family feel.
Does this sound like the role for you? Start or change your journey in Social Care with us today by applying NOW!
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