Job Introduction
About us
At Achieve together, one of the UK’s leading providers of support for people with learning disabilities, autism, profound and multiple learning disabilities, deafness, hearing loss and associated complex needs, we strive to empower and inspire people in order to give them the resources, skills and confidence to thrive, live their lives independently, and to the fullest, while supporting them to achieve their goals and aspirations.
Without our incredible team of Support Workers, we simply wouldn’t be who we are today. In their own words, people we support are looking for Support Workers with all or most of the following traits:
- supportive& caring
- reliable& trustworthy
- friendly & approachable
- happy
- kind
- great at communicating& listening
- feel like family
- fun and up for a laugh
- happy to learn new skills
- have similar interests
- proactive & make things happen
- encourage people to do new things
- treat people as equals
Is this you? Keep reading!
You will support people in everyday life, celebrate achievements, encourage fun and creativity, and empower people to be a meaningful part of their local community. This is more than just a job – you’ll be helping people gain independence and live healthy, happy and fulfilling lives.
At Achieve together, you’ll embark on a career adventure like no other, with dedicated training opportunities along the way to develop your skills as a Support Worker and beyond. Whatever your aspirations, we can help you reach your goals and forge a long-lasting career in social care.
You will support people both in their home and in their local communities and we have a range of working patterns to suit you, including full time, part time and flexible opportunities.
We offer a range of exciting benefits, such as:
- Flexible hours to suit a range of lifestyles
- Career progression and training opportunities
- Employee welfare and wellbeing initiatives, including access to Employee Assistance Programme with free counselling services for you and your family
- Recognition schemes, team events and social activities
- Employee discount schemes across a range of retailers and services,
- Stream- a financial health app that gives you the ability to receive optional pay advances
- Team member incentive schemes such as Refer a Friend, Employee of the Month and Heroes Awards
- New experiences and opportunities for days out with people you support, sometimes even holidays!
- Life assurance
About the people and their home
The staff and people we support at Mandalay are a family unit. We have a wide range of personalities, but we come together to laugh and have fun. The people we support are awesome, and each have the most endearing personality. From a football fanatic, puzzle experts to music lovers. If you love going out for coffee and cake or afternoon tea, then you are already ahead of the game as we rarely have a week go by without this activity. Having fun is our world, from long walks on the beach with a cheeky ice-cream at the end, sailing on the broads, visiting local petting farms or just simply baking a yummy cake. We all love the water so between us we swim almost every day, therefore a swimming kit is essential and part of our uniform. We support the people to fulfil their dreams which includes holidays and cheeky weekends away.
The support we need includes personal care, arranging and attending appointments, monitoring our health, ordering and administering medication and organising our finances. We also need support with our laundry and completing room cleans, maintaining general hygiene in our home and for ourselves. We also need support with cooking and meal preparation and engaging with others in the community.
Home achievements and people’s goals: being part of the community, having meaningful activities, living more independently, keeping safe, recording and de – escalating challenging behaviours support worker can enable us to reach our goals and help us live fulfilling lives.
About you
New to social care? That’s OK! If you’re ready and willing to learn, you have enthusiasm and passion to support people, we provide full training to ensure you can provide the best possible support and develop your own skills.
If you have the qualities and interests that align with people we support, we can’t wait for you to apply!
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