Job Introduction
The role:
Are you looking for a fresh challenge where you can showcase your caring and understanding nature? Our residential schemes support adults with learning and physical disabilities with a range of health needs.
We are looking for Support Workers to join our team in Staffordshire. Experience is not essential, as we will provide you with all the relevant training and support to become a confident Support Worker.
At Wrekin Housing Group, we are all about caring for the community and the people we support. At William Street, we support up to six males,, with all aspects of daily living including personal care, preparing meals and mealtime support, administering medication, and supporting with health appointments.
We also have a lot of fun supporting them with their daily activities such as visits to Fenton Park, Longton and Hanley, local walks, swimming, train journeys, bingo and bowling to name a few. There are many more activities you can get involved with. This is a rewarding role where you can see our residents enjoying themselves and having a great time with your support.
Benefits:
In return, we offer you a rewarding opportunity within a supportive team of experienced mentors and peers, ensuring you thrive throughout your career.
- Continuous professional development with training, coaching, and mentoring
- Enhanced maternity, shared parental, and adoption leave
- Free onsite parking
- Paid Carer’s leave
- You will have access to our comprehensive training platform
- Access to a number of fantastic rewards including free and discounted tickets to popular destinations
- Access to our discounts and cashback app Rainly from day one
- Access to Blue Light Discount
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Long Service Recognition
What you will be doing:
- Delivering the best possible levels of care to the people you support, to help the individuals to achieve their personal goals and live as independently as possible
- As a Support Worker, your responsibilities are varied and no two days are the same
- Alongside providing physical and emotional support, you may be needed to help with household tasks and personal care, as well as supporting individuals with their healthcare needs, such as administering medication
- Everything you do within your role will provide flexible services that meet peoples needs, and support them to have choices about their own lives
About you:
- You will enjoy working in harmony with the team proactively and collaboratively for positive outcomes for our residents
- You will be someone who would embrace processes and procedures along with adding in a good measure of your creativity
- You will be open to new ideas and thinking out of the box
- As the shift patterns are based on our resident's changing needs, flexibility is required
About us:
The Wrekin Housing Group is a socially minded organisation that makes a difference to people’s lives. We support adults with learning disabilities to live their best life possible by promoting their personal development and independence. We are looking for people who are caring, compassionate, and align with our values. Our values are 'Communicate Clearly', 'Work Together', 'Everyone Matters' and 'Inspire Positive Change'. Through our values, we strive to make a difference to everyone's lives.
‘Made With Care’:
We've linked up with the Governments recently launched ‘Made With Care’ campaign which means if you join Choices, you will be part of the biggest reform of adult social care in a generation.
There is record funding being invested to support the new social care sector including for staff training and development and if you have the values we're looking for - kindness, compassion and resilience -you will be joining a workforce dedicated to helping others and build a career that helps people live happy, healthy lives.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/adult-social-care-campaign-to-build-bigger-and-better-workforce
Our Inclusive Culture:
The Wrekin Housing Group is an inclusive employer committed to supporting all employees. We know that people perform better when they can be themselves, so creating a culture which is inclusive isn’t only the right thing to do, but is crucial to the success of any organisation. All of our employee networks make a positive contribution to how we are able to support all of our staff and includes networks such as our LGBTQ+ employee group, disability positive, heritage and culture and our allies’ network.
Next Steps:
To apply for this role, please submit an application.
This position does not offer sponsorship, and successful candidates will be required to have the Right to Work in the UK.
This role requires an Enhanced DBS Check.
