URGENT VACANCY! This is a brand-new service for Cartrefi so you’ll be joining us at an exciting time to really help us shape this new caring support service.
As a Support Worker in Llanddona you’ll help make the everyday remarkable for the people we support.
We are dedicated to supporting those with learning disabilities to live a fulfilled and enriched life in the community, as a Support Worker, you can play a vital role in this.
Role: Support Worker
Location: Llanddona, Anglesey
Hours: Full time 37 hours per week, this will include weekends and sleep-ins
Salary: £12.74 per hour and our sleep-in shifts at £60 per night and our travel expenses is paid 45p per mile
Contract: Permanent
Interviews: We are looking to interview as soon as possible so would encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity
What you’ll be doing:
In this brand new role / service, you’ll actively support 1 male (ratio will be 2:1) with challenging behaviour, in making his own choices and setting his own goals — whether it’s everyday decisions like what to wear, eat, or do, or something bigger such as where to live, how to manage his finances, or where to go on holiday.
As his trusted Support Worker, you'll empower him through on these choices, including taking part in structured activities that build confidence and develop new skills. He particularly enjoys trampolining and fun fairs. You’ll also offer practical support to help him to meet responsibilities like paying bills, maintaining his home, being good neighbours, and staying connected with friends and family.
Your goal is to make everyday remarkable through enhancing well-being and focusing on the small, meaningful moments that bring joy and purpose. By offering this kind of person-centred support every day, this truly is a fun and rewarding role for the right person.
Please note personal care is involved in this role.
Who we are looking for:
No experience required as full training is provided. We’d love to hear from you if you:
- have patience and empathy - can support a person with their intimate personal care with respect and dignity - have strong communication and teamwork skills - are able to speak on behalf of others as well as to a range of professional people - have good written skills and the ability to record events with empathy and meaning - have a full driving licence - essential for transporting individuals to appointments and activities - have access to your own car and happy to use this for transporting people we support to and from activities as well as obtaining business insurance for your vehicle for which we pay 45p per mile to cover this.
Our Benefits
- Excellent training and development opportunities to achieve qualifications - 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service with the option to buy and sell leave - Benevolent Fund, confidential financial wellbeing resource available to our colleagues - Health and Wellbeing programme - 24 hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme - Refer a Friend - Referral Programme - Company pension - Cycle to work scheme - Benefits and discount platform - Eligibility for Blue Light discount card - And much much more…..
About Us Our mission is to build a better future by focusing on people with learning disabilities and their families. We strive to be a great support provider for the individuals and families that we support, our employees, our partners and funders, and the communities in which we work. We’re a Cooperative, which means putting people at the heart of our decision making and support.
Our Values We’ve made a promise to the people we support, setting out our commitments to them and how they can expect to be supported, our values include:
Honesty Trust Kindness Respect Wellbeing
Please note we reserve the right to close this advert early so we would encourage you to apply early for this position.
How to apply
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