Residential Support Worker
37.5 hours per week – Flexible shifts over a 24/7 week, 365 days a year (incl. weekends, bank holidays and sleep in shifts on a rota basis)
Salary: £22,425 per annum, equal to £11.50 per hour
Location: Lyndhurst, New Forest
At Minstead Trust, we celebrate people by working to provide excellent support to those with wide-ranging care needs. Without our incredible team of staff and volunteers, we simply wouldn’t be where we are today! We are always looking to welcome people who are passionate, dynamic and able to celebrate difference.
As a Support Worker, based within our Residential Service located in Lyndhurst, you’ll be engaging directly with those we support, inspiring fun and creativity whilst encouraging independence and allowing individuals to live, happy, healthy and fulfilling lives.
The role:
- To support individuals to meet their goals and outcomes in health, well-being and independence
- Assist individuals with their personal, social and healthcare needs as required whilst maintaining accurate records
- To work as part of a team as well as lone working within the community as needed
- Work with allocated individuals as their keyworker
- Interact and communicate with the people you support in a way that promotes dignity and respect
- Support individuals with everyday tasks as required
- Supporting individuals to access day opportunities.
What are we looking for?
- Motivated, honest and approachable individuals who are great at building and nurturing relationships
- Experience of providing high levels of care and support to those with learning disabilities in a social care setting
- Aspirations to develop skills at support worker level and beyond!
- Flexibility to work shifts 24/7, 365 days a year including weekends and bank holidays as well as sleep in shifts on a rota basis
- Level 2 NVQ in Health and Social Care is desirable but training will be provided
- A full UK driving licence is essential (in-work travel paid).
What benefits can we offer?
- 33 Days’ Holiday (Pro Rata)
- Refer-a-Friend scheme worth £750!
- A Celebration Day’s Leave for Your Birthday
- Death in Service Insurance
- Company Pension
- An easy-access health and wellbeing Scheme
- Cycle to Work
- Furzey Gardens Membership
- Hanger Farm Membership
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Blue Light Card Eligibility
If you would like to apply for this role, please complete our application form and return the completed form to careers@minsteadtrust.org.uk or fill out the online application form.
Our Vision at Minstead Trust is to live in a society where people with learning disabilities enjoy fulfilling lives of their own choosing.
As a trust, our mission is to support people with learning disabilities to fully develop their individual potential by providing opportunities, enhancing life skills, ensuring informed choice and influencing society.
- We appreciate each person. Everyone is different – we respect and celebrate this.
- We’re always learning. We all have something to offer and more to learn.
- We’re always improving. Striving to give our best and to have more impact.
- We push for change. We will challenge society to be fully inclusive.
- We find the joy in everyday life. We have the freedom to be ourselves and enjoy what we do.
We are not licenced to sponsor employees for visas; therefore, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. You need to have, or be able to obtain, right to work in the UK in order to take up this position.
All staff working for, or on behalf of Minstead Trust, understand their responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults at risk and know who to escalate concerns to within Minstead Trust.
Due to the nature of this employment section your application is subject to a successful Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS).
No terminology in the advert you have seen is intended to discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability of sexual orientation, and we will gladly accept applications from all sections of the community.
We are only able to accept direct applications at this time; no agencies please.