Support Worker (Casual) Residential - St Austell - Cornwall Location St Austell Discipline: Job type: Salary: £ (£ per hour + in leiu of holiday entitlement) Contact name: Nyree Weller Contact email: Job ref: 032503 Published: 23 minutes ago Expiry date: 01 Dec 2025 23:59 Are you looking for a meaningful career? Would you like the opportunity to become a Casual Support Worker helping individuals with learning disabilities live the best life possible? We are looking for Casual Support Workers to join our growing team in St Austell. Experience is not essential as we will provide you with support and training to become a confident Support Worker. We are looking for people who are naturally caring and compassionate. Covering leave, training and sickness with hours that fit in with life's other commitments, a casual support worker role is an ideal way of discovering that this could be the career for you. Hft is a charity that supports adults with learning disabilities. We believe in a world where anyone with a learning disability can live within their community with all the choice and support they need to live the best life possible. Our service at St Austell is a busy and fun place to work. Every day is different and you will support people to develop their skills and achieve their goals in the following areas: Supporting people to access community, for example swimming, volunteer jobs, cinema; Helping with daily living tasks, such as attending appointments, shopping; Support with medication; Providing personal care. We offer Wage incentives: 20% bank holidays allowance with an increased rate of 50% for key dates over Christmas. Training: Access to award winning training and development Wagestream: Allows you to flexibly access your pay throughout the month and utilise a range of financial support, through its dedicated app Aviva Digicare + workplace: Access to wellbeing services including health checks, Digital GP and mental health support TELUS health: A 24/service, completely confidential counselling and support platform and helpline that is free for all colleagues to use. Discounted mobile phone contracts. As an Hft employee, youll be able to take advantage of Vodafones Employee Advantage programme, giving you up to 30% off. Care Friends: Employee referral app earn money for referring your friends to work for Hft. What will you be doing? Giving the highest possible standards of support to individuals with moderate to severe learning disabilities. Supporting them to discover new interests, reaching goals like travelling and holidays and working positively with their families and friends. Helping individuals to engage in different leisure, home or work-related activities, all according to their personal choice. As a Support Worker (Care Assistant), your responsibilities are varied and no two days are the same. As well as providing physical and emotional support you may be needed to help with household tasks and personal care as well as supporting individuals with healthcare needs, taking medication. Everything you do will enable people to have choices about their own lives, providing flexible services that meet peoples needs, and always looking for the best way of doing things. This is your opportunity to make a real difference to people's lives. A full UK driving licence is desirable to be able to take supported people out, but services are easily accessible with public transport for non-drivers. We provide 24/7 support to some people, so you will need to have flexibility to work shifts, including sleep in nights, weekends and Bank Holidays Supported living and residential - supporting individuals with learning disabilities. Location St Austell, Cornwall Salary information £ (£ plus holiday pay) Sleep ins at the service are £ + (holiday pay) Find your place with us and change lives. STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive sufficient applications.
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