Scarborough and District Mencap
Relief Support Worker
Pay: £12.79-£13.79 per hour
Job title: Relief Support Worker ( Weekdays Saturdays and School Holidays)
With service: Flexi Care (children)
Flexi Support, Day/ (adults)
Reports to: Service Management Team
Management of: None
Scarborough and District Mencap are currently recruiting Support Workers to our team.
Please be aware this role will involve Personal Care and Moving and handling.
We are seeking individuals to work shifts, including, school holiday weekdays from 9.15 am to 4 pm, Saturdays 6 hours on a Rota basis.
- Flexible days to fit around your life/studies
- No late evening or overnight working
- No Sunday or Bank holiday working
- Paid training in house and via our online platform
- Annual leave and sickness package
- Opportunities to develop new skills
- Employee assistance program offering confidential advice 24/7
- We pay for your DBS and for joining the update service
Who are we?
We are an independent charity, registered separately with the Charity Commission, but affiliated to the Royal Mencap Society. We provide a range of day and out-of-hours services for children and adults with a learning disability, including those with additional physical disabilities, complex medical needs and challenging behaviours.
What do we provide?
- Respite care for children via play activities held after school, at weekends and in the school holidays
- Flexible care and support in people’s own homes or the community, to help them to live more independently
- Day Services – Monday-Friday day service activities and care for adults
- A teatime service providing a two-course meal and supervised activities as a bridge between day services and evening activities so that service users can remain more independent, and parents/carers have longer respite (Tues/Thurs/Fri)
- Evening activities such as Gateway Club, a drama group and discos, which provide social opportunities for adult service users to meet up with friends (Tues/Thurs/Fri)
Support Worker Role
We are looking for Support Workers who will, enable people with learning disabilities to lead fulfilling lives based around their individual needs, community participation, respect and community presence.
A person who can work safely and in compliance with our internal and external requirements so that the people we support can trust and feel safe and confident in the support we provide them. To be able to work as part of a team with a positive and enthusiastic attitude and a commitment to working at Scarborough and district Mencap.
We provide person-centred care and support, including opportunities to take part in a wide variety of centre-based and community activities designed to:
- Develop and retain independence through undertaking a choice of activities that involve practical life skills
- Promote and maintain service users’ health and wellbeing and encourage them to have a healthy lifestyle
- Offer supported work experience relevant to service users’ capabilities
- Enable service users to access a range of social and leisure activities and try out new hobbies alongside their peers
Desirable:
· Current relevant training and experience: e.g. First Aid, moving and handling, food hygiene, safeguarding. Necessary training can be provided as needed.
· Ability to drive for work.
· Experience of working with adults and children with learning disabilities.
Essential:
· Able to support with Moving and Handling tasks in the building and community.
Support service users with personal care
· Working in the community and also at our base
Enhanced DBS clearance/references
Any offer of a post is subject to you providing two satisfactory professional references and your undergoing an enhanced DBS clearance.
Pay: £12.79-£13.79 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Paid training
Work Location: In person
