Support Worker

Radis Community Care has an opportunity for a Support Worker for Pump Piece supported living services.

About the role

As a Support Worker you will be supporting individuals with PMLD (Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities) and Mild Learning disabilities.

The role may include manual handling, medication administration, personal care, food preparation, household tasks, supporting individuals to keep in contact with family and friends, accessing the community and attending appointments.

We provide support for daily living skills and help support with socialisation.  We recognise each person as an individual and provide a unique service which is person centred and tailored to their needs. The role is to promote the individual’s independence, choice, dignity and respect by delivering the best standards of support. We offer people with PMLD a safe and secure home where they can live independently with the support they need.

Benefits for the Role

• Full or part time hours available
• Pension
• Excellent career progression
• Fully structured support for all new starters available
• Full training, working towards Care Certificate including other training courses such as Mental Health Awareness and Postural Support
• In-depth online & office-based training.
• Paid shadowing in the service
• Refer a friend payment (unlimited payments, subject to conditions)
• Mandatory refresher training paid for

Ideally the successful person would have a qualification in health and social care (but this is not essential) or will have worked either in supported living settings and / or with individuals with PMLD.