Support Worker (Tolpuddle House) - Ongar, Essex

Title: Support Worker

Contract Type: Permanent Full Time

Hours of Work: 37 hours per week

Persona: Site Based

Location: Ongar, Essex

Salary: GBP21,028 per annum

Care to work in a place where 78% of our staff told us it s a great place to work and 92% said their manager treats them with respect? (GPTW survey 2022)

We are currently seeking a Support Worker to join our Tolpuddle House team, supporting adults with learning disabilities.

At the organisation, we believe that being a caring person who shares our values and likes helping others is far more important than experience. Some of our best support workers have come straight from college, university or from other sectors such as customer service. If you possess the right attitude and values, we will provide the necessary training.

We follow the ethos of Positive Behaviour Support, engaging individuals in active support and focusing on community participation. The main duties for this post will be to provide emotional support to service users, promote daily independence and wellbeing, as well as offer personal care and support with daily living tasks.

As a requirement of the role, you will be working on a rota basis, including weekends, bank holidays and weekends.

No previous experience is required. We will support you with a comprehensive induction and provide ongoing training and development.

As the ideal candidate, you will be someone who shares our values:

People - We care about the happiness and wellbeing of our customers and employees.

Passion - We approach everything with energy, determination, and enthusiasm.

Inclusion - We draw strength from our differences and work collaboratively.

Responsibility - We own problems and deliver effective, lasting solutions.

Impact - We measure what we do by the difference we make.

Why work for the organisation?

We are committed to paying our staff the Real Living Wage.Free training up to diploma level 5We offer excellent benefits including 21 days annual leave (pro rata), a pension scheme and non-contributory life assurance, a season ticket loan, employee discount scheme and a health and wellbeing program.You will have access to our spot bonus scheme for demonstrating how you embed our values. If you go way and beyond, we will reward you with a spot bonus of up to GBP1000.The opportunity to grow your career with us or other departments within our business.

If you are interested in this role and share our values, then apply without delay!

For this post, the successful candidate will need to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service certificate (DBS) to enable them to work within the team. Further information about the Disclosure scheme can be found online.

At the foundation of everything that we do are our corporate values and associated behaviours. Our organisational behavioural framework outlines the core expectations of all employees, which should be demonstrated at all times when representing the organisation. More information about the organisation s values can be found on our website and a copy of our behavioural framework can be provided on request.

We are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace.

We expect all our employees to support our environmental policy and social responsibility work. We are an employer committed to environmental and social responsibility.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by Social Care People on behalf of the organisation.