Lead Support Worker

Are you looking for a rewarding job providing personalised support to promote the independence of vulnerable adults within the communities of Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot?

Our values are aimed at treating the people we support as individuals. If you share our values we would like you to join our team!

For this role you will receive £10.55 per hour (for shifts worked delivering support) plus £67.75 per shift when you work a Sleep-In.

The Lead Support Worker programme pays a shift premium of 50p per hour (£10.55 per hour, Support Workers receive £10.05 per hour) for all hours worked delivering support (up to 40 hours per week.)

PLEASE NOTE: This premium does not apply to hours while absent, on leave, on training, or when working additional hours chosen by you to cover vacant support hours.

The Lead Support Worker Programme offers you the opportunity to develop your experience, skills and knowledge via workplace learning and a comprehensive training programme, enabling you to progress within the organisation into management roles.

Lead Support Workers will be based within a Locality, but will also be expected to work in other services across the organisationas and when required.

The aim of the post: To provide support to people with a learning or physical disability to live the life they choose in accordance with their personal support plans. This will involve:

• providing confident, high quality support to tenants with complex support needs
• coaching other support staff as required to effectively deliver complex packages
• moving if required to new care settings supported by the Consortium to ensure confident and stable support to tenants,
• acting up if required to Personal Support Manager positions,
• maintaining experience of supporting tenants with complex support needs caused by a wide range of factors
• undertaking additional training to maintain high quality care in complex situations.

As a valued member of our team you will also be entitled to a range of benefits, including:

• £500 joining bonus for new employees, excludes Casual Support Workers. The payment is pro rata for part time employees. £250 pro rata will be paid when your employment formally commences and £250 pro rata when you successfully complete your Probationary Period.
• Additional annual leave after 5 year's service.
• Long Service Award (at 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 years service)
• A generous Company Sick Pay Scheme (Up to 6 months full pay and 6 months half pay
• Social Care Wales Registration Fees paid by the organisation
• 65p per mile allowance for any work mileage undertaken
• Career Development Opportunities
• Training programme to gain recognised Qualifications paid for by the Consortium.
• Refer a Friend Scheme
• Blue Light Card fee paid by the organisation
• Discount at local coffee shops
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A generous Company Pension Scheme
• Support and Wellbeing Advice Service
• Opportunities for you own personal development via Learning Loans
• Rights to Request: Time to Train and Flexible Working
• Opportunity to sell annnual leave, within the provisions of the Working Time Regulations.

You will be required to:

- work a variety of shifts on a rota basis including days, evenings, weekends, wakeful nights, public holidays and sleep in duties.

- hold a full current driving licence which allows you to legally drive in the UK is also required

- have Business Class 1 vehicle insurance.

This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

All offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory pre-employment health declaration, proof of right to work in the UK, full employment history and references.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 30 - 40 per week

Salary: £10.55 per hour

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Store discount
• Wellness programme

Shift:

• Day shift
• Night shift
• Overnight shift

COVID-19 considerations:
All Support Workers work within Welsh Government and Public Health Wales guidance and are provided with Lateral Flow Test kits and full PPE.

Application question(s):

• Support Workers are required to work a variety of shifts, e.g. morning, afternoon and night shifts. These shifts could be any day of the week and weekend on a rota basis. Do you have the flexibility to work the full range of shifts required of a Support Worker?

Education:

• GCSE or equivalent (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Full UK driver's license (required)

Shift availability:

• Day shift (required)
• Night shift (required)
• Overnight shift (required)

Work Location: In person