Support Worker
Yeovil
Part-Time (20-30 hours per week)
pay rate: £14.44 per hour
Full UK/EU Driving License Essential
Selwyn is within walking distance frorm the Sports and social club, Local public swimming pool, Clubs and bars, Leisure centre with bowling/cinema/restaurants, Nine springs country park.
The people we support want to learn new skills and try new activities with Support Workers who are passionate about supporting them. They also want caring people to support them with personal care, cooking, shopping and other fun things they enjoy!
Key Tasks:
- Support with shopping for things they wish to buy, including clothes and food.
- Support to manage their own money
- Help, encourage, support to do their housework, including cleaning and laundry
- Support with medication
- Keep written records, using IT systems to update support plans, financial info and health and safety records?
Benefits for Support Workers working with Discovery include:
- 30 days paid Annual Leave (including public holidays – pro rata)
- Opportunities for career progression
- High Street Discounts – Retail and Entertainment (supermarkets, hospitality, pubs, cinema etc.) which could be worth up to £1200
- Life Assurance and Company Pension
- Industry leading, award winning, training
- Enhanced DBS paid for by us
- We offer a salary advance scheme where you can access up to 50% of the money you’ve earned before payday.
About us:
Discovery is about people. We are ambitious for the people we support and our colleagues. We want the people we support to have fulfilling lives and we want our colleagues to have great careers with us.
This role requires an enhanced DBS Disclosure, which will be obtained for you by Discovery.
Shortlisting will be conducted on receipt of applications and interviews arranged and conducted until the vacant positions have been filled.
Discovery is an equal opportunities employer that values diversity and is strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. Discovery are Disability Confident Committed and we guarantee to interview all applicants who let us know they have a disability and meet the minimum essential criteria for this role. As part of our commitment to making reasonable adjustments we can offer support to complete your application in our offices using assistive technology.
Apply now:
We want the people we support to have fulfilling lives and we want our colleagues to have great careers with us. If you would like to be a part of our team and feel that your values match ours, please apply by clicking the button below, or contact Tia on 0300 303 9150 or drop us an email at[email removed] for an informal conversation about the role. Before you know it you could be making a positive difference every day.
