Support Worker for Cheryl

Cheryl is a very sociable friendly person, she lives in her own house in Torquay and has an established team supporting her. She is very independent and requires very little support around her home but requires some support with budgeting her money. Cheryl needs a couple of support workers to join her team, people who are fun and interested in the same things that she is, but also someone who can introduce her to new things.

She loves to visit new places, she has been to Edinburgh and London and she has a few other places on her list that she would like to visit. At times Cheryl needs some emotional support to keep her on track, she can easily become overwhelmed which leads to her feeling anxious. Mostly though, it’s all about having fun and supporting Cheryl on her journey to increased independence.

Ideally you will:

• Have a good sense of humour
• Be reliable and flexible
• Work well as part of a small team
• Have a ‘can do’ attitude
• Love animals
• Have good communication skills
• Be able to demonstrate kindness and patience
• Be committed to the values of inclusion

Benefits:

• We reward our staff with competitive salaries
• We offer an Award Winning Pension Scheme
• We have a company sick pay scheme
• Excellent annual leave allowance, including top up pay
• Critical Illness cover, reassurance when you need it the most
• Life Insurance, reassurance for your family when they need it the most
• A really good mandatory induction
• Ongoing high quality training
• Career development opportunities
• A real chance to make a difference to someone’s life

No Sponsorship currently available for this role

Does the job role include personal care?: Yes

Working Patterns:

Hours: 20h per week

Day and night shifts

Essential details:

This position has a ‘genuine occupational requirement’ covered under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and therefore only applications from females are requested.

We are committed to recruiting candidates who share our commitment to safeguarding, and therefore we apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure that the people selected are right for the job, and that all candidates are appropriately screened prior to appointment, including obtaining references and DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) clearance. A DBS check will be requested in the event of the individual being offered a position with Beyond Limits, the cost of which will be to the employee, however, this will be returned after successful completion of probation period (6 months).