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Support Worker/Care Assistant (Adults with Learning Disabilities)

Torquay

  • Casual
  • 2025-03-01
  • £13.45 - £16.56 a hour
  • Travel expenses: no
  • Job term: Bank
  • Job code: 220125-51616

Make a Difference in the Lives of Adults with Learning Disabilities!

We’re looking for additional bank staff to support our core team at Sesame covering annual leave and sickness. Our shifts are typically 08.00-20.00, 08.00-14.00, 14.00-20.00 or 20.00-08.00 with a paid break for 12-hour shifts.

You’ll be joining our committed team, working to provide our residents with personalised, high-quality support. Your day-to-day tasks will vary, but will include:

• Delivering high-quality personal care, ensuring dignity and respect are always maintained.
• Assisting residents in developing independence and achieving their goals.
• Creating engaging activities and supporting participation.
• Contributing to a positive and supportive home environment.
• Working as a team to ensure tasks are completed efficiently.

We maintain staffing ratios of 1:2 for night shifts and either 1:1 or 2:1 for day shifts, depending on the resident’s needs. With four permanent residents, even those working bank or casual shifts will quickly become familiar with both our residents and the team.

About you

We’re looking for individuals who:

• Are caring and compassionate, with an understanding of person-centred care.
• Possess excellent communication skills (experience with non-verbal communication such as Makaton, BSL, or PECS is advantageous).
• Ideally have experience supporting people with learning disabilities in a residential setting (other relevant experience is also welcome).
• Are flexible, adaptable, and responsive to changing needs.
• Understand safeguarding and risk assessments.

Job Benefits

We’re passionate about supporting our staff just as much as we are about supporting our service users. When you join our team, you can expect:

• A Real Living Wage of £12.00 per hour minimum + holiday pay equivalent to 28 days per year
• A fully funded DBS check and update service to ensure a smooth onboarding process.
• Access valuable resources including an employee assistance program to support your mental and emotional health.

Who we are

Since 1996, Lifeworks has been empowering people with learning disabilities in Devon to achieve their dreams and build fulfilling lives. Our core values of kindness, respect, and positivity guide everything we do.

Sesame is a warm and welcoming home, providing 24/7 tailored residential care and support to adults with learning disabilities. Our focus is on providing support and opportunities for our residents, to enable them to reach their full potential, increase their independence and ultimately, live their best life. Residents are encouraged to participate in daily life, from contributing to household tasks to sharing their input on home decisions.

Building a Diverse and Safe Team

At Lifeworks, we’re committed to fostering a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. As a Disability Confident Employer, we actively encourage applications from individuals with disabilities who meet the job criteria, and we guarantee qualified candidates with disabilities an interview.

Lifeworks is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our residents. This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and the successful candidate will undergo Safer Recruitment checks which include pre-employment checks, reference checks, and an enhanced DBS with barred list check. We may also conduct online searches on the successful applicant. This will be part of a safeguarding check to assess whether the candidate is suitable to work with vulnerable adults.

Early Applications Encouraged!

Please contact Charley in the HR team if you should require any support (including completing the application process using other formats) or require any further information about the role.

Does the job role include personal care?: Yes

Working Patterns:

Day and night shifts available

Job location

Sesame
Bronshill Road
Torquay
Devon
TQ1 3HA

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Job category

Care / support worker, Community, Day services, Entry level roles, Learning disabilities, Residential care home, Supported living

Profile

Lifeworks Charity Ltd

Type of organisation

Charity

Sector

Social care

Description

At Lifeworks we believe in the rights of all individuals with a learning disability, however complex, to receive the services and support they need to develop the skills and confidence to reach their full potential.

We are a charity in Devon that has grown a lot since our beginnings nearly 30 years’ ago. Our approach, which is to meet the needs of people with learning disabilities and their families, has not changed.

Lifeworks works to support people with learning disabilities to have great lives. Our services have people’s needs at their heart and strive to help them reach their full potential.

Our services include the provision of residential, specialist further education, and numerous community projects with our young people leading the way.

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