Job Introduction

• Support Worker: Loughborough (LE67)
• Rate:£12.60 per hour
• Hours:Full Time (37.5 hrs)
• Training:Full training + NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care
• Sponsorship:Not available

Have you considered the difference a smile can make, taking time to listen, understanding and empowering someone to make a choice? Being a Support Worker helping people to live their best lives in the ways they choose.

At Affinity Trust, what matters most is your compassion and willingness to make a difference. Every day offers the chance to learn, grow, and see the real impact of your support in the lives of people around you.

How will I make a difference?

As a support worker you’ll be there to lend a helping hand in a way that puts the person’s needs first, this means:

• Tailor support to each person’s daily needs and goals
• Empower people to make their own choices
• Encourage independence through everyday tasks
• Build confidence and practical life skills
• Help people stay connected to their community, friends, and family
• Support at their pace with patience and understanding
• Celebrate every achievement, no matter how small

Joining Affinity Trust means you'll be with caring colleagues, gain hands-on training that helps you grow into the role, and discover that what you do each day matters.

Joining us as a Support Worker gives you;

✨Meaningful connections that make a difference every day

✨Shared experiences of happiness and growth in the people you support

✨Being valued for who you are and the difference you make every day

Our Benefits

• Buy & sell annual leave
• Access pay as you earn via Stream - https://stream.co/en
• Wellbeing scheme
• Fully funded health plan via SimplyHealth (GP, dental, optical)
• Blue Light Card reimbursement
• Pension & Life Assurance

An enhanced DBS check is required (paid for by us).

We interview as we receive applications, so apply today!

We're committed to being Disability Confident, and we guarantee to interview all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

If you require any assistance with finding out about current vacancies, making an application, or need our recruitment documents in a more accessible format, please let us know.

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Support Worker - Coleford and Lydney

Job Reference brandontrust/TP/20118/1279

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Job Introduction

Seeking support workers in Coleford and Lydney

Do you enjoy swimming, the cinema and going out for tea and cake?

Your skills and life experience could be a great match for our support worker role. All you need is a willingness to learn, flexibility, a can-do attitude and a desire to help someone live a full life!

The support you provide will be centred around each person’s values, preferences and needs which could include developing daily living skills, accessing a wider community, personal care and medication needs.

Due to the nature of the job role, applicants should be able to drive and have a full UK manual driving license with access to a vehicle . 

No day is ever the same, visit our website for more information.

Benefits 

• Sleep-ins paid at £60 extra (basic salary £12.21 - £12.37 p/h)
• Full training to gain the nationally recognised Care Certificate.
• On-going training and career development including professional qualifications
• Contributory Pension
• We cover the cost of DBS checks
• Rota's are planned in advance
• Access to Wagestream where you can track your basic salary and additional hours earnings throughout the month and stream (access) a portion of those earnings before your monthly pay date. You can also access a range of financial support and advice, as well as save directly from your earnings.
• Shopping discounts including Blue Light card, EE perks and Costco membership
• Successfully 'recommend a friend' to join us and you'll receive a thank-you payment
• Access to wellbeing helplines.
• Health Cash Plan

You will:

• Have good communication skills
• Have a positive and patient approach
• Be resilient and respect people’s differences
• Be able to build professional relationships
• Work well as part of a team

Your responsibilities:

• To empower the people we support to live the lives they want to lead
• To develop daily living skills.
• Support the people we support to access their communities for socialisation, employment, training or friendships
• To contribute to, develop and implement the individuals care plans.
• To communicate effectively and professionally with people we support, their family members, and external professionals.
• Maintain the health needs of the individuals we support

Brandon Trust work alongside people of different ability so they are able to create opportunity and feel empowered to live the life they want.

All support workers work flexible shifts to provide a 24/7 service. Successful applicants for this role will require an enhanced DBS check.

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and welcome applicants from all sections of the community.

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   Volunteer Intake worker

ROLE DESCRIPTION

Role Purpose:

Location:

To provide an intake and triage assessment service and advice
and support to victims of Domestic Abuse and to professionals.

Office base at Meade House, Wedgwood Road, Bath, BA2
1QN.

Responsible to:

Domestic Abuse Manager

Hours:

Benefits:

To be agreed

  A supportive culture where staff feedback is highly valued.
  Training and development opportunities
  On-site parking.

DBS Check:

All Southside’s appointments are subject to satisfactory DBS
checks and references.

Equal Opportunities:

The worker will be expected to implement Southside’s Equity,
Diversity and Inclusion Policy in all aspects of their work.

Child Protection and
Safeguarding Vulnerable
Adults:

Southside
is  committed  to  protecting,  safeguarding  and
promoting  the  welfare  of  all  children,  young  people  and
vulnerable adults and expects all staff, volunteers and partners
follow  appropriate
to  endorse
procedures  to  ensure  staff  and  volunteers  are  trained  and
supported to respond appropriately, efficiently and sensitively
to child protection and safeguarding concerns.

this  commitment.  We

Confidentiality:

The  worker  will  be  expected  to  abide  by  Southside’s
Confidentiality Policy at all times.

Information Governance:

The worker will be expected to follow Southside’s
Information Governance policies and procedures as
defined by the NHS Toolkit.

The below will be dependent on the commitment the volunteer is able to give and their
desire  for  involvement  and  learning.  All  post  requirements  can  be  reasonably  adjusted
according to the volunteer’s commitment.

Main Duties and Responsibilities of the Post:

  To  provide  initial  risk  assessment,  triaging,  advice,  and  appropriate  signposting  to
victims of Domestic abuse who self-refer or who are referred into the Domestic Abuse
Service

  Ensuring that all clients and professionals who have contact with the Intake team are
treated courteously and helpfully with a high level of sensitivity and confidentiality,
especially those who face barriers to accessing services because of ethnicity, sexuality,
disability or other hard to reach groups.

  Assess  level  of  risk  and  immediate  safety  and  support  needs.  This  may  include
signposting  to  external  agencies  in  addition  to  other  Southside  support  where
appropriate i.e Family Support and Counselling

  Accurately  recording  all  relevant  information  and  documents  from  client  and

professional contact onto Southside’s database

  Working with the intake team and domestic abuse manager to ensure that all victims

have an appropriate outcome from their referral.

Other Duties:

  Work at all times within the policies, procedures and ethos of Southside.

  Whilst  this  job  description  attempts  to  cover  the  main  duties  of  the  post,  it  is  not

exhaustive.

Intake worker

ATTRIBUTES

Education and
qualifications

PERSON SPECIFICATION

ESSENTIAL

Experience

Some knowledge of domestic abuse and criminal and civil justice systems.

Skills and Abilities

Ability to:

  make and keep personal and professional boundaries.
  engage with vulnerable service users and carers in a genuine and respectful way.
  work in partnership and as part of a team.
  work effectively as a supportive team player as well as on one’s own initiative. As well as

managing your own workload.

A willingness to utilise technology to perform the role e.g video calls, Microsoft Office and database.

Pro-active and confident communicator with excellent inter-personal and communication skills

An understanding of risk assessment and risk management.

Personal qualities

Self-awareness and the ability to regulate and contain one’s own feelings and behaviour, and the ability
to seek support when needed.

DESIRABLE

A good general standard of education.

Experience of working with individuals with
drug, alcohol, and mental health issues.

Knowledge of benefits, housing and
homelessness issues.