Community Support Worker - Tollemache Road

Job Description

Community Support Worker

Birkenhead - Tollemache Road

Salary: up to £14.21 per hour

Hours: 21 HOURS PER WEEK

Why join us? 

Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of people with brain injuries in the UK. Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost.

We treat people with a range of brain injuries – sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more – to recover and meet their personal goals. Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do – you’ll find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.

The Role

As a Community Support Worker, you will be providing personal care to the people we support and ensuring we meet the high standards we believe in. You will be supporting our service users to carry out a range of activities such as visits to the local community and attending appointments amongst many other activities.

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You’ll get huge job satisfaction from seeing the people you are supporting do more for themselves and live the life they want to live. If you’re interested in building a career, we’re here to support you all the way on your own journey.

About you

We’re not looking for any kind of specific experience.

It is your personality and values that will make you a good fit for the role and our Charity. We can train and develop you to become a great rehabilitation support worker if you:

• have genuine empathy for our residents, with the positivity, patience, and resilience to support them through the difficult times of their rehabilitation

• enjoy teamwork and take pride in getting a job done well alongside your colleagues

• have excellent face to face communication skills and a good standard of literacy

• have good time management skills and the ability to prioritise your own workload.

Benefits Include:

A competitive rate of up to £14.21 per hour

33 Days Annual Leave (pro Rata)

Buy/Sell up to 5 days Annual Leave per year

Simply Health Plan; helps to cover the cost of routine healthcare treatments. Further information can be found at www.simplyhealth.co.uk/about-us

Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)Excellent training and Support

Company Pension

Group Life Assurance

Eye Voucher Scheme

Long Service and Staff Awards

Free Parking

We also put a big focus on employee wellbeing and support. It matters to us that you feel at your best. Career development is a priority. We will ensure you get all the training and learning opportunities you need to achieve your goals.If this position sounds of interest to you, apply today by clicking Apply Now button.

Please note: we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis until the role is filled therefore, we recommend applying as soon as possible

All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks

Job Details

Pay Type

Hourly