Support Worker - Full or part time hours available

Recruiter
CREATIVE SUPPORT
Location
Durham
Salary
Competitive
Posted
22 Mar 2017
Closes
27 Mar 2017
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Creative Support is a high quality provider of support to individuals with a wide range of care needs including, individuals with a learning disability and other needs. Employing over 5,200 staff members, we are continuing to grow at a fast pace nationally and are looking for dedicated, caring individuals to join our staff team in your local area.

We are looking for confident, strong and calm individuals around Durham to work in our Trimdon Grange Supported Living Service to provide person centred support to service users who have a learning disability and complex needs so that they can experience a wide range of opportunities for personal development.

You will have skills in positive communication and engagement and will be able to demonstrate unconditional positive regard for the people we support. You will have the confidence to be able to work within a positive behaviour support framework, to accept responsibility and to develop as a skilled practitioner. You must be able to follow agreed guidelines and to work positively within a consistent, mutually supportive team ethos.

These posts are to cover a 24hr rota pattern, which includes sleep-ins, as part of a friendly, motivated team.

Car drivers are preferable as there is an opportunity to drive service user's cars to participate in activities in the community.

Creative Support also offers a wide range of benefits such as:


Full and part time hours
QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care Level 2, 3 or 5
Free life assurance
Pension with company contribution
A range of employee discounts


We do not accept CV's as a form of application, applicants must submit a completed Creative Support application form which can be requested or downloaded via the listed methods. An enhanced DBS check is required for which we pay for. Creative Support is not a recruitment sourcing agency, all employees are directly employed by our organisation. We do not accept cold calls or sales/marketing contact from recruitment candidate sourcing/advertising agencies. Upon receipt of your application we will email you a confirmation of receipt. If you do not receive this confirmation email please contact us via telephone or email. Contact information can be found on our company website.

Closing Date: 16 April 2017