Support Worker - Mollands Lane (Essex)

Post title: Support Worker
Salary: GBP16,900 (Salary GBP13,702 based on 30 hours a week)
Contract Basis: 30 hours per week
Vacancy Type: Permanent Part Time
Location: Mollands Lane

From the 1st April 2019 Salary will raise to GBP17,383 per annum

We have an excellent opportunity for a Support Worker to join our Mollands lane team , Mollands lane is a 5 bedded registered care home providing 24 hour support for adults with learning disabilities.

You will be required to lead on support worker duties. This involves completing detailed support plans, risk assessments and leading on review meetings. We support individuals who display behaviours which challenge services, we work with a multi-disciplinary team and follow Positive Behaviour Support Plans, the support worker is responsible for implementing and monitoring these.

The ideal candidates will be highly person-centred, enthusiastic, motivated and committed in their approach to working with vulnerable people. In addition, we are looking for someone with good communication skills and IT skills.

Within this role you will be required to support people both male and female residents and will maintain up to date computerised and manual records.

You will need to be able to work on a rota basis including working weekends, mornings, afternoon shifts and sleep ins.

Due to the location and the duty of transporting clients you must be able to drive a manual vehicle (supplied)

To be successful in the role you will have:

What we'd like from you:

• Good communication both written and verbal, including the ability to communicate effectively with people with learning disabilities using a variety of methods to meet the needs of the individual.
• To have a good level of numeracy to assist the service user to manage their finances.
• The ability to work individually or as part of a team.
• To understand and adhere to safeguarding principles.
• To be honest, reliable, punctual, flexible and able to work shifts that include weekends and public holidays
• To participate in staff meetings, training and other learning development opportunities * Full driving licence preferred (but not essential)

In addition to this we offer the following 'core' benefits:

• 21 days Annual leave
• Excellent Pension and life assurance scheme
• Childcare vouchers
• Season ticket loan
• Advantage Discount Scheme
• Health and Wellbeing scheme
• Excellent training and development function

Closing Date 22nd February 2019

Apply Now: to apply please click on the apply button below and complete an online application.

For this post the successful candidate will need to apply for or be in possession of a Enhance Disclosure Barring Service certificate (DBS) to enable them to work within the team. For further information about the Disclosure Barring Service please visit

L&Q is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake appropriate safeguarding checks (including a DBS check) as well as providing proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

We expect all of our employees to support our environmental policy and social responsibility work. We are an employer committed to environmental and social responsibility.

We value diversity in all its facets, including gender, disability, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation and identity. When it comes to finding a diverse balance for our senior positions, we have decided to address gender and ethnicity first. As such we are committed to offering an interview to at least one BAME and one female candidate for all senior leadership positions if they fulfill the role criteria.

We are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion as a Stonewall Top 100 employer, and a Disability Confident (Committed) employer.