THE OAKLEA TRUST
Support Worker
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Location: Sherburn, County Durham
Salary: £13.45 per hour (£24,479 per annum FTE, pro rata)
Contract: Permanent (Requires a full DBS)
Hours: 30 hours per week
Advertising End Date: We reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy when we feel we have enough suitable candidates
Benefits - We Are Offering
- 28 days holiday (including bank holidays) increasing with long service.
- Pension contributions into NEST Scheme on a salary sacrifice basis meaning NI savings
- £500 onboarding payment
- Private Health Care scheme funded by Oaklea.
- Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
- Length of Service Awards
- Access to foundation and bespoke training and development
At Oaklea we work in partnership with the individuals we support (our customers). We strive to support people within the framework of the seven keys to Citizenship; Love, Freedom, Life, Purpose, Help, Money and Home.
Every employee wants a purposeful job - to do something meaningful.
At Oaklea, we can give you that. You will have opportunities to develop as a person, colleague, leader and advocate.
You’ll make new friends and feel inspired to reach your potential. We will ask a lot of you - but you’ll get back so much more. With us, it is never ‘just a job’.
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Support Worker – About The Role
We are looking for new support workers to join our team in Sherburn, Co.Durham who provide care and support to Adults with Learning Disabilities.
We’re looking for someone who genuinely enjoys connecting with people and helping them find the right learning pathway. If you’ve supported individuals with conditions such as epilepsy, cerebral palsy, or dysphasia, that experience will be a real advantage in this role, but is not essential.
- You’ll be someone who works well as part of a team but is equally confident working independently when required.
- Flexibility is important, as the role may involve working a variety of shifts, including days, sleep ins, and waking nights depending on service needs.
You will be expected to support Customers to meet their personal care needs, including administration of medication. It is vital that staff respect the individual and respond in a positive manner to meet each Customer's personal need. Customers will need support in setting and achieving their own personal goals and expect the staff who support them to be encouraging, enabling, and promoting life skills.
- You need to be forward thinking and have a positive outlook to life.
- The Customers will look to you for motivation, guidance, and direction; they want to be given the opportunity to live a full and rewarding life.
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You will be expected to encourage and offer choice and promote independence as well as promoting positive risk-taking. You will be required to support Customers to access the local community and to try new experiences.
- Some of the Customers enjoy specific hobbies but there is so much more they would like to do and as a Support Worker you can help to make their lives productive.
- Support will also be required for each person in areas such as health, budgeting, and domestic tasks.
Support Worker – What We Need From You
- You do not need to have experience, but it is essential that you share our values.
- As long as you have a positive attitude and want to improve the lives of those with a learning disability, we will support you with progression opportunities throughout your career with us.
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Come and join a team on a new adventure of supported living with people of differing abilities and complex health needs, who love being active and are looking for new ways to be involved in their community and have fun.
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