Overview
Langley has a fantastic opportunity for a Support Worker to join our busy and friendly team in Taunton. This role is a permanent, full time position working 40 hours per week, including weekends, as part of our weekly shift rota.
The successful candidate will receive a competitive salary of £27,247 per annum (£24,770 basic plus 10% market premium of £2,477) as well as other generous BENEFITS which include:
- Generous annual leave up to 30 days plus bank holiday holidays
- Fantastic pension scheme, matched up to 8%
- Access to the Flexible Benefits Portal where you can tailor benefits to your individual needs
- Company funded health cash plan
- Free onsite meals whilst on shift
- Life Assurance up to 3 times your salary
- Fully funded DBS, renewals and update service subscriptions
- Company sick pay scheme
- ‘Smart Health’, which includes unlimited access to online, telephone and video GP
- Access to private holiday flat in Torquay
- Wellbeing Support – our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme includes free counselling and legal advice
- Eyecare & Flu vouchers
- Menopause support
- Enhanced Maternity Pay
- Access to Blue Light Card discounts
- Access to chaplaincy and pastoral support
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- To act as the key worker to designated clients as required within the Service.
- To undertake personal care with clients as required. This may include; washing, bathing, mouth care, assisting with dressing/undressing, assisting with toilet care and management of incontinence.
- To take an active role in the assessment and management of risk including the operation of physical and situational security measures to control the level of risk posed to the client, the public, staff and other clients and liaising with other stakeholders as appropriate.
- To maintain a clear and calm manner whilst managing client risk through assessment, planning, client knowledge and de-escalation as required.
- To provide, through prompting and/or assisting with, personal care to identified clients. To write Care Plans for clients and to implement a Care Plan. To keep health related records for clients as necessary.
- To regularly fully utilise the Trust ‘Client File’ with designated clients to ensure that they are supported and empowered to achieve appropriate outcomes.
A satisfactory enhanced DBS with Adults Barred List check is required for this role and job offers will be subject to the Trust receiving satisfactory evidence of the successful applicant’s right to work in the UK.
For the full job description, please copy and paste this link into your browser https://drive.google.com/file/d/17B08Ks33CPYQV0k_56xBHInUxiGsG9Di/view?usp=drive_link
If you want to join our team as Support Worker please apply now as we would love to hear from you.
Closing date: 16th October 2024
We reserve the right to close earlier if we receive sufficient applicants.
For over 65 years Langley Trust has been supporting people with convictions to transform their lives. As a Christian charity working across England, we believe everyone deserves another chance. With a wide range of services – including complex needs care, supported housing, and specialist advice services – our work prevents crime, promotes rehabilitation, and reduces the risks of re-offending.
Diversity and Inclusion is integral to Langley Trust. We’re committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
We’re proud to be an Investors in People Gold employer which means we invest in our people. This is a huge achievement as our assessment covers the last 3 years of unprecedented challenges through the pandemic; additionally, Investors in People have raised the bar and acknowledge that it is harder now to secure the Gold standard than in previous years as they want to keep it meaningful.
DISABILITY CONFIDENT
As a Level 2 Disability Confident Committed employer, we run a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria listed in the job description. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please state this in your application.
About HOUSE OF ST MARTIN
House of St Martin is a Registered care home for men with multiple needs, including substance misuse, mental health needs or a learning disability. It is located three miles from Taunton and set in six acres of beautiful countryside. The home is registered to support 31 men, offering full-board catering. We provide a safe calm environment from which men can plan their next steps and grow in independence.
