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Support Partners – Enablement (Hampshire, multiple locations) (AR)
Our Support Partners help someone learn a new skill in their own home or the community; community based support where small groups of people will be supported to access volunteering, occupational, social and leisure activities; homecare where individuals could be supported with personal care, housing support, budgeting, social and daily living activities and emotional support.
Location:
Hampshire
Date Posted:
Salary:
£11.75 per hour (Mon - Fri) to £14.69 per hour (Sat & Sun)
Closing Date:
Essential Requirements
The ideal Support Worker will:
-Be a car Driver with access to a vehicle for work, business insurance and be prepared to travel to work across Hampshire when required.
-Able to work shifts including evenings, weekends and bank holidays according to the needs of those we work with.
-Experience of working with vulnerable people
-Understand and promoting independence
-Understand the needs of vulnerable people/people with a learning disability
-Good communication skills: verbal, non verbal, and written
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The Role
The role of the Support Worker (known internally as Support Partner) is to provide excellent and flexible person centred support across Hampshire in line with YOU’s values at all times. The role is multi-faceted role and includes time limited enablement support to help someone learn a new skill in their own home or the community; community based support where small groups of people will be supported to access volunteering, occupational, social and leisure activities; homecare where individuals could be supported with personal care, housing support, budgeting, social and daily living activities and emotional support.
Roles available in Fareham, Gosport, Havant, Southampton & New Forest
Mileage paid at 45p per mile
About You
Our clients want:
-Someone who listens carefully to make sure you understand what matters to them
-A person who is trustworthy and reliable and always does what they say they will when they say they will
-A Support Partner who is flexible and will adapt how they work to meet what we agree to do together
-Someone who is aware of how they come across, and committed to making our support time together happy, friendly and enjoyable
-A person who is chatty, polite, and clear in their communication to make sure that I can understand you
-A Support Partner who is caring, respects my choices, and is helpful and fair in all that we do together
-A person who shares their sense of fun and humour and makes our time together enjoyable
YOU has a strong value base, striving to be person-centred, innovative, trustworthy, can-do and excellent at all times, so it is important that you are as passionate about these principles as we are.
We are a disability confident employer.
Our Benefits
If you choose to begin a career with our organisation, you are guaranteed:
- Competitive rates of pay and paid travel time, including a higher mileage rate for car sharing
- Enhanced annual leave entitlements, with the opportunity to buy and sell holiday
- Matched pension scheme contributions, plus Death in Service Benefit and salary sacrifice options
- Enhanced sick pay allowances and paid compassionate and emergency dependent leave
- Excellent and professionally certified training, as well as access to fully-funded apprenticeship programmes
- Real opportunities to develop in your profession
- Free health and wellbeing advice via a 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme
- Everything you need to carry out your role free of charge, which may include a mobile phone, safety equipment and other necessary technology, a uniform where applicable, and of course a nice cup of tea or coffee throughout your day
- Access to discounts across lots of your favourite stores and online shopping sites, as well as discounted bus travel on the First bus network
- A company that is committed to its employees, valuing their knowledge, creativity and flexibility
- The chance to work with amazing people
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