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Part Time and Full Time Available.
Are you a warm, caring person with practical life skills? Are you looking for a local role that fits your commitments and comes with variety, challenges and rewarding results, not to mention excellent benefits? Then make the move to Southdown as a Support Worker.
You’ll be joining one of the largest providers of care, support, and housing services in Sussex, which we’re proud to say we’ve been doing for over 50 years!
Benefits at Southdown include:
·Salary above the Real Living Wage.
·Pension scheme.
·Employee Assistance (EAP), Free advice and counselling service.
·Access to Blue Light card.
·Health Care cash back scheme.
·Interest-free Loans.
·Life cover: For staff under the age of 65 years in our pension scheme.
·Flexible working.
·Access to the Easit Network.
·Free access to financial services and advice through Salary Finance.
·Cycle to Work scheme.
·Free Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
·Support with Career Progression.
·Supportive working environment.
·£100 reward for passing your probationary period.
We’re looking for new team members to join this service at Alinora in Goring By Sea, Worthing which is home to 7 adults with learning disabilities, and also complex and challenging needs.
Your role will involve supporting clients with their everyday needs e.g. personal care, moving and handling, cleaning their home and cooking as well as taking them out in their cars, picnics, walks along the beach with a tea and cake pitstop, National Trust days out, cycling, and anything else that the clients might like to do.
For this role, we are looking for people with:
·A Full UK Driving Licence to drive our clients Vehicles.
·Supporting Clients with their health and appointments.
·Administration of Medication.
We very much welcome previous experience in roles such as Health Care Assistant, Care Assistant, Support Worker, Senior Support Worker, Nurse, Social Care Worker, Senior Care Assistant, Mental Health Care Worker, Nursing Home Assistant, Personal Assistant or Residential Care Worker.
Our Values
Southdown is a psychologically informed organisation where the well-being and happiness of our employees’ matter. We’re committed to creating a positive and compassionate work environment where employees feel valued, respected, and inspired to do their best. In addition, we’re a family-friendly employer that recognises the importance of a work-life balance. If you share our values and want to work for an organisation that helps change lives for the better, we want to hear from you.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and are fully committed to supporting Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) and welcome applications from all candidates that meet our job specifications. If you feel there is a barrier that potentially prevents you from applying, do get in contact with us, as we are always happy to discuss (or arrange a discussion with the recruiting manager) to explore if any reasonable adjustments can be made to support your application.
Closing Date: 10th January 2025
Interviews to be held: 21st & 22nd January 2025
