Support Worker - Nights Only - £500 Welcome Bonus

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Job description

£10 per hour plus £500 Welcome Bonus and pay enhancements for short notice shifts
30 hours a week

Mulberry House provides support to people with learning disabilities and is a suitable home for men aged 50 and over. The people who live at Mulberry House are encouraged to pursue their interests and develop skills. Our staff can support people with a range of complex needs, including behaviours that may challenge, autism, communication difficulties and epilepsy.

As a Support Worker, you will be a point of contact for those who need the extra help. By doing so, you will learn vital life skills, as well as creating a fairer and more accessible world for those you care for.

Whether you see this as a starting point to a high-flying career, working for a charitable organisation or just love the idea of getting paid to make a difference, we want you at Milestones Trust!

Your responsibilities will include:

• To encourage positive self-image and maintain health and wellbeing.

• Assisting with decision-making and promoting independence.

• Support people to develop and maintain contact with family and friends.

• House admin when required, this will be communicated to you by the management team within the service.

• Deep cleaning in line with infection control requirements.

• Minimal Moving and Handling.

Mulberry House is a spacious detached bungalow that offers 24-hour support to people with a range of complex needs and learning disabilities.

As part of your induction, we require you to initially work 2 weeks on day shifts to build positive relationships with the people we support and get to know the service. All training is carried out during the day and must be met in order to complete probation.

Plus training days (including probation meetings, supervisions, team meetings) should be expected to be carried out during the days to enable the successful candidate to keep in touch with understanding the service as a whole and to reinforce positive cultures. This will average roughly one day a month outside of the initial 2 week induction period.

The successful Support Worker will:

• Have excellent communication skills.

• Have a caring manner and a tolerant nature.

• Ideally have some experience within a care setting. However, as training will be provided, this is not essential.

• Basic IT skills however training will be provided on specific service requirements

There is a well-established staff team at the home, many of whom have worked at Mulberry for many years. The team are skilled in supporting people with a variety of needs, including challenging behaviour. Staff work in a person-centred way to ensure we meet the needs of the people we support.

In return we offer excellent, high quality learning opportunities, including the opportunity to undertake a level 3 or 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care. Alongside this, other benefits include:

• 30 days Annual Leave Entitlement

• Access to an Employee Discount Platform from Day 1 with discounts and cash back for hundreds of retailers.

• Refer a Friend Scheme earning you up to £750

• Company Pension

• Job satisfaction

• Competitive salary

• Generous Occupational Maternity/Paternity pay

• Learning and development opportunities for you to build your career

We pride ourselves with being able to offer staff opportunities to develop and progress their careers within Milestones Trust.

For an informal discussion about the job role please contact Michelle Osmond, Service Coordinator, on .

*Welcome bonus will be offered for candidates offered roles from the 10th September 2021 and is dependent on successful recruitment and probation processes and policy.

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Covid19 Update:

Please note: All staff that work or have a professional reason to visit care homes/CQC registered services are required to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, unless they have evidence that they are medically exempt from the requirement, as set out in DHSC Guidance on mandatory vaccination. This may be a condition of an employment offer.

We continue to deliver safe, high quality care and support in line with Government guidance. More details of our response can be viewed here:

Milestones Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all the individuals that it supports, it expects the same commitment from all employees. If successful at interview an enhanced DBS check will take place. (Formerly CRB) A criminal record is not necessarily a barrier to recruitment. Committed to Equality and Diversity for all. Registered Charity No. 294377.