Support Worker - Community Outreach - BSL Essential

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Job description

Job details
Posting date: 22 November 2021
Salary: £8.91 per hour
Additional salary information: Competitive
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 21 December 2021
Location: Walsall, WS1 3AG
Company: Achieve together
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: MP-236

Summary

Do you have BSL skills to Level 3 or BSL as a native language? Whether you're new to care or experienced, you'll be making a world of difference when you join us as a Community Support Worker in our Deaf Services at Achieve together.

Location: Visiting people in their own homes in the Walsall area.

Contract / Shifts available: Full- or part-time available. Shifts may include earlies, lates, and weekends.

Rate: £8.91 p/h (£17,374.50 p/a based on 37.5hr week)

Additional information: Due to the nature of the role, it is usually necessary for Community Support Workers to hold a full driving licence and have access to their own vehicle for work. We also need candidates to have BSL skills prior to application.

Your new job: Support workers treat everyone equally and with the dignity and respect they deserve: you'll play a vital part in providing support that improves the ability to manage daily tasks and enable people to experience independent living and decision making.

Your role is to:

Support people in achieving their goals and ambitions
Make a positive contribution to the lives of others
Follow Health and Safety Guidelines & Procedures - Keeping yourself and others safe.

Visit our website to take a look at our Deaf Services in action:

Your Rewards:

Free DBS - No cost to join!
Paid Training & Personal E-Learning portal - to get you off to a flying start
Learn a new language - we will teach you BSL
Refer a Friend & earn £300
Annual Leave - 28 days
Reward and Recognition - our way of saying "Thank you"
Employee Assistance Programme - Support for you… when you need it.

You! Support Workers come from many different employment backgrounds and experiences, and you probably already have all the skills required, as we employ our Support Workers based on their values, willingness to learn new skills and the compassion to promote person centred healthcare with a homely family feel.

Does this sound like the role for you? Start or change your journey in Social Care with us today by applying.

Protecting you: Achieve together requires all team members to be fully vaccinated and protected against the transmission of Covid -19. Evidence in the form of a (Covid -Pass) or a health exemption letter must be provided during the recruitment process.

Achieve together vacancies are excluded from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 which means that for certain types of employment it is lawful to reject a person for employment on the grounds of a spent conviction. When making an application, job applicants are obliged to disclose all convictions, whether or not they are spent.

To book an interview: Apply online or contact Sara at