Support Worker - Southville

£11.20 per hour + £500 Welcome Bonus
30 hours per week

Are you the kind of person who sees opportunities where others see obstacles? Do you wish your work was your passion, not just a way to make money? Then join milestones Trust and begin your career in care.

Coronation Road provides homely accommodation for 6 older people who need support with their ongoing mental health needs. Our goal is to provide a safe and relaxing environment for the people we support, whilst supporting each person to live in a community-based setting.

We aim to provide service users with the opportunity to re-gain skills and develop new skills and qualities that promote empowerment and independence. We achieve this by building supportive relationships, education and participation in a recovery programme.

This is then balanced with the relationships individuals develop, social outlets and promoting individual identity and beliefs. We focus on service user wellbeing and personal growth, and work hard to communicate effectively, as part of ongoing recovery pathway.

From craft groups to computer courses, you will encourage peoples’ individual hobbies and interests, support them to meet with family inside and outside of the home, while encouraging independence, with some of the people we support cooking for themselves and booking their own appointments.

The shift pattern is mostly mid shifts (10:00-17:30) plus one sleep-in shift per week (16:30-12.00 sleep 07:00-14:30).

The successful Support Worker you will need to have a caring manner and a tolerant nature. You will promote rights, responsibility, identity and beliefs, be an effective communicator and understand the importance of confidentiality.

Experience in the sector is desirable but not essential, as you will be give full training to carry out your role.

At Milestones Trust we recognise that without the hard work, commitment and passion of our staff, we wouldn’t be the charity that we are today. In return, we are committed to rewarding you with a competitive pay and benefits package including:

• 30 days annual leave entitlement
• Company pension scheme, with Milestones matching employee contributions up to 3% to help grow your retirement pot
• Learning and development opportunities to help you to build your career, including a comprehensive induction programme, and the opportunity to undertake further qualifications
• Health Cash Plan on completion of probation giving you access to a minimum of £695 cash back for health treatments e.g. dental, therapies, optical, maternity/paternity, NHS prescriptions etc.
• Generous Occupational Maternity/Paternity pay
• Get paid when you want – access your money as you earn it and request your earnings before payday using Dayforce Wallet
• Access to an Employee Discount Platform from day one, with discounts and cashback for hundreds of retailers
• An employee referral scheme that allows you to earn points that can be converted to cash for family members or friends that you point in Milestones’ direction.

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

For an informal discussion about the job role please contact Mark Melhuish, Home Manager, on 0117 9077217.

This is an on-going advert and interviews will be held on an ad-hoc basis until sufficient applications have been received.

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.