Job Overview
It's all about the 'super' here, we need a support worker super motivated and super flexible to work with Kate. She has lost a bit of confidence recently and we want you to help her find it again.
Date Applications Close: 29/12/2024
Contract hours: Part-Time, 16h
Salary: £12.20/hour
Reference: LG/FC
Essential for this job
Must hold a full UK driving licence
Ideally you will:
- Be self motivated and able to motivate others
- Be kind and able to demonstrate empathy
- Be a happy person with a 'can do' attitude
- Have some of the same interests as Kate
- Be able demonstrate flexibility
- Be able to work some weekends
- Be a good communicator
- Value the principles of inclusion
Kate lives in Hightae and she is looking for someone to work with her a few hours a week. She needs a buddy, someone who can motivate her to get back involved doing the things she loves. Hightae is difficult for public transport and so you must be a driver but Kate likes to keep fit and she needs someone who can get her out and about walking and maybe swimming now and again. She also likes to cook and bake. It is essential that you are someone who is motivated so that you can encourage Kate to re-engage with the things she loves to do.
Kate is reasonably independent and there is no requirement for any personal care. Your role as support worker will be to act as a buddy to try and build Kate's confidence, there will be some paperwork involved but a full induction and training is provided. We need you to be really flexible and be able to work with Kate when she wants to do things and so there will be some weekend work involved. This is a great opportunity to really make a difference to someone else's life, your support will facilitate Kate's personal growth, what better reason than that to go to work.
Benefits:
- We reward our staff with competitive salaries
- We offer an Award Winning Pension Scheme
- We have a company sick pay scheme
- Excellent annual leave allowance, including top up pay
- Critical Illness cover, reassurance when you need it the most
- Life Insurance, reassurance for your family when they need it the most
- A really good mandatory induction
- Ongoing high quality training
- Career development opportunities
- A real chance to make a difference to someone's life.
We are committed to recruiting candidates who share our commitment to safeguarding, and therefore we apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure that the people selected are right for the job, and that all candidates are appropriately screened prior to appointment, including obtaining references and PVG (Protection of Vulnerable Groups) clearance. A PVG check will be requested in the event of the individual being offered a position with Beyond Limits, the cost of which will be to the employee, however, this will be returned after successful completion of probation period (6 months).
