Support Worker, Healthcare Nursing

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• Ilkeston, DE7 8XW
• £12.21 per hour
• Full-time 39 hours per week - Permanent

Real Life Options provide support to people with autism, learning disabilities, and complex needs. We provide individualised support packages and promote independence to enable people to live a happy fulfilled life within their own homes. The service comprises 12 apartments for people with mild learning disabilities, 4 bungalows for individuals with higher complex needs, and 4 bungalows for people who display behaviours of concern.

You will be supporting individuals in their own homes to live as independently as possible.

• Follow daily planners
• Assist with financial expenditure
• Provide domestic support and administer medication
• Offer personal care as needed
• Plan and prepare meals
• Maintain important relationships
• Support to find new friendships
• Encourage participation in community activities to enhance social inclusion
• Seek new opportunities for the growth and development of the people we support, such as volunteering roles or further education access

• 7am to 10pm
• 10pm – 7am (Waking Nights)

Work on a rota, covering weekends, evenings, bank holidays, with planned time off. Flexibility to cover any of these shift patterns over the 7‑day weekly period is essential.

• Enhanced DBS required
• Registered as a Support Worker with the appropriate professional body (if applicable)
• Flexible to cover all shift patterns and rota work including weekends, evenings and bank holidays

• Minimum of 28 days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro‑rated for part‑time staff)
• Accredited training and mentoring to develop professional skills
• Employer contributory pension scheme
• Collaborative, values‑led environment
• Health Cash Plan
• £10,000 life cover
• Employee Assistance Programme with medical helpline, counselling, and financial/legal information
• Reward gateway with discounted goods and services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Financial wellbeing scheme
• Refer a Friend incentive bonus (terms and conditions apply)
• Recognition initiatives

We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do:
Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence.

• Honesty
• Good communication
• Strong values
• Flexibility
• Passionate
• Self‑motivated
• Reliable
• Caring
• Inclusive

Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including junk mail.

Real Life Options is an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the role, making full use of the talents and resources of all our people and creating a workplace free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment. All individuals are treated with dignity and respect.

If you have a disability, learning difficulty, medical condition or individual need that may affect your performance in selection, we will provide reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best. Please let us know.