Female support worker

Do youwant to make a positive change to people's lives?

We have an exciting opportunity at Sense for you to work as a Support Worker and join our friendly well-established team in Kettering. The Town Centre is a 20-minute walk/ 5 minutes drive away as well many different attractions nearby.

Contract type:
Permanent, 37.5 hours per week

About the role:

Support worker role in a residential home where we support 6 individuals with dual sensory impairments.

Shift patterns:
Monday - Sunday 7:00am-4:00pm and 4:00pm-10:00pm & you must be able to work alternate weekends. Long days shifts are available from 7am to 10pm if preferred

Activities:

Wide range of special interests and activities within their own home and in the local community. Activities can include trampolining, short holidays, baking, sensory story time, park visits, swimming, sailing to name a few. Personal care may be involved.

Requirements:
No previous care experience required as full training will be provided! A full manual UK license, as we have manual company vehicle used to drive and take individuals to appointments, activities outside of the home and trips.

• 24 days’ holiday + bank holidays; increasing with length of service
• Free DBS Check
• Free access to over 100 online and face to face training including the care certificate.
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• Health and well-being support
• Pension Scheme
• Wisdom App- free access for all employees to mindfulness application.

Sense is here to break down barriers alongside disabled people with complex needs. That's why we're committed to increasing the number of disabled people working across our organisation and creating an environment where everyone can thrive.

We actively encourage disabled people to apply for our vacancies and believe that a diverse range of perspectives, experiences and talents makes us stronger.

We know there's always more we can do to become a truly inclusive employer, and we're working together to achieve that. Join us and help create the change thousands of disabled people with complex needs and families told us they want to see: a world without limits.

If you need us to adjust our recruitment process to help you access our vacancies, then please get in touch with a member of the talent acquisition team. We are a Disability Confident Leader and commit to interviewing disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for a role. More information on this can be found here

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