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My Options: Young People's Service - Casual Support Worker

Employer
Telford & Wrekin Council
Location
Darby House, Lawn Central, Telford, TF3 4JA
Salary
£19,100 - £19,264
Closing date
6 Feb 2023
Reference
TWC000005826

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Sector
Local Councils
Job Type
Social care
Contract Type
Casual
Working Pattern
Standard
Hours
Part-Time

Job Details


My Options - Young People's Service

Casual Support Worker

£10.90 per hour (£12.20 inc holiday pay)

Scale 2

Various hours per week

“Be aspirational and think beyond the obvious to enable people to reach their full potential”

Are you passionate about breaking down barriers to support people to live a more independent and fulfilling life?

This is an exciting opportunity to join a well established and highly successful team, supporting young people with learning and physical disabilities, which will include behaviours that challenge, to access a range of regular and adhoc leisure activities. As a Support Worker you will be led and supported by an experienced Activity Leader, who is committed to providing an excellent service for the young people who rely on our services, and their families and carers.

You will be able to demonstrate being proactive in your approach to care and a willingness to adapt and change as we develop with new innovations and challenges within the care sector.

What you will receive from us

  • Flexible Hours – To suit your needs, there are opportunities for full or part time employment
  • Generous rates of pay
  • Expert training, that you will be paid to do and opportunities to develop your skills. You will also receive a certificate for the training you complete.
  • A full induction, excellent support and ongoing supervision
  • The opportunity to progress within our team
  • Free DBS
  • Refer A Friend Scheme - £150 for every friend you successfully refer to us
  • The opportunity to join a team that is fully committed to support people to live a more independent and fulfilling life.
  • Automatic membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, one of the largest public sector pension schemes in the UK
  • Access to local benefits and discounts on products and services, these include discounts on national attractions such a theme parks and discounted travel.
  • A truly rewarding career

My Options - Activity Wellbeing and Care Services is part of Telford & Wrekin Council and provides a wide range of person-centred support to over 350 people to vulnerable people of all ages and abilities.

We currently provide a wide range of services including; Young People’s Services, Community Activity and Wellbeing services, Residential services, Community Support for those people living in their own or shared accommodation and a very successful Shared Lives Scheme.

The team you will be joining is responsible for supporting our customers across a range of programmes to increase their independence as well as delivering our Community Outreach programme and supporting our customers with higher level needs at Southwood Activity & Wellbeing Hub.

If you want to join us at this exciting time then please complete the attached online application form as CVs will not be accepted. We are committed to equality and diversity.

To find out more about the My Options services please take a look at our website:  www.myoptionstelford.co.uk

To find out more, please contact Kerry Brogden, Service Leader – Young People’s Services Leader on 01952 381317 or email them at YPS@telford.gov.uk For further information on the role please click on the links below to view the job description and person specification.

We are committed to equality and diversity. Posts working with children or vulnerable groups will be subject to an appropriate criminal records check.

Sorry but CVs will not be accepted.

 

 

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Telford & Wrekin Council is an award winning council, and we were recognised as Local Authority of the Year 2022 at the Municipal Journal Awards, and the Association for Public Service Excellence Council of the Year in 2021.

At Team Telford we work hard to protect, care and invest to create a better borough and our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Having the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles allows us to deliver the excellent services that residents and businesses on the borough expect from us. 

Our friendly and passionate teams are trusted by leaders and managers to deliver this ambition. We invest and nurture our workforce and support our employees to develop and thrive. The better we are the bigger difference we make to the people we serve. 

In return we also offer a great range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working hours and work arrangements, employee discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, a local government pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.

At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice and we know we are stronger and better connected as a result. 

We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and where our data shows that specific groups are under-represented within our workforce, our adverts will actively encourage applications from these groups.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities or other health conditions. You can find out more about this and our ‘guaranteed interview scheme’ here

You can also read more about our Recruitment and Selection Policy commitments and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders here

If you are unable to complete an online application form please contact the HR helpdesk on 01952 383601 or email hrhelpdesk@telford.gov.uk

Company info
Website
Telephone
01952 380000
Location
Telford & Wrekin Council
Darby House
Lawn Central
Telford
Shropshire
TF3 4JA
United Kingdom

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