Support Worker – Exmoor Drive

Salary: £ 18,065 - £18,426 pro rata

We are recruiting for 4 permanent support workers. The posts are:

• 4 x 28 hours per week posts
• 2 x posts of 14 to 28 hours per week (which can be negotiated). This will include 1 or 2,  7 hour shift(s) every weekend.

 In addition to your salary, you will receive an enhancement for working between 10pm and 6am daily and a further enhancement for working Sundays. Your shifts will be worked on a four week rota pattern, this may be subject to amendment due to changing needs of the service.

You will be based at Exmoor Drive, a residential care home in Bromsgrove meeting the needs of people with care and support needs due to learning disability, dementia, mental health, physical disability and end of life. The services carries a 'Good' Care Quality Commission inspection rating.

You will receive all the training required to perform the role, which includes the Care Certificate, an intensive 2 week training package covering the essential skills and knowledge for social care work.

Have you got what it takes to make a difference? Do you have the passion and drive to be part of a team who work to enhance the lives of the people living there? You will need to be creative, empathetic, have a 'can-do' attitude, able to take direction, be flexible, sensitive, and have the ability to use your own initiative, along with having clear communication and recording skills.

If you would like to have a chat about the posts please contact Richard Lowther or Sarah Pratt at Exmoor Drive on 01527 576591, who can arrange for a visit to come and see the service.

You can apply online or by sending an expression of interest detailing what makes you a suitable candidate for the post (2 sides A4 max) to:  socialworkopps@worcestershire.gov.uk  

Closing date: 20^th October

Interview date: 8^th November