Female Support Worker - Avenues Group : Job Details

Avenues is a community where people smile, laugh, grow and achieve great things.

We know that well-supported people support people well to do their very best for the people we support, and achieve our vision.                                                                        

Are you  looking for your next social care role, or a change in career and a feel-good reward? If so, then we would love to hear from you!

• Female Support Worker
• Margate, Kent
• £23,264 per annum (pro rata)
• Full time hours available
• Full UK driving license essential 

We are looking for Support Workers to support adults across services in the Margate area who have learning disabilities, physical disabilities, complex needs and mobility issue’s some service users also do use wheelchairs.

The services are located near to the town centre in a residential area and generally have good public transport links.

Applicants with a valid UK driving license are desired to enable our people we support to access their community.                          

• No two days are the same but your day might look like this! 
• Supporting our people to be engaged in all day to day living activities, including making full use of their community and beyond.
• Supporting our people with social activities, and connecting with family and friends.
• Supporting the management of our people’s finances.
• Keeping our people’s home clean and fresh, and going shopping.
• Providing, and encouraging, personal care.
• And enjoying what you do!

Experience in social care is not essential, we provide a full range of accredited and award-winning training programmes at no cost to yourself, including the Health and Social Care Diploma that will really support your career progression.

Benefits you can expect! 

• Early Pay – ability to access your earnings more frequently if you wish.
• Paid enhanced DBS.
• Flexible working.
• Up to 28 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
• Access to high quality training that supports your career development.
• Contributory pension scheme with life assurance.
• Shopping discounts via Blue Light Card and The Benefits website.
• Recommend a friend scheme - earn up to £500.
• Free and confidential 24/7 access to the health portal, counselling and support.
• Apply now! We look forward to hearing from you.

As part of our commitment to the “Disability Confident Scheme”, candidates who declare a disability, and meet the key criteria for this role, will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at the interview stage.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities.

There is a genuine occupational requirement for the holder of this post to be female in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.