Support Worker Hiring Immediately - Placed App : Job Details

### Job Introduction**Travel expenses paid monthly at 45p per mile.**Are you looking for a rewarding job, making a real difference to peopleslives and supporting them to achieve their goals? Are you looking for flexiblehours? Can you see yourself providing support to adults and help to improvetheir independent living skills and lead a meaningful and active life.If you have answered YES to any of these questions, we would love to hear fromyou.Before going through the pain of completing an application form, why not giveMike a call on for an informal chat? If it feels right, he willarrange an interview for you and then we’ll take it from there.**If you want to know more, read on**As a Support Worker, you will make a real difference to people’s lives. Youmay also make a positive difference to your own life. We are passionate aboutpeople including our staff. You will receive bespoke training and developmentopportunities. 100% of our management team in Northumberland began theircareer with Turning Point as a support worker. We realise though that noteveryone wants to climb the ladder which is perfect too - many of our staffhave remained happy in a support worker roll for over 15 years.### Role Responsibility**What will I be doing?**You will be allocated a caseload of people who you work with on a consistentbasis. You will encourage the people we support to live life to their fullpotential and remain as independent as possible in their own home.**Where will I be working?**Our outreach service is based in the historic town of Morpeth and thesurrounding areas. The people we support live in their own homes and havePerson-Centred support packages to meet their individual goals and needs. Itwould be beneficial if you have access to your own car, however it is notessential as Morpeth has good public transport links.**Working Patterns**We predominately support people between 8:00 - 17:00, 7 days per week. Ourworking patterns can be flexible to meet your preferences where possible. Forexample, if you have other commitments like seeing to the children, elderlyparents or walking the dog, shift patterns can be split to work around you. Agood work life balance is important to us all and therefore we do requirepeople to take their share of working weekends. We have short days, long daysand split shifts. Our rota is published at least 2 weeks ahead so you can planyour life too!We can offer a variety of employment contracts ranging from zero to 37 hours.### The Ideal Candidate**What skills and qualities do I need to have?**Whilst knowledge of learning disabilities and or autism may be beneficial, itis not essential. We have great mentors with a wealth of experience to supportand guide you.What is essential is that you are prepared to mirror our vision and values.**Our vision and values are the heart of Turning Point; they are the essenceof who we are, what we do and why we are here.**Our Vision to constantly find new ways to support more people to discover newpossibilities in their lives The quality of our services means everything tous. The people we work with inspire us and in turn we look for new ways toinspire change. We owe it to the people we work with to grow and shape thefuture, because we believe in what we do.**Our Values**We believe that everyone has the potential to grow, learn and make choices.We all communicate in an authentic and confident way that blends support andchallenge.We are here to embrace change even when it is complex and uncomfortable.We treat each other and those we support as individuals however difficult andchallenging.We deliver better outcomes by encouraging ideas and new thinking.We commit to building a strong and financially viable Turning Point together.### About us**What benefits will I receive?**We know reward looks different to each person and so whether it’s a culturesupporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career– we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward packagethat includes:* 29 days’ paid holiday a year, increasing with each year of service up to 31 days. 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