Adults Support Worker Tonbridge Area

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Support Worker to work up to full time based in Tonbridge, Kent.

The salary for this permanent job is up to £22,105

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 are 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!

We are looking for Support Workers to work with us in Tonbridge, supporting adults with learning disabilities, Down syndrome, Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Epilepsy and Cerebral Palsy. We have several services in this area which all have good public transport links to the town centre and train station (approx. 15 minutes on a bus).

The Recruitment Team will discuss with you the different services we have available during a telephone interview.

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!
• Full time and part time hours available.
• Full UK Driving license & access to own vehicle is desirable.

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

Requirements of this job:

• Level 2 in Health and Social Care qualification or equivalent, or willingness to undertake this
• Experience of caring for Learning Disability and Behaviours that Challenge  
• Experience of working in the community or care home on a one-to-one basis with service users
• Knowledge of the issues affecting vulnerable people
• Understanding of the need to keep within professional boundaries
• The ability to be flexible to fit in with the shift patterns including days, nights, weekends, and bank/public holidays.

Avenues offer some fantastic employee benefits also which I am happier to discuss.

Contact:

This job is advertised by Sam Kittle if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications within a residential or supported living setting from care home managers, deputy managers, care coordinators, key workers, childcare workers and more as we might have other roles applicable to you.

Due to the high volume of applications, we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Global Healthcare Jobs is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Global Healthcare Jobs takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Global Healthcare Jobs is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.