Support Worker

Job Introduction

Would you like a rewarding job supporting vulnerable adults?

We pay £11.50 for level 3 qualified staff and £11 unqualified, 45p per mile mileage and paid DBS’s.

This is what our staff say:

“A+bility is very flexible and understands staff's commitments”

“It is a great place to work, I really enjoy my job!”

“Lots of face to face training provided, its engaging and relevant”

“Lots of perks, mileage, travel time, good pay and training”

“Being able to provide support to a variety of service users and working with great staff”

“I feel I can talk to anyone about any concerns”

Main Responsibilities

The Main Responsibilities:

You will work with service users in a variety of contexts, some live at home with their families and some live independently in their own homes

You will work with services users to:

• Support them at home to live independently
• Support them to participate in exercise and activities
• Support to access volunteering and educational opportunities
• Helping with daily independent living tasks

Ideal Candidate

+The Ideal Candidate:

• Our staff need to:
• Have a sense of humour
• Be unflappable
• Be able and willing to get out and about
• Be able to manage behaviours that challenge
• Be willing to learn
• Be flexible enough to adapt to clients with very different needs
• Is this you?

About the Organisation

Our Origin

A+bility began in 2009 providing individualised care and support to children and young people.

Today we provide support to young people excluded from education and families in child protection as well as children, young people and young adults with learning disabilities. We also have a sister organisation that supports care leavers.

From small beginnings we are a growing team with local roots, providing personalised domicilary care, community support, and supported living. We now work across Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Swindon and BANES and have 29 staff providing over 700 hours support a week.

Our Vision and Values

Vision:

A+bility Limited aims to offer support to children, young people and vulnerable adults to enable individuals and families to reach their potential and develop resilience.

We work in partnership with service users, their families, professionals and commissioners to meet individual needs and provide a service that is both planned and responsive.

We aim to provide effective interventions by experienced and people-centred staff who focus on the needs, wants, preferences, interests and aspirations of the individual.

Values:

• To provide a flexible approach
• To provide the highest quality service
• To respond promptly
• To enable people to enhance the quality of their daily lives
• To reduce stress associated with living with a disability
• To promote self-esteem and identity
• To ensure people’s personal safety and security
• To support integration into the community

Ethos: (We do this by):

• Encouraging independence
• Treating each person as an individual
• Offering choices whenever possible
• Maintaining dignity and respect
• Maintaining confidentiality and privacy
• Maintaining a safe and secure service
• Remembering that we are guests in the person’s home
• Being as knowledgeable, trained and skilled as we need to be
• Keeping up to date with legislation and research
• Working with partners

Who we support and the services we offer

We are based in Stonehouse and we work across Gloucestershire and neighbouring counties, although the majority of our work is in the Gloucester and Stroud areas.

The services we offer include:

• Support at home to live independently
• Support to participate in exercise and activities
• Support to access volunteering and education
• Supported Living providing 24 hour support at home

Why work for A+bility?

• Friendly and supportive colleagues
• Accessible Managers
• Flexibility
• Opportunities to try other types of work
• A qualifications programme
• Competitive salary, mileage and pension