Part time Support Worker in Cambridge

We are looking for a highly motivated, creative, and enthusiastic Support Worker based at Horizon and The Birches day centres in Cambridge. These positions involve supporting adults with learning disabilities and older people in the community and within the day service.

You will be assisting service users with all aspects of their care, including personal care, empowering them to maintain their independence and well-being. You will organise activity sessions within the centres to help ensure a varied timetable of activities throughout the week. The hours for this role are part time 22.6 hours Monday - Friday. We offer excellent training and the opportunity to be part of a supportive team committed to delivering excellent services for people in Cambridge.

• You will have completed the Level 2 Care skills qualification in Health and Social care or an equivalent recognised qualification.
• You will be creative and enthusiastic and will be able to run, and participate in, exciting and engaging activities with older people and adults with learning disabilities.
• You will be in regular contact with service users, families, carers, other professionals, and partner agencies, so you will have excellent verbal and written communication skills combined with a sensitive and professional approach.
• An important aspect is assisting people with their personal care, so you will have a practical, empathetic and supportive approach.
• You will also have a good understanding of equal opportunities, a person-centred approach and diversity.

Please use your supporting statement within your application to outline how your skills and experience meet the essential criteria outlined in the attached Job Description. Candidates will be progressed regularly and the opportunity will be filled as soon as we identify suitable candidates.

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes. Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family.
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme.
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances.
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings.
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth.
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day.
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards.
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities.