Supported Living – Support Worker

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Supported Living – Support Worker, Exeter

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Client:

InFocus

Location:

Exeter, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Job Views:

3

Posted:

02.06.2025

Expiry Date:

17.07.2025

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Job Description:

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the InFocus’ Supported Living team. Your role will primarily be to support our residents to access the community, work and volunteering roles, accessing all appointments and supporting them with their day to day management. Being an Support Worker means you would be an ambassador of InFocus, providing bespoke “Person-Led” daily living support.

We are looking for dedicated and caring individuals to join our friendly team. We provide exceptionally safe care whilst challenging our young people to follow their dreams, pursue their interests and develop skills. All the young people we support have a degree of visual impairment and complex needs, but our staff focus on supporting and empowering them to maintain as much independence as possible.

You will be joining a passionate and caring team who will support you throughout your time here.

This role is open to those with or without experience of working in a health and social care setting, who can demonstrate their potential to develop into specialised community based enabling support workers in the field of vulnerable young adults with a visual impairment and complex needs.

The successful candidate will have a passion for their own learning and development to confidently work within their team to ensure the delivery of safe, person-centred health care.

Working pattern

The required shift pattern for this role is 11-3, 4 days a week, over a two-week rolling rota pattern, with potential of flexibility to these hours. This will include bank holidays, no weekends or evening work. Overtime often available.

How we say “thank you”

• Six weeks annual leave plus eight bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time hours)
• Occupational sick pay scheme from day one
• Paid medical appointments
• Comprehensive training and development
• Access to discounted shopping
• On-site free parking
• 24-hour employee assistance programme
• “Death in service” life assurance and group accident cover
• Free flu vaccinations
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Contributory pension scheme for eligible staff

Equality, diversity and safeguarding

We are a disability friendly employer and actively encourage candidates with a disability to apply. If you need support with completing your application form, please contact our HR team on 01392 454327 or

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are conditional to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring check (DBS), satisfactory medical check and references. Staff have a responsibility to inform InFocus of any conviction or prosecution that occurs whilst employed.

It is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children and adults at risk.

To be eligible for this position, we require candidates to either hold British citizenship or have the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor applications from candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK.

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